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Street Art Goes Orbital: Shepard Fairey Lights Up the Sphere in Vegas. What a Ball! | Brooklyn Street Art
Went to Vegas and had a ball. Okay, it was a sphere. Shepard Fairey’s Sphere. At least for a month. Yes, it was street art… on a whole new level. We’ve been questioned endlessly over the last two decades about the true nature of art in the public sphere—pulling apart and examining the progenitors, the aspirations, the elements that comprise street art, graffiti, public art, and [...]
In Memoriam: Don’t Fret | Brooklyn Street Art
With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to the brilliant Don't Fret. Cooper, the Chicago street artist known as "Don't Fret," was born and raised in the Wicker Park neighborhood—a community that shaped his perspective and featured prominently in his work. A few days ago he passed away at the age of 36 after a long illness, as confirmed by his family. Deeply connected to [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 04.20.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. Happy Easter, bunny. Great stuff is out on the streets today, whether you are wandering aimlessly through the city or touring with a sense of purpose. Street art continues to evolve, even as it repeats. Can anyone doubt that there is a more relevant artform that can be instantly responsive to current events and take the longer view? The city’s buzzing with [...]
Layers of Legacy: POSE Brings Graffiti Roots to a Carousel in Schrager’s Garden | Brooklyn Street Art
Jordan Nickel, better known as POSE, is a Chicago-born graffiti artist whose work fuses street culture, pop art, and comic book aesthetics into a bold, layered style. With a bright palette and complex collage style, he often hides messages and abstract forms that reward a closer look. A standout example is his 85-foot mural he painted last summer beneath the Purple Line in Evanston, [...]
Words Like Weapons: Jenny Holzer in the Streets and the Museum, In “Protest” | Brooklyn Street Art
If you’ve ever been stopped in your tracks by a cryptic phrase pasted on a lamppost or beamed onto a building, there’s a good chance you’ve crossed paths, at least spiritually, with Jenny Holzer. Before text-based street art became a global, sometimes cerebral, genre, Holzer treated the city as her canvas, her publishing platform, injecting unsettling truths and poetic jabs into public space. [...]
Hi-Vis at 10: Buffalo AKG’s Public Art Program Moves Indoors | Brooklyn Street Art
In the ever-evolving public and street art equation where boundaries between genres blur and definitions remain in flux, a notable regional museum has taken a decisive step toward institutionalizing a decade-long experiment in civic art-making. With the opening of Hi-Vis at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the first ten years of its public art initiative are given a platform inside the museum [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 04.13.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA's Images of the week. Chag Sameach to all who are celebrating Passover. The Hasidim in Brooklyn kicked off the public festivities by lighting fires on sidewalks in various neighborhoods—a surprising and bright flickering of orange, yellow, and white dancing flames are a sight against the cold gray downpour of April. As the smoke wafts through the streets, there’s a moment [...]
Bicicleta Sem Freio: Rooted in Music, Drawing the Sound | Brooklyn Street Art
New graphic works by Brazilian duo Bicicleta Sem Freio—Douglas de Castro and Renato Pereira—tap into a visual language shaped by music, memory, and the intensity of youthful aspirations. Their palette leans hallucinatory, echoing blacklight posters and underground zines, with surreal figures and dream-fed compositions that push past the real. The vibe is familiar to anyone who’s ever covered [...]
Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen In “Place” | Brooklyn Street Art
Before “street art” became a globally recognized genre, Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen were charting their course—one rooted in graffiti, freight trains, hand-drawn signs, and the layered rhythms of the city itself. This rare 12-minute Art21 segment, first aired in 2001, offers an intimate look into their daily lives and creative processes as they prepare for professional exhibitions, [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 04.07.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA's Images of the week. Mockingbirds are bringing sprigs from the cold, grey, churning East River to build nests on the banks of abandoned lots of Williamsburg/Greenpoint before further ugly gentrification paves it over. Up and down the Brooklyn waterfront, it’s a procession of architectural mediocrity—glass boxes and bland slabs posing as progress. With few exceptions, [...]
