Category: graffiti

A Russian Graffiti Artist and His Mural Cats in Hong Kong

Vladimir Boldyrev is a Hong Kong-based Russian graffiti-artist. He has painted five cats in different places around Hong Kong. His painting “the Cat in a House,” a large brown and white cat with green eyes nestled snug inside a box, at Tai Mo Shan, has became a popular check-in place for hikers since October. “The Cat…


30 Sites in Yosemite National Park Vandalized With Graffiti

By Felicia Alvarez From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—Yosemite National Park officials are asking for help identifying the people behind an incident that left 30 sites tagged with graffiti last month. Officials put out a call on social media Sunday asking the public to help identify those responsible for the vandalism. Park rangers received multiple…


Santa Ana City Council Considers Art Murals to Cover Graffiti

The City of Santa Ana is considering using murals as a graffiti prevention tool, both to cover up existing graffiti and to give artists a creative and legal source of expression. The idea was introduced by Santa Ana City Councilman Ryan Hernandez in a Dec. 21 council meeting as city officials were discussing increased graffiti…


Police Hunt Woman for Paint Attack on Catholic Cathedral in Denver

Just minutes before the start of early morning Sunday Mass on Oct.10, a lone vandal—believed to be a woman—attacked the 125-year-old Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado, spraying it with offensive graffiti. Written in bright-red spray paint, the messages read: “Satan Lives Here,” “Jesus Was Here,” “KKK,” “Illuminati,” and “White Supremacists.” The…


Police Hunt Woman in Paint Attack on Catholic Cathedral in Denver

Churchgoers heading to morning Mass on Oct. 10 were shocked to find the 125-year-old Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver spray-painted with offensive red graffiti. Written in bright-red spray paint, the messages read: “Satan Lives Here,” “Jesus Was Here,” “KKK,” “Illuminati,” and “White Supremacists.” The vandal also painted swastikas on the gilded front…


Italian Church Vandalized in Downtown LA

St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church in the Chinatown neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles was vandalized Oct. 11, likely related to Indigenous People’s (Columbus) Day. The incident occurred Monday morning while priests and church staff were praying inside, according to the Los Angeles Police Dept. According to officials, the suspect threw red paint on the front…


Marcus Rashford Mural Graffiti ‘Not Racial’: Police

Police have said they do not think that abusive graffiti on a mural of England footballer Marcus Rashford was of a racial nature. Officers are keeping an open mind over the motive for defacing the artwork in Withington, Manchester, following England’s penalty shootout loss to Italy in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. No arrests have been…


Black Michigan Student Admits to Spraying Racist Graffiti in ‘Hoax’ That Led to Protests: Police

A college student has admitted to spraying racist graffiti messages as an apparent hoax at a Michigan college.


Pelosi’s House Defaced With Leftist Graffiti, Fake Blood, Pig Head: Reports

The San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was reportedly vandalized over night on Jan. 1, with messages scrawled on the garage door and what appeared to be a pig’s head and blood on the driveway, according to multiple reports and images shared on social media. A spokesman for the San Francisco Police…