Street culture
This Nicaraguan woman answers sexism with spraypaint
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.
How Ancient Graffiti Might Be More Familiar Than You Realize
Chinese teen Ding Jinhao etched onto a 3500 relic in Egypt and caused a global uproar but 3500 years ago he might’ve been applauded. Anchor, Marco Werman speaks with Egyptologist, Chloe Ragazzoli about the significance of graffiti in ancient times.
The Desire to Be Hip Is Making All Our Cities the Same
Cities like New Orleans and Pittsburgh have benefited from major economic investments and new business models. But writer Chuck Thompson thinks this isn’t always a good thing. He’s the author of “Better Off Without ‘Em.” His latest article in The New Republic is called “Take this Microbrew and Shove It.” In it, he argues against […]
‘The Man Behind the Wall’: The Mystery of Banksy
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” introduced the world to Banksy and his modern street art, but most of us know next to nothing about the artist, famous for concealing his identity at all costs. Will Ellsworth-Jones set out to reveal as much as possible about the graffiti artist in his new biography […]
