The ABCs of Style: A Graffiti Alphabet

Filled with 26 colorful marker drawings contributed by some of graffiti art's ultimate style masters, The ABCs of Style is part children's book, part adult art primer, tracking the evolution of graffiti letterforms.  

Banksy painting self-destructs minutes after being sold at auction

From CTV News.

Moments after a famous Banksy painting was sold for more than $1.7 million during a live auction, the piece was shredded from inside its frame.

French Cartoonist Jean Jullien on Creation of “Symbol of Peace for Paris”

From Time magazine.

"In all this horror there’s something positive that people are coming together in a sense of unity and peace."

Jean Jullien had just begun his vacation when he heard on the radio about the terrorist attacks in his native France that killed more than 120 people on Friday. While others around the world struggled to put their feelings about the violence in Paris into words on social media, Jullien, a professional illustrator, picked up his brush instead.

This Is What Happens When Street Art Meets Nature

From DeMilked.

Urban environments and nature are usually held to be polar opposites, but even in the concrete jungle, street artists can find a way to incorporate nature into their street art. That’s exactly what the street artists who created these awesome pieces of street art did. 

We’ve seen street art that utilizes urban elements like signposts, wires or lights to its advantage, but trees, shrubs, or even grass breaking through cracks in the sidewalk can also be used. Street art like this seems like a fun way to highlight the presence of nature even in bleak urban environments.

Source: Bored Panda

Banksy in New York (2)

Beth J. Harpaz in The Globe & Mail.

The secretive street artist Banksy ended his self-announced monthlong residency in New York City with a final piece of graffiti, a painting donated to charity and a debate: Is he a jerk or a genius?