Martha Cooper Library

Vandalism or message? Sprayers reach for the can when they want to convey a political message to a broad audience in highly visible and public places. The volume “Political Graffiti” was recently published in the Guernica Society’s “Art and Politics” series. René Kästner and Sven Niemann discuss graffiti as a tool of political agency with a member from the internationally renowned street art crew 1UP.

Ann Van Hulle, ROA Codex. 2019 “ROA Codex,” a comprehensive exploration of the enigmatic Belgian street artist ROA, compiled by Ann Van Hulle with notable contributions from Lucy Lippard and Johan Braeckman and others, offers an unfiltered window into a […]

Herbert Kohl and James Hinton, Golden Boy as Anthony Cool. 1972 Herbert Kohl and James Hinton’s “Golden Boy as Anthony Cool,” published in 1972, is a seminal work in the study of urban graffiti and street culture. Not only an […]

Felisbret and Mariah FoxAl Diaz, Eric Felisbret, and Mariah Fox. City of Kings: A History of NYC Graffiti. Second Edition 2022 “City of Kings: A History of NYC Graffiti” is a crafted exploration of the graffiti scene’s historical roots in […]

Michael White (curator): “Dondi White (1961-1998): Dondism”. Exhibition Retrospective Catalogue 7 avril- 10 mai 2018. 2018 “Dondi: Dondism” is a catalogue accompanying a 2018 retrospective exhibition held at the Ghost Galerie in Marseille, commemorating two decades since the passing of […]

Steven P. Harrington, Jaime Rojo, and Martha Cooper, Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures. 2020 “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” is both a book and a catalogue published to accompany the eponymous exhibition of the photographic career of Martha Cooper at the Urban […]

A glossy photo volume of full-color bleeds from the 1970s-90s graffiti career of Bronx-born graffiti writer Richard “SEEN” Mirando, this magazine concentrates the width and depth of his creative output into one volume. Throw-ups, blockbusters, handball courts, whole top-to-bottom cars, […]

FILM SCREENING & TALK 27 September, 19:00 – 21:30 | URBAN NATION Museum | Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin Accompanying the exhibition Project M/20_GEN+ESC the URBAN NATION Museum hosts a screening of selected episodes of the featured series of short art films. It […]

“MadC: Street to Canvas” is a captivating monograph that delves into the career of Claudia Walde, known as MadC, a prolific artist and muralist. Born in 1980, MadC embarked on her artistic journey in the 1990s as a graffiti artist […]

In his notable essay from 1974 that is here turned into a book, titled ‘The Faith of Graffiti‘, Norman Mailer, an American writer, novelist, and journalist, embarks on an exploration of graffiti as a significant artistic and political expression. Right […]