STREET ART / GRAFFITI

It was a gallery . . . allegedly. In 1992, Ludlow Street in New York's Lower East Side was just gutter of low-rent tenements with a large demographic of artists, musicians, film-makers, designers, writers, and hoodlums. At the heart of it was Alleged Gallery--the most famous street-style gallery in America. A venue for art and artists always a few steps ahead of the object itself, this peripheral gallery launched--between 1992 and 2002--the international careers of countless emerging artists. Learn More

New York-based Todd James (born 1969) pioneered a distinct cartoon-based graffiti style in New York in the 1980s, working under the name REAS and gaining the respect of both a street-culture audience and the art and design market. Learn More

On city street corners, around telephone posts, through barbed wire fences, and over abandoned cars, a quiet revolution is brewing. 'Knit graffiti' is an international guerrilla movement that started underground and is now embraced by crochet and knitting artists of all ages, nationalities, and genders. Its practitioners create stunning works of art out of yarn, then 'donate' them to public spaces as part of a covert plan for world yarn domination. Learn More

Graffiti goes global in this third volume of never-before-published blackbook drawings from writers around the world. Learn More

From early 2009 to mid-2010, the Underbelly Project was the world’s best-kept urban art secret. Learn More

A few months after the exhibition, 'Outsides - A Red Bull Street Art Project', had ended, this book was compiled to present the huge volume of photos, written material and interesting stories that had been generated. Learn More

Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Herbert Baglione has become highly respected and recognized around the world for his distinctly singular work both on the streets and from the studio. Learn More

Representing The Midwest: Showcasing Graffiti Culture At Its Finest. Learn More

The landmark exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego documents the historic revolution in visual culture, in which the codes and icons of the everyday — found on the streets in graffiti, signage, waste, tattoos, advertising, and graphic design — have been appropriated and used as an integral part of contemporary art-making. Learn More