2023 Underground Art Market Report
An aerial view of the freshly graffitied Oceanwide Plaza skyscraper development in downtown Los Angeles Mario Tama / Getty Images Graffiti artists broke into downtown Los Angeles’ Oceanwide Plaza skyscraper development earlier this month and tagged over 27 floors with bright, bold letters. The work was …
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The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on a motion Friday that would force the owners of the Oceanwide Plaza in Downtown LA to clean up the graffiti that is now covering three towers top-to-bottom. The motion, if passed, would require the developers …
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THE LUCKY ENVELOPES that Pearl Lam fondly remembers from the Lunar New Years of her childhood were traditional red, stamped with gold foil emblems and letters. But today, in her third Get Lucky Art Show, the bill-sized red envelopes—“hongbao” in Mandarin—become canvases for a wild …
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Pulse nightclub tribute sign vandalized The sign in front of Pulse nightclub in Orlando has been vandalized, a spokesperson for the city confirmed to FOX 35 on Monday. Apparent graffiti is now visible toward the base of the nightclub’s main sign over the spot where …
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HARPSWELL (WGME)— A father and son have been identified and charged following an investigation into anti-Semitic graffiti in Harpswell. Authorities received reports of graffiti painted on the roadway at the intersection of Stevens Corner Road and Harpswell Islands Road featuring a swastika and a reference …
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HARPSWELL (WGME)— A father and son have been identified and charged following an investigation into anti-Semitic graffiti in Harpswell. Authorities received reports of graffiti painted on the roadway at the intersection of Stevens Corner Road and Harpswell Islands Road featuring a swastika and a reference …
Read MoreGraffiti artist Aziz Asmar paints on the faces of children in the city of Binnish – February 6, 2024 (Enab Baladi/Abdul Karim al-Thalji) The Feather Hope team paints a mural on the walls of a house destroyed by the earthquake that struck northwestern Syria – …
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Susan Ferrence was in a rush on a December morning as she passed by Jefferson Plaza at 12th and Chestnut Streets. She was late for a workout session when an image stopped her in her tracks. It was a stenciled mural of a young child, …
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It’s been about five years since Actual was a regular on the Los Angeles graffiti scene. He said he got on the “straight and narrow” when his daughter was born. But when graffitists started converging on an abandoned development in the city, he thought: “Am …
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Related Posts [imagesource:youtube] An abandoned luxury real estate project in downtown LA went viral last week after dozens of graffiti artists painted over at least 27 floors. Spanning an entire square city block, Oceanwide Plaza was supposed to be a massive mixed-use development featuring more …
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