Today marks the 40th anniversary of "Taki 183 Spawns Pen Pals", one of the first articles ever written on graffiti, published in the New York Times on July 21, 1971. The piece profiled a 17-year old ...

For over four decades, Bronx-born artist Julius Cavero—better known as Tkid170—has been a defining force in the graffiti movement. Emerging from the early days of New York’s subway art scene, Tkid170 ...

Known as a pioneering figure in graffiti writing with his memorable “Smoker” tag, a haloed stick figure cartoon, taken from 1960s TV show The Saint, smoking a joint, Wayne Roberts, or Stay High 149, ...