Nadia Vadori-Gauthier / Ten Years Of Dances For Our Time | Brooklyn Street Art
Nadia Vadori-Gauthier, a Franco-Canadian artist and choreographer, initiated the "Une minute de danse par jour" (One Minute of Dance per Day) on January 14, 2015. This endeavor was her response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, aiming to offer a daily act of poetic resistance and to foster a sense of solidarity and tenderness through dance. She records a one-minute dance in [...]
The Art of Protest: Ron English and the Fight for Public Space | Brooklyn Street Art
Long before he hijacked billboards, Ron English was growing up in Decatur, Illinois, tuning in to the everyday spectacle of ads and authority—and wondering why nobody was messing with them. By the late 1970s, English had begun altering billboards in Texas, driven by the realization that “making art was only half the equation.” The other half? Being seen. Advertising billboard culture became [...]
Images Of The Week: 03.30.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. Congratulations to our Muslim neighbors in NYC on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, and we wish them peace, joy, and blessings as they mark the end of Ramadan. The popping rumble of customized mufflers is back on the streets, a rite of spring as familiar as purple crocuses and snowdrops pushing through browned grass, old 40 bottles, crumpled chip bags, and [...]
“We Demand Change”: Shepard Fairey’s Tribute to Joaquin Oliver in Washington, D.C. | Brooklyn Street Art
Shepard Fairey has unveiled a new six-story mural titled We Demand Change in Washington, D.C., a solemn and visually arresting tribute to Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, one of the 17 victims of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Installed at 618 H Street NW in Chinatown—just steps from the Capital One Arena—the mural bears Oliver’s portrait above the [...]
Sebas Velasco Debuts at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina: “The Morning Will Change Everything” | Brooklyn Street Art
There’s a warmth in the grey—Sebas Velasco knows how to find it. Next month the Spanish artist’s distinct urban realism brings it inside the museum setting with The Morning Will Change Everything. Opening April 4th at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this debut solo museum exhibition is more than a milestone—it’s a culmination of over a decade of travel, observation, and [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 03.23.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA's Images of the Week! Welcome to BSA Images of the Week, to Spring, to the land of Hype and Hustle! Down in D.C., it’s all smoke, mirrors, and sharp elbows. There’s a full-blown constitutional cage match brewing over deportation flights—judges say no, the President says yes, and now he wants the judge impeached. Meanwhile, Trump just yanked security clearances from a list [...]
Urban Nation Berlin, Situationists, and “Love Letters To The City” Part 3 | Brooklyn Street Art
First day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and what better sign of renewal than a fresh Urban Nation bloom—sprouting defiantly among the dried leaves, cigarette butts, and abandoned Berliner Pilsner bottles? As part of an ongoing conversation with curator Michelle Houston about the latest show at Urban Nation, LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY, we find ourselves drawn to the echoes of the [...]
“The People’s Art”: Taking It to the Streets for 10 Years | Brooklyn Street Art
For a decade, SaveArtSpace has transformed New York’s streets into open-air galleries, reclaiming advertising spaces as canvases for public expression. As jurors for The People’s Art, we’re proud to celebrate this milestone 10th-anniversary exhibition, continuing the tradition of putting art directly into the streets—where it has always belonged. From the earliest graffiti writers to the [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 03.16.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA's Images of the Week! Purim has wrapped up in Brooklyn after three days and two nights of exuberant revelry in Hasidic neighborhoods—a celebration that, at first glance, might seem like a fusion of Halloween and New Year's, complete with thousands of costumed kids and exuberant teens, many of whom are noticeably inebriated, blasting music into the night from roaming [...]
ELFO Clarifies Artistic Stance on Fascism | Brooklyn Street Art
About a hundred years ago "fascist" was commonly used to describe authoritarian movements, such as Hitler’s Nazi regime in Germany and Franco’s rule in Spain. Mussolini was considered a socialist first, then a nationalist, and ultimately considered the founder of fascism as an ideology and political system. In WWII the term solidified as a general descriptor for ultra-nationalist, [...]
