Mobissimo

Hard to just on what constitutes art these days. One could argue Mapplethorpe, Hirst, even Basquiat, but still, beauty exists in the eye of the beholder. Enter graffiti, the scourge of public surfaces. Here's a map to the well known artists of NYC, I've seen a couple of these, kinda neato. More here via Gridskipper.

New York City's streets are home to a wide range of street artists, graff writers, or vandals, depending on what vernacular you prefer. For most New Yorkers it's easy to appreciate the more conventionally beautiful of the artists' work, while the murky and destructive world of the tagger is a seeming blight on the city.