Graffiti was anything but eradicated. In fact, it has spread around the world. “Graffiti, at its core, is both vandalism and art. In my opinion, graffiti is 100% art and 100% vandalism,” said Henry ...

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor of City Journal. Updated December 4, 2014, 9:16 AM Anyone who glorifies graffiti needs to ...

Last month, Tower Hamlets agreed a new policy to protect street art while also allocating ... council position has always been that graffiti is vandalism, pure and simple.

So, is graffiti a democratic means of expression or is it plain vandalism? New York City councillor Peter Vallone ... Graffiti done with permission is art is in the eye of the beholder. My office has ...

I’m no fan of graffiti, but I couldn’t help ... something liberating — validating even — to see an art form long demonized as vandalism, at the same time that large corporations have ...

He believes what appear to be colorful blossoms of urban vandalism are acts ... Fighting graffiti in high visibility places with “better art.” “I will hire them if we can and find them ...

Who is defacing popular graffiti art by splashing it with buckets ... At several points, Schulze juxtaposes The Splasher's art-vandalism tale with the case of Michael Fay, the American teen ...

Graffiti art vs. The increased prevalence of graffiti has spawned debate in West Asheville about where to draw the line between art and vandalism. Commissioned murals cover walls in some spots ...