“Warmioptikum” – A Dialogue Between Art and Nature, by Arek Stankiewicz & Bartek Swiatecki | Brooklyn Street Art
Interpreting Warmia’s Hidden Patterns from Above and Within Bartek Swiatecki’s latest book, Warmioptikum, is a striking fusion of abstract painting and aerial photography, capturing the landscapes of Warmia, Poland, from a new perspective. Featuring Swiatecki’s expressive, in-the-moment paintings set against Arek Stankiewicz’s breathtaking drone photography, the book transforms familiar rural [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 03.09.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. The attack on the poor and the middle class continues nonstop with the imposing of tariffs that will jack up inflation, the attempts at cutting Medicaid, the tens of thousands of layoffs, and the dismantling of the Department of Education. 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, according to Senator Bernie Sanders in his response to Trump's [...]
Bordalo II’s IRRÉVERSIBLE: When Trash Talks Back | Brooklyn Street Art
Bordalo II is back in Paris, and—spoiler alert—so is our garbage. The Portuguese artist, known for sculpting animals from our collective waste, is launching IRRÉVERSIBLE. This new exhibition hits like a manifesto against overconsumption, environmental destruction, and humanity’s inability to pick up after itself. From May 24 to June 28, 2025, in the 13th arrondissement, the artist will [...]
Books In The MCL: “Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora”, Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón. | Brooklyn Street Art
Books in the MCL: Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón. Graffitti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora Reprinted from the original review. “Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora” by Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón provides an insightful look into the world of women graffiti artists, challenging the perception that graffiti is a male-dominated subculture. This book [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 03.02.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week and to the madness of March. Also, we extend warm wishes to our Muslim brothers and sisters for a peaceful and blessed Ramadan. If it's not dicks, it's birds—either way, graffiti artists keep finding new ways to ruffle feathers and raise eyebrows. Not sure who Waldorf is, but it looks like he has freed himself on the roof top of a school in Berlin – [...]
Borondo’s “Chrysalis”: A Veil of Transformation at Villa Stuck, in Munich | Brooklyn Street Art
CHRYSALIS. GONZALO BORONDO Spanish artist Gonzalo Borondo is again blurring the lines between architecture and illusion, history and reinvention. With Chrysalis, his latest large-scale intervention, Borondo reskins the façade of Munich’s Villa Stuck into a luminous, multilayered vision of shadows and figures—tapping into a historical subconscious that reveals, conceals, and questions all at [...]
The 2026 Martha Cooper Scholarship At Urban Nation, Berlin | Brooklyn Street Art
We are thrilled to once again announce the Martha Cooper Scholarship, in partnership with Urban Nation. This scholarship offers a promising photographer the chance to spend 10 months in Berlin in 2026—fully supported and immersed in the city’s dynamic creative environment. This extraordinary opportunity provides not only free accommodation in an artist residence and full coverage of travel [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 02.23.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! A pioneer of French graffiti from Guadaloupe, Shuck One, is presenting Regeneration at the Pompidou Center’s Black Paris exhibition (March 19–June 30), honoring Black figures who shaped France’s history through large-scale paintings and collages depicting key moments like the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, the 1967 Guadeloupe riots, and the BUMIDOM migration [...]
Books In The MCL: “Born In The Bronx” | Brooklyn Street Art
Books in the MCL: Johan Kugelberg (ed.). Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop. Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop. Johan Kugelberg (Hrsg). Expanded edition 2023 Reprinted from the original review. “Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop” is an in-depth exploration of hip-hop’s roots in the Bronx during the [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 02.16.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Feeling that Valentine’s chocolate buzz? Gearing up for President’s Day? Thank goodness for holidays—little pauses in the relentless, whiplash-inducing news cycle we’re all riding. First, some street art news: San Francisco street artist Rabi Torres taps into ad culture subversion with his new “We Buy Souls” campaign, echoing the tactics of Cash For Your [...]
Books In The MCL: Alan Ket. The Wide World of Graffiti | Brooklyn Street Art
The Wide World of Graffiti. Alan Ket. 2023 Reprinted from the original review. The Wide World of Graffiti by Alan Ket is a comprehensive exploration of graffiti art, tracing its evolution from a marginalized expression to a globally recognized art form. The book delves into the origins of graffiti in the late 1960s and 1970s, primarily in Philadelphia and New York City, where it began as a [...]
