Graffiti

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This is a gallery page containing specially selected images. They have been chosen as highlights of a particular topic, but do not represent the full range of images that are available on Commons. For a wider selection of images connected with Graffiti, see Category:Graffiti.

English: Graffiti (singular: graffito) refers to writing or drawings that have been written or painted on a wall or other surface.

Historical graffiti[edit]

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, D.C.. 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.
18th-19th century graffiti in a Norwegian stone shelter.

Simple writings[edit]

in Wien
in Jakarta
Graffiti tag in an old wall, Chile
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
Cathedral of St.Gallen, reflected in a window, graffiti
Tags on a monumental building in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Graffiti found on the back of a business in Austin,TX.
New York City Graffiti in early 90's
Multiple writings on Abbey Road sign in London
"Give Peas a Chance" painted on a railway bridge in London became a popular landmark
Tag on Axsom's ShortStop in Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Tag on Axsom's ShortStop in Bloomington, Indiana, USA
TV graffiti on Axsom's ShortStop in Bloomington, Indiana, USA
graffiti on Axsom's ShortStop in Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Elaborate paintings[edit]

in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany.
in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany.
in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany.
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
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
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
An example of giraffiti or heavens in Sydney
Graffiti in Helsinki, Finland
Graffiti in Sevilla, Spain
A highly decorative graffiti in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil
2009, Le Havre (France)
2012, Sofia (Bulgaria)
2012, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Graffiti-Mural in Hamburg (Germany), 1995 (Entry the Guinness-book of world records as the highest Graffiti in the world)
Gängeviertel in Hamburg-Neustadt

Stencil graffiti[edit]

See also Category:Stencil graffiti, Banksy and John Fekner

Wall in Los Caños de Meca (Andalucía, Spain) presenting graffiti made both with and without stencil.
Banksy.
Drewniana Street in Warsaw
Zajęcza Street in Warsaw
Zajęcza Street in Warsaw
Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Ximen/Taipei, Taiwan
Graffiti in Wrocław
Stencil in Munich/Germany (Be Pippi (Longstocking), not Annika)
Stencil in Germany (Don't forget about dreaming!)
Stencil in Germany (Paint doesn't damage anything.)
Holland

Sticker & wheatpaste graffiti[edit]

Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Barcelona
Street art in Vancouver
Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México
Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México
Street art stickers (Querétaro, México)
Street art stickers (Querétaro, México)

Football graffiti[edit]

Graffiti in Montevideo, Uruguay
Graffiti in Montevideo, Uruguay

Ideological graffiti[edit]

Graffiti in Montevideo
Graffiti in Essen
in London
In San Salvador
in New York
in London
Lausanne: "La croissance est une folie" ("growth is madness")
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
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 Riot|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.
Berlin Wall with graffiti
Graffiti next to paradox by Erich Fried
Art-graffiti on the Berlin Wall
Art-graffiti on the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall on November 6, 1989
Watch-tower in Alt-Treptow
Berlin Wall memorial (Potsdamer Platz)
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
Palestine
Graffiti and artwork inside an Iraqi prison cell, 2003.

Graffiti artists in action[edit]

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
Graffiti artist in Brasilia

Miscellaneous[edit]

A few photos demonstrating how graffiti "lives" – in popular graffiti spots, works get painted over with new works frequently:

Graffiti_on_Derelict_factory, Faro
Graffiti at a former roof felt factory in Santalahti, Tampere, Finland, September 2008
The same place in April 2009
August 2009
June 2011
November 2011
June 2012
November 2012
spain

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