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Graffiti selection
Before galleries opened their doors, these names were already written across the city, on trains, walls, and rooftops. This selection brings together ten pioneers who turned the street into a studio and helped graffiti earn its place in art history.
Futura
Started writing on subway trains in the 1970s before pioneering an abstract, non-figurative style within graffiti.
JonOne
Started with New York's 156 All Starz crew before moving to Paris in the 1980s, known for explosive, gestural paintings.
André Saraiva
Known for his tag Mr. A, a fixture of the Paris street art scene since the 1980s.
Delta2
Raised in Spanish Harlem, began writing on NYC subway trains in the late 1970s, founder of the Kings Arrive crew.
Seaty
Born in 1983 in the south of France, self-taught, known for hybrid portraits in black and white with bursts of color.
Ella & Pitr
Duo from Saint-Etienne known for giant, often elderly figures painted across rooftops, visible only from above.
