In the United States it might still be vandalism to paint on buildings, but Bristol sees it differently. Top street artists convene to paint the town red (and just about every other color too).

"If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission."

In light of recent developments towards democratic reforms in Burma (Myanmar) and celebrating 2011 as a huge year for Street Art across the the world, we recommend Art as a Weapon.

Bam! Street Art is global and it’s exploding. SparkJam will show art in your streets from any and everywhere.

Artist Nadia Plesnar beat a Louis Vuitton copyright infringement lawsuit yesterday for her use of the luxury brand’s bag in her painting Darfurnica. Plesnar made Darfurnica to raise awareness of the Genocide in Darfur, Sudan and much of the global community’s the lack of response to it. A court in The Hague, Netherlands found that [...]

Jeez, Louis Vuitton just can’t get enough of Dutch Artist Nadia Plesner’s work. In 2008 Plesner’s depiction of a Sudanese child holding an iconic Louis Vuitton bag on one arm and a chihuahua in another was used on a T-shirt to raise funds for Darfur Genocide victims. LV apparently didn’t like the image, so they [...]

by Andrew Michael Sullivan Down in the Big Easy, designer, urban planner, and public installation artist Cindy Chang reimagines the use of sticker art with her I Wish This Was project. Working in the most ephemeral of all American cities, currently reveling in the madness of Mardi Gras celebrations, Chang’s project not only gives voice [...]

Last week I learned about the work of Parisian street artist and photographer JR. I can’t believe I just found out about this guy. Not since Banksy has a street artist moved me like this. JR won the TED “wish” grant for $100,000 in March which he used to launch his global participatory vision called [...]