However, it was New York’s subway graffiti scene, particularly with artists like TAKI 183, that helped shape what we now recognize as contemporary graffiti art. 5. The influence of Hip Hop ...

Trains have long been an alluring canvas for graffiti writers, many of whom have left their mark on one somewhere. But accomplishing this in New York City — considered the mecca of subway art ...

who blanketed subway trains, including the windows and seats inside, in the 1970s and 1980s. Modern graffiti began in Philadelphia in the 1960s. But it became an art form in New York City ...

Your art critics are right there ... the perception,” Fab Five Freddy said. A 7th Ave. subway train covered in graffiti in New York City in 1980. Hulton Archive/Getty Images The documentary ...

Subway trains were once her ... "We were important in the history of New York." The exhibit goes back in time to tell the story of graffiti art, from its early days on the trains and streets ...

In recent years, graffiti has evolved from an underground subculture to a widely recognized art form that commands attention, ...

An ever-evolving graffiti art display in Washington Heights is no more after the New York City Department of ... Broadway entrance to the 191st Street subway station, which, at 175 feet ...

One passenger on Reddit made the unflattering comparison between the Central line and the New York Subway in the 1980s, when the US city’s underground system was infamous for graffiti-covered ...

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A public art project called Subway Therapy invites people to share their thoughts and feelings via colorful sticky notes, creating a collage of hopes, frustrations and reflections. Nina Vishneva ...