Graffiti artists work on the details of their latest piece in Nairobi, Kenya. They paint political art highlighting corruption and compare national leaders to vultures.

PCC Art Show of Political Graffiti Opens on Election Day Replicas of the boards that covered the Apple store in 2020 will be on display.

Young Bangladeshis are using the same weapons that helped them uproot Sheikh Hasina to hold today’s rulers accountable.

Street Art Used To Be the Voice of the People. Now It’s the Voice of Advertisers. Corporations like Red Bull and Stella Artois are co-opting graffiti art. Christine MacDonald March 11, 2019 ...

After her circle-slash went up, Seattle Public Utilities sent her a letter, telling her she had 10 days to clean up the graffiti or possibly face a $500 fine.

Political dissent is one of the highest forms of political participation, offering citizens a channel to provoke authority, question governance, and advocate for change. In Georgia, alongside the ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The urban wallpaper of Latin America is political graffiti. Graffiti covers the majority of plain walls, garage doors, sidewalks, and even a few grandiose public statues ...

Graffiti Is Important to the Tradition of American Dissent As protests concerning police brutality have continued, demonstrators have left graffiti behind to make sure their voices are heard.

Perhaps it is time to return to the belief that graffiti is a political act. Maybe then we can embrace it as an agent for social change.

A curious inversion of this episode unfolded in London around August 6th when Chinese art students daubed Communist Party slogans on a wall in Brick Lane, a street famed for its curry houses and ...