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Alan Ket’s ‘The Wide World of Graffiti’: A Testament to the Art Form’s Global Impact

Alan Ket’s ‘The Wide World of Graffiti’: A Testament to the Art Form’s Global Impact

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.03.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.03.23

Various & Gould Go to Church to Spread Colorful “Strahlen” with Project “Startbahn”

Various & Gould Go to Church to Spread Colorful “Strahlen” with Project “Startbahn”

Neon Saltwater Drenched a Gas Station in Neon Las Vegas; “Cherry Lake”

Neon Saltwater Drenched a Gas Station in Neon Las Vegas; “Cherry Lake”

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.26.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.26.23

Alan Ket’s ‘The Wide World of Graffiti’: A Testament to the Art Form’s Global Impact

December 5, 2023

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.03.23

December 3, 2023

Various & Gould Go to Church to Spread Colorful “Strahlen” with Project “Startbahn”

November 30, 2023

Neon Saltwater Drenched a Gas Station in Neon Las Vegas; “Cherry Lake”

November 28, 2023

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.26.23

November 26, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving From BSA

November 23, 2023

Stikman “SIGNS” Show Slides into Skewville

November 21, 2023

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.19.23

November 19, 2023

Chekos’Art Creates “Goddess of Paradise”in Brindisi, Puglia, Italy

November 16, 2023

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ALAN KET’S ‘THE WIDE WORLD OF GRAFFITI’: A T

ALAN KET’S ‘THE WIDE WORLD OF GRAFFITI’: A TESTAMENT TO THE ART FORM’S GLOBAL IMPACT
“It’s meaningful when a book like “The Wide World of Graffiti” is authored by someone like Alan Ket, a native New Yorker from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who has firsthand experience writing on city trains. As a self-proclaimed graffiti nerd, historian of the movement, and co-founder of the Miami-based Museum of Graffiti, Ket brings a unique blend of metaphorical depth and frank authenticity to his writing. He skillfully combines scholarly insight and sociological context in his narrative, spotlighting selected kings and queens of the streets to further illustrate in their words details of the scene’s evolution and his informed insights to provide context.” @alankets @museumofgraffiti #graffiti 👉full review go to Linkinbio👈

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 12.03.23 Here is our weekl

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 12.03.23 Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Optimo NYC, Kram, Gats, Eternal Possessions, Muebon, El Hase, Stay Busy, Words on the Street, Alex Itin, Madison Storm, Jocelyn Tsajh, Homer, Siomo, Clams, Celeb, and Under Control. @gatsptv #clams @optimonyc #celeb @madison_storm_studio @kram_bcn @slomo29 @wordsonthestreet_ @itinplace @jocelyntsaih @elhase #staybusy @mue_bon @muebon #homer @eternalpossessions #jaimerojo #bsaimagesoftheweek #streetart #graffiti #muralart #urbanart

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 11.26.23 Here is our weekl

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 11.26.23 Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Stikman, Cosbe, Below Key, No Sleep, Huetek, Optimo NYC, Jay Shells, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, OH!, Muebon, Humble, Jappy Agoncillo, Jeff Roseking, Ho! Manual Alejando, Deter, Jason Shelowitz, and KIR. @jappyagoncillo @optimonyc #stikmanart @skewville.presents #cosbe @cosbe1 @muebon @mue_bon @belowkey @jeffroseking @artwork_by_kir @manuelalejandro.nyc @humblemakesart #poems #deter @huetek @sold.out.art.show @jayshells_ @tlynnfaz #jaimerojo #bsaimagesoftheweek #graffiti #streetart #urbanart #muralart

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM BSA From all around the gl

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM BSA From all around the globe, we roam,
A mix of cultures, just like home.

With gratitude to all the friends and family whom we have met along the way,
a Happy Thanksgiving to you from BSA.

STIKMAN “SIGNS” SHOW SLIDES INTO SKEWVILLE. Ov

STIKMAN “SIGNS” SHOW SLIDES INTO SKEWVILLE. Over the weekend the always festive Skewville in Bushwick opened the garage gallery and invited old fans and new to see the street artists new show, primarily focused on the hundreds of street signs that he often regards as clients on the street. In an upside-down political, social, and economic environment that gives rather confusing directions, these signs may not provide the route you need to go, but it appears you will be accompanied. In an effort to diversify offerings, there are all manner of products hand-made by the artist here, verging on craft and crazy, and even a simplified mask, if you so desire. @skewville.presents @skewville #stikman

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 11.19.23 Here is our weekl

BSA IMAGES OF THE WEEK: 11.19.23 Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring City Kitty, Adam Fujita, Below Key, Eternal Possessions, Hektag, Hops Art, Aidz, Ali Six, Tkid170, Tracy 168, Hydrane, Otam1, Abloker, Nos Ck One, Madison Storm, Melissa Schainker, Wally, J$T, FatJay, Sens-Sational, Aaron Wrinkle, and 5inck. @adamfu @hektad._official @sens_sational @aaron__wrinkle @hydrane #tracy168 @tkid170 @5inck_ @otam1 @abloker @noackone @thebushwickcollective @citykittystreet @belowkey @ali_six_ #aidz @madison_storm_studio @mschainkerfineart @eternalpossessions @hopsart_1 #jaimerojo #streetart #graffiti #urbanart #muralart #bsaimagesoftheweek

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The most extensive career survey ever exhibited, “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” is curated by Steven P. Harrington & Jaime Rojo
Q:You were already working as curators for URBAN NATION before this exhibition. How does the curation of the projects at that time differ from the new exhibition?
A: We were on the curatorial board of the museum since 2015 when we brought 12 artists from Brooklyn to Berlin for our cultural exchange exhibition …

via Justin Kamp @Artsy
“Scholars of the category expressed similar views. Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, co-founders of the online street art community Brooklyn Street Art, stated that while graffiti art should be generally viewed as a distinct category due to its focus on lettering and authorial expression, the bounds of street art are more aesthetically slippery. “It may borrow heavily from advertising, branding, traditional mural making, and pop culture aesthetics or methods of creation and dissemination,”…

SEE the Live Opening of “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” running until 2022 in Berlin

Jeffrey Deitch

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Artist, Writer, Curator, Dealer, and Advisor
Director Deitch Projects, Art in the Streets at MOCA LA

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The thing about BSA is that they cover the whole spectrum. Images of both emerging artists highly visible on the street to the work of some of the most established “street” artists with burgeoning museum careers."