Graffiti, Architecture, and the Art of the Letterform at STRAAT in “Graffitecture: Typographic Blueprints” | Brooklyn Street Art
Graffitecture: Typographic Blueprints, on view at STRAAT Museum from February 14 to May 18, 2025, explores the evolving relationship between graffiti, typography, and the built environment. Curated by Hyland Mather, the exhibition brings together four artists—SODA, Gary Stranger, Antigoon, and Georgia Hill—who each push the boundaries of letterforms, blending street-born spontaneity with [...]
Books In the MCL: “Protecting Art In The Streets: A Guide To Copyright In Street Art And Graffiti”, Enrico Bonadio | Brooklyn Street Art
Enrico Bonadio. Protecting Art in the Street: A Guide to Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti. 2020 Reprinted from the original review. Enrico Bonadio, a seasoned expert in copyright law, delves into the complexities of legal rights surrounding street art and graffiti in this insightful book, “Protecting Art in the Street.” Accompanied by a foreword from renowned graffiti writer, artist, and [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 02.09.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome BSA Images of the Week, to a new snowfall in the city, and the Taylor Bowl, or is that the Kendrick Bowl? This week, according to the Scottish SUN, Banksy could lose the right to his own name in a landmark case against the world famous artist. Don’t worry, you can still use that “Girl with Balloon” stencil on the wall of your baby’s bedroom. The White House is running a masterclass in [...]
SpY’s Ovoid Interventions: Transforming Spaces in Riyadh and Rome | Brooklyn Street Art
SpY’s latest projects, Ovoid and Ovoids, take two distinct approaches to spatial intervention—one in the open air of Riyadh, the other within an exhibition space in Rome. Vastly differing in scale and context, both works use form, movement, and light to challenge how we perceive and navigate the environments we often take for granted. SpY. OVOID. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024. (photo © Ruben P. [...]
BSA Speaks About Art On “All of It” WNYC Program With Alison Stewart | Brooklyn Street Art
By request: The Images from the Interview In honor of the radio station WNYC's 100th birthday, Alison Stewart's "All Of It" program is celebrating 100 pieces of art in New York City. Each month, Alison speaks with an expert in the art world about their 10 favorites. This month, Alison talked to Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, co-founders of Brooklyn Street Art, about [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 02.02.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Welcome friends to BSA Images of the Week. Happy Year of the Snake—feels oddly appropriate, doesn’t it? This frigid week brought us the news that DEI programs caused a American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide over the Potomac River, Why, you ask? “Common sense,” says the president. Also, China’s open source and cheap AI Deepseek pulled down the pants of [...]
Books In The MCL: “Swoon. The Red Skein” | Brooklyn Street Art
Books in the MCL: Swoon. The Red Skein. Reprinted from the original review. In “The Red Skein,” Swoon (Caledonia Curry) thoroughly examines her artistic work over the past decade, encompassing both her street art and studio pieces. The book, spanning 224 pages and containing over 200 color images, is a detailed account of Swoon’s contributions to street art and related fields. It includes [...]
Enamurart Graffiti Jam: Painting the Streets of Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | Brooklyn Street Art
The small town of Les Franqueses del Vallès, located just 4 kilometers north of Granollers in Catalonia, Spain, hosted the third edition of the Enamurart Graffiti Jam on January 11, 2025. Nestled in a suburban setting, this town may not be on your radar, but you can imagine a reputation as a hub for urban art growing - especially with events like this graffiti jam. URI KTHR. Les Franqueses, [...]
BSA Images Of The Week: 01.26.25 | Brooklyn Street Art
Bitter is right! The city's temperature has been below freezing every day this week, and the sentiments coming out of the new White House appear to be bitterly subzero. We will be looking for artists to respond to the raft of new declarations, announcements, and aspirations spread across the political landscape. You can't simply ban and deport everyone who you despise - it [...]