Graffiti

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Ancient graffiti carved by pilgrims at Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Old City of Jerusalem	Ancient graffiti possibly showing John the Baptist.	Engraving of the graffito "Kilroy" on the WWII Memorial in Washington DC. Kilroy was a popular graffito among American G.I.s during the Second World War.	Graffiti presumably inscribed by Viking mercenaries on the second floor of the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul.
Spanish inscription at El Morro National Monument, 1605, with later graffiti.

[edit] Simple writings

in Wien	in Jakarta	In Hong Kong	in Częstochowa (CHWDP is acronym for vulgar chuj w dupę policji - fuck the police in ass)
On the monument to a Francoist general in Santoña, Spain.	On a door in Barcelona	See other Graffiti on abandoned fridges in post-Katrina New Orleans	In Israel
Tag in Malmö, Sweden	Tag in Namur, Belgium	Graffiti tag and mushroom drawing in México	In Columbia Missouri
Graffiti on a railroad bridge in Queens, New York City, USA	Tag in Thailand	Graffiti carved in a tree	Large love message on a wall in Tuscany

New York City Graffiti in early 90's

[edit] Elaborate paintings

Murkunst-graffiti.jpg murkunst.dk Roskildefestival 2008, Denmark.	FullCirclePanorama, Graffiti and tags i Århus, Denmark.	Motor Lublin football club graffiti in Lublin, Poland.	Graffiti piece in Bratislava, Slovakia
Graffiti piece in Bratislava, Slovakia	in Aalborg, Denmark	in Hamburg	in Frankfurt am Main
Forum de Barcelona	In London, UK.	in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Stadthaus Böcklerpark at Landwehrkanal	Lausanne
Elisabethmarkt München	Elisabethmarkt München Thema Energie	Graffiti in der Unterführung am Botanischen Garten in München	Graffiti in der Unterführung am Botanischen Garten in München
Graffiti in der Unterführung am Botanischen Garten in München	Graffiti in der Unterführung am Botanischen Garten in München	thumb\|center\|477px\|Graffiti Panorama Rome	Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona	Street art in Barcelona	Street art in Barcelona	Graffiti in Prato
Street art in Warsaw	Street art in Barcelona	street art in Tours (france)	Graffiti from Spin
Graffoi from Iz The Wiz	Graffiti by Miss Van, Barcelona	Graffiti by Miss Van and Ciou, Barcelona	Graffiti by Miss Van, Barcelona
Graffiti by Miss Van, Barcelona	Piece of a snake placing graffiti, Katwijk	Wall of Fame, legal graffiti wall in Katwijk	Graffiti under a bridge in Tampere, Finland
Graffiti in Luhansk	Graffiti in Luhansk	Graffiti in Luhansk	Graffiti in Luhansk
An example of giraffiti or heavens in Sydney	Graffiti in Helsinki, Finland	Graffiti in Sassuolo, Italy	Graffiti in Sevilla, Spain
A highly decorative graffiti in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil	2009, Le Havre (France)

[edit] Stencil graffiti

Wall in Los Caños de Meca (Andalucía, Spain) presenting graffiti made both with and without stencil.	Banksy.
		Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona

[edit] Sticker & wheatpaste graffiti

Stickers in Córdoba (Andalusia, Spain)	A wheatpasted Turtle in New York	Street art in Barcelona	Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona	Street art in Barcelona	A billboard with graffiti tags and poster graffiti	Street art in Vancouver
Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México	Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México

[edit] Ideological graffiti

Graffiti in Essen	in London	In San Salvador	in New York
in London	Lausanne: "La croissance est une folie" ("growth is madness")	Anarchy signs and writings against bull-fighting on a corrida advertisement	Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val d'Oise, France. The city mayor's name is mocked after an anti-graffiti program
On a squat house	at the EPFL for the 20th anniversary of Tchernobyl	Lausanne: "Bush vs World"	Pacifist graffiti in Israel
Genève, crise du logement, 2007	John Fekner	Independentist graffiti in Catalonia.	The Berlin wall has become a Mecca for graffiti writers. Featured here is an image of Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker making out. The words at the top read "God! help me stay alive." Image taken in 2005.
The plaque on Mary Brogger's Haymarket memorial in Chicago. Note the seal of the City of Chicago has been painted over with Anarchist symbols.	The Haymarket memorial in Forest Park, Illinois, vandalized with Anarchist messages.	The Rabin memorial in Rabin Square. The inscription says: "At this place Yitzhak Rabin was murdered in the struggle for Peace. The largest graffito reads: "(we are) sorry"	Emma Goldmans vandalized grave in German Waldheim Cemetery.
Graffiti inside the ruins of the Reichstag after World War 2.	John Fekner	Berlin Wall with graffiti
		Berlin Wall on November 6, 1989	Watch-tower in Alt-Treptow
	Graffiti in Bethlehem	Graffiti in Bethlehem	Graffiti on the Israeli West Bank barrier, checkpoint from Bethlehem to Jerusalem
Graffiti on the Israeli West Bank barrier in Bethlehem

[edit] Graffiti artists in action

Murkunst-graffiti.jpg murkunst.dk Roskildefestival 2008, Denmark.	Graffiti art party San Diego, USA.	Graffiti artist in Bucharest, Romania	Protester in New York, USA.
Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000	Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000	Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000

Graffiti artists in Genova