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Instead of being hidden away in studios and galleries, street art – everything from graffiti to stencil art to stickers, posters, flash mobbing, and an ever progressing combination of new forms – is developed out in public spaces, often unsanctioned, and in many cases, illegal.

Matador covers a wide range of street art, from pioneers such as Bansky to street art scenes in cities around the world.

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I’ve never felt more inappropriate for being somewhere in my life.

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What happens when a city declares war on graffiti?

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Grab a bowl of popcorn, light one up if you're so inclined, and enjoy the show.

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She lets it all hang out, thrilling a shocked crowd and pissing off the cops.

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Cartoons? Window décor? This is a war we can get behind.

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This video shows just how easy it is to do street art in Buenos Aires.

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The gallery owners claim that by selling the paintings, they are in fact saving them.

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Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, Lucky Luke, and more, scattered throughout the city.

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The Buenos Aires art scene is open in a way that I've never experienced before.

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Montevideo’s aerosol dialogue spans the spectrum from murals to activist scrawlings to...

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An ever-changing display of graffiti covers the walls of Werregarenstraat in Ghent.

Galleries →

Museums and galleries aren't the only places to see art in a city. Here are 15 works of...

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Unurth makes it possible to see some great street art from all over the world and dig in...

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Scott Wade makes compelling images from a substance most regard as a nuisance and the...

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K.E.L.P. stands for Kultura En La Pared (Kulture On The Wall). This Chilean Graffiti...

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While the art scene worldwide is getting more elitist as time goes on, this is art by and...

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Street art and graffiti are a world culture that show more what we have in common than...

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The 19th and 20th Arrondissements are particularly popular with the artists.

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Just blocks from where the Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada decided to rest and...

Trip Planning →

Though graffiti purists may call out legal graffiti as not real tagging, the luxury of...

Artist Profiles →

"I can't believe you morons actually buy this shit."

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Have you heard about Jim Clay Harper (a.k.a. “Ether”) and his girlfriend, Danielle...

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Landing on everything from brick walls to telephone poles to the doors of trash chutes,...