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Lauded photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant made a name for themselves documenting New York City’s graffiti culture in the 1970s and 1980s. Their 1984 book “Subway Art” has been ...
The city is looking for artists to again beautify an upper Manhattan pedestrian subway tunnel that it can’t keep free of graffiti. The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it … ...
In 1972, New York Mayor John Lindsay declared a “War on Graffiti,” with the goal of eradicating the “plague” afflicting the subway trains. At the time, the city was facing bankruptcy and ...
This quirky campaign is heating up. A Queens-based artist and software developer is shedding light on the subway system — with a project showing temperatures regularly surpass 100 degrees at popular ...
Subway cars covered in graffiti sit parked in a New York City rail yard. Graffiti is the subject of an exhibition opening today and running through Aug. 24 at the Museum of the City of New York ...
The city has painted over a graffiti-covered tunnel at a Washington Heights subway station. In apparent response to a recent Daily News story, the city Department of Transportation sent a work crew… ...
The tunnel at the 191st Street subway station in Washington Heights is about to get yet another new look.
A virtual tour highlights a selection of subway art by women, from Yoko Ono’s sky paintings at 72nd Street to Faith Ringgold’s ode to Harlem at 125th Street.
Art & Exhibitions A New Show Revisits Graffiti’s Leap From the Street to the Gallery "Above Ground" contains key graffiti works from painter Martin Wong's collection, some never before seen.
The markers and paints used to graffiti the NYC subway are broken down for SPIN by Adam McLeer, train writer turned rapper with the Lordz of Brooklyn.
ABC News' Megan Ryte reports on the history of graffiti in New York City and how pioneering artists who began by painting subway cars are now selling their art for thousands.
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