Rafael Schacter

Anthropologist, Curator, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

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Selina Miles

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Filmmaker, Director of the documentary "Martha: A Picture Story" and Sofles' "Limitless"

Shepard Fairey

"BSA is not a street art blog. It is the most diverse and in-depth site covering the street, or “urban” art movement and all of its eclectic mutations."

Street Artist, Graphic Designer, Activist, Founder of OBEY

Carlo Mccormick

"It is a bit of mischief that something with so provincial a title as Brooklyn Street Art
could in fact have such a broad scope and global mandate."

Carlo Mccormick

Art and Culture Critic, Curator, Lecturer, Author

Carlo Mccormick

a How Nosm

"The Graffiti movement and the Street Art world don’t always agree with each other but BSA treats everybody with respect and goes to the heart of the matter."

Raoul and Davide Perre aka How Nosm

Artists, Graffiti Writers, Muralists

Evan Pricco

“There are a lot of blogs, magazines, social media accounts that cover Street Art and Graffiti. Some have come and gone. But none have given the care, the attention and devoted coverage like Brooklyn Street Art.”

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Sharon Matt Atkins

"Brooklyn Street Art is my go-to resource for keeping current on art of the streets. They champion the artists first and foremost; and their respect and admiration for creative expression is apparent in all that they do. "

Sharon Matt Atkins

Director of Curatorial Affairs, Brooklyn Museum

Sharon Matt Atkins

Martha Cooper

"A couple of great guys who have been working tirelessly to promote and support urban art worldwide through their website and other social media platforms.

If you want a fresh and original perspective of what’s happening with art on the streets of Brooklyn and beyond, follow them!"

Photographer, Ethnologist, Documentarian
Author "Subway Art" with Henry Chalfant

John Fekner

"BSA reflects the spontaneity, the concern, and the exhilarating celebration of artistic beauty;
the stuff that ‘street’ dreams are made of."

Environmental, Conceptual, and Activist Urban Artist

Jim Prigoff

"Two very dedicated, knowledgeable, devoted people with enormous energy, tracking the art around the world. Outstanding and dogged tracking of the NY area and coverage of jams in cities all over the planet."

Photographer, Lecturer, Author of "Spray Can Art" with Henry Chalfant

Jayson Edlin

"Jaime Rojo’s pretty, often gritty photos combined with Steve Harrington’s pro prose beautifully document what would otherwise be the most ephemeral of art forms."

Graffiti Writer, Historian, Author "Graffiti 365"

Geoff Hargadon

"I've been a BSA fan since the beginning, and its content remains my most valuable resource for tracking the evolving global street art movement. An exceptionally comprehensive love letter to the genre, I'm grateful they have somehow been able to keep it authentic, pure, and personal."

Street Artist, Photographer, Collector, Cultural Observer

Christian Guémy aka C215

"They are in love with art, watch artists with love, speak about them with love. They spread their love...welcoming the best Street Artists worldwide."

Christian Guémy aka C215

French Street Artist, Graffiti Artist

Christian Guémy aka C215

Jonathan Levine

"Their exclusive photographs and stories have elevated the status of graffiti, murals and public art. Jaime and Steven have a strong and passionate editorial voice, making them two of the most influential and knowledgeable journalists in the field."

Jonathan Levine

Independent Curator, Gallerist, Jonathan Levine Projects

Jonathan Levine

Martyn Reed

"They’re one of the few Street Art related sites and organisations unafraid to take a critical look at the culture they’re engaged in, as well as promoting the very best the culture has to offer."

Gallerist, Curator, Founder, Nuart Festival in Stavanger, Norway

Christian Omodeo

"I did not get how street art had become a global culture for real, until stumbling upon BSA many years ago. I still do not understand how they manage such a network, but I definitely like the results."

Christian Omodeo

Institut national du Patrimoine, Le Grand Jeu

Christian Omodeo

Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon

"Jaime and Steve put so much heart and soul into everything they do - and everything they do keeps the fire going for the wild visions of creatives around the world."

Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon

Artist, Humanitarian, Founder "The Heliotrope Foundation"

Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon

Susan Hansen

"They are democratic in their documentation, reporting on the monumental work of the stars of the movement, while drawing our attention to the smaller scale urban interventions that are part of the very fabric of our cities."

Scholar, Middlesex University, London. Art on The Streets, ICA London.

Alison Young

"Every time I visit it, I learn something new, discover artists I hadn’t heard of, and get excited about what’s happening in the galleries, on the screen, and in the streets."

University of Melbourne
Author of "Street Art World" (2016) and "Street Art, Public City" (2014)

Pedro Soares Neves

"A criteria-based content platform,
BSA is two great peoples’ work, love and devotion."

Pedro Soares Neves

Executive Director at Urbancreativity.org

Pedro Soares Neves

Yasha Young

"It is the unique and multifaceted approach to each article that makes the work so important and a leading source of knowledge when it comes to the vast variety of movements and developments within and surrounding the urban contemporary scene."

Director, Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art (UN), Berlin

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