As judged by Complex. You have to go check it out on there site. An amazing collection of Paris writers. Worth the minutes spent.

The battle continues. If only by proxy.

Love graffiti? Is This The Future and Shr***mp bring you a new 2012 calendar with Graffiti on Girls. Representing artists from around the world including SOGR (USA); TORNADOVSKY(Poland); SINDIK, CHES (Russia); 2KEEN (UK); CRUZ1 & AKUMA (Canada); HOSE MEDLAKOLOR, SOLKEY, SPEK, G-KILL & JESSY (France)

See more images after the fold.

The French publication GraffitiArt, recently dropped it’s 13th issue. Preview images after the jump.

“All you need to know about graffiti is in this book” is a fresh new piece by Benoit Ollive. The piece was inspired by Ollive’s struggle to explain his views on graffiti. He explains,

Graffiti is often misunderstood, and it is difficult for a graffiti writer to explain what he feels about it. I have been asked by a book publisher to write few pages to explain to teenagers how to practice graffiti. After hours and hours I came to the conclusion there was nothing to teach about it except providing the tool to do it. The new generation needs to discover it by practising it instead of reading lessons. Rather than a long sterile speech debating on the good or bad vertues I created my own book to share my point of view through a conceptual message.

More looks after the jump

Since the release of Crack & Shine, London’s first graffiti book, publisher Fred Forsyth and photographer Will Robson Scott have been traveling the globe to bring together some of the worlds most notorious and prolific writers for a second volume, Crack & Shine International. Crack & Shine International is an honest and revealing picture of graffiti worldwide, offering within the chance for writers to discuss style, influence and history, and consider how these elements have come together to make graffiti what it is today.

We hooked up with Freddie Fraser Forsyth, the man behind it all, to learn a little more about Crack & Shine International. Check out what he has to say, and view images of the book, after the jump.

Mexico City’s Saner brings his Outdoor Public Art Experience to Mid-City Arts tomorrow night, July 29, 2011.

Mid-City Arts:
5113 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles Ca. 90019

Adelaide’s VANStheOMEGA and DOES, from the Netherlands, combine for a mural on the Australian city’s Richmond Road.

Full recap of “Rudimentary Perfection,” the UK’s first comprehensive “Graffuturism” exhibition. Participating artists include SheOne, Duncan Jago, Jaybo Monk, Matt W. Moore, Augustine Kofie, Nawer, Morten Andersen, Poesia, Derm, and Mark Lyken.

“The first in a series of short documentaries focusing on the culture of Urban Exploring, those who risk it all to access and infiltrate closed or forgotten spaces.”

In essence, the series surveys graffiti styles from around the world.