A Graffiti Landmark Faces an Uncertain Future in Queens

In Long Island City, Queens, there’s a five-story, mostly empty warehouse where graffiti is legal. It’s called 5Pointz, and for years, the building’s owner has allowed graffiti artists to spray paint most of the facade.

But as the artists at 5Pointz prepare to celebrate a 10th summer season, there’s renewed concern that the building might not be around for much longer. The owner recently proposed tearing it down to bring new high-rises and retail space to Long Island City. The potential closure of 5Pointz, and construction of a new development, would have implications for the graffiti artists, as well as a neighborhood in transition.

Many people catch their first glimpse of 5Pointz – named for the five boroughs of New York City – from the elevated No. 7 train, near the Court House Square station in Queens.

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Steve Powers/ESPO “Days” At V1 Gallery

The more poignant commentary found in the work of Steve Powers, better known to some as the legendary graffