By 
Kelly Wall
 | 
TED-Ed Original

A brief history of graffiti

Spray-painted subway cars tagged bridges mural-covered walls - graffiti pops up boldly throughout our cities. And it turns out: it's nothing new. Graffiti has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time it's raised the same questions we debate now: Is it art? Is it vandalism? Kelly Wall describes the history of graffiti.

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