Graffiti

After their school was tagged with anti-immigrant graffiti, teachers at an elementary school in California asked students to put pen to paper.

Three artists were asked to come up with graffiti to cover the walls of a set in the TV series “Homeland.” The producers wanted to make it look as authentic as possible. The artists, on the other hand, had other ideas.

Twenty-three-year-old Jairisa Sanchez is bucking the odds for women in Nicaragua, which has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and violence against women in the Americas. When she’s not working as a graphic designer, Sanchez is a rare graffitera, a female graffiti artist.

All that was left of Palestinian Rabie Darduna’s house was his front door. Then graffiti artist Banksy painted on Darduna’s door. Now police in Gaza have confiscated the door after Darduna says he was tricked into selling it for $175.

Street artists create their art on canvases that don’t belong to them. But Google’s giving them a chance to save their work — before it’s gone.Street artists create their art on canvases that don’t belong to them. But Google’s giving them a chance to save their work — before it’s gone.