Optical illusions are all over the internet, but it's rare to see them cropping up in the real world. Street artist Vile is changing that with his astonishing graffiti art, creating mind-bending ...

Graffiti art’s history The history of contemporary graffiti art begins in the late ’60s and early ’70s in rough neighborhoods in Philadelphia and New York.

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State and local officials are coordinating efforts to combat graffiti on I-84 after taggers targeted the section of Portland freeway one day after a massive cleanup effort had been completed.