Los Angeles has always had a contradictory relationship with graffiti and the street cultures that birthed it. The city spends more than $11 million painting over graffiti each year, according to ...

LOS ANGELES — Graffiti has risen to high art in downtown Los Angeles: Taggers have covered at least 27 stories of an unfinished high-rise development.

Graffiti artists tag the exterior windows of a high-rise building, part of the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza complex in downtown Los Angeles, on February 1.

"It's a perfect depiction of Los Angeles – political corruption, real estate, 'crime' + LAPD, the people making beautiful art," it said in a statement on X. "The graffiti is beautiful. Seize the ...

The colorful graffiti that adorns an abandoned skyscraper in downtown L.A. is, depending on who you ask, petty vandalism that plagues the city or vibrant street art that enriches.

Discover the history and controversies surrounding graffiti writing in Los Angeles. From hobo graffiti to political murals, learn how this form of street art has evolved. Support for LAist comes from ...

Why they do it: Members of Los Angeles' graffiti scene speak out Those who climbed the towers to put their mark on them spoke exclusively to the NBC4 I-Team about why they did it.

Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have moved ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graffiti has risen to high art in downtown Los Angeles: Taggers have covered at least 27 stories of an unfinished high-rise development.

Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have moved ...

(CNN) — Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have ...