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For photographer Valerio Polici, bombing was the ultimate adventure

Call of the wild — Italian photographer Valerio Polici came of age throwing his name up on the streets. Graffiti, he reflects, was an illegal thrill that kept him hooked.

Written by: Gemma Padley

Art

Street artist Swoon launching Kickstarter to renovate abandoned church

The Braddock Tiles project — Swoon’s Braddock Tiles project aims to transform lives in a former steel town by renovating an abandoned church and creating a tile workshop.

Written by: Sam Warner

Art

Graffiti pioneer RUN asks if we've left our primitive roots behind

Man is God — Have we become 21st Century gods? Giacomo Bufarini aka RUN’s new show Man is God questions our relationship to the world around us.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Clet Abraham’s hacked street signs speak love to power

Disobedient objects — Artist Clet Abraham’s mischievously modified signage subverts authorities’ attempts to make us obedient citizens.

Written by: Sam Warner

Things that inspire me

How do you make great activist art?

Art not agitprop — Artist Katy Bauer explains the key to successful activist art is not to rant, shock or alienate but break through to people who don’t agree with you.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Banksy releases Dismaland teaser

A place where all your dreams come true — Weston-super-Mare’s world-famous bemusement park gets its own saccharine-sweet promo video.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Art

Street artists to battle it out in Leake Street Tunnel

The Battle of Waterloo — The cans are drawn. London’s finest graffiti writers go head-to-head for a cash prize on Saturday August 22.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

Celebrating the finest street art talent at NuArt Festival

Graffiti from across the globe — Norway's graffiti-oriented NuArt festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with an incredible array of the world's best street artists.

Written by: Alex Taylor

Art

Broken Fingaz’ psychedelic graffiti pilgrimage from Mumbai to Los Angeles

Journey Galactiko — Underground graffiti collective Broken Fingaz spring up in LA for a mesmerising show that takes on sex, death, Indian spirituality and capitalist advertising.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Graffiti pioneer Lee Quiñones has kept on painting through street art's ebb and flow

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, graffiti pioneer Lee Quiñones shares how, through all the art world's changes, he's found new ways to keep on keeping on.

Written by: Tom Fenwick

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