The latest happenings from BEYOND THE STREETS and our family of artists, including events, exhibition openings, stories and articles from the worlds of graffiti and street art.
Written by Ian Sattler & Shawna Kenney
The New York City subway system is arguably the primary catalyst for all modern graffiti. Every writer and crew’s dreams and perceptions have been fil...
The documentary plunges into the secret underground world and history of freight train and graffiti culture, uncovering stories of myth-like artists, remarkable romances, competitive graffiti crews...
Barry McGee has always been a master of contracting and expanding, often in the same show, and even more so on just one painting. Space is key, dense patterns juxtaposed with intentional openess.
When the gavel dropped on Lady Pink's iconic 1984 painting, 1969 Super Sport Camaro, it was already famed for being part of Keith Haring's personal collection.
The history of graffiti is synonymous with the documentation of the art form. Inevitably, this means books. And there are a ton of books on the subject, so much so that after nearly 50 years, there...
When pioneering teenagers in both Philadelphia and New York City began spraying their names on walls, buses, trains and a variety of other surfaces, they had little idea that they’d have such an im...
On the occasion of his print release with BEYOND THE STREETS, we spoke with Chaz about the evolving Los Angeles art world, how he sees his place in Los Angeles graffiti art history and his iconic i...
In 1986, Chris Freedom received a call from the art director at Reading Rainbow, a popular show on PBS at the time, asking him to paint six handball courts in one night for a Run DMC video. He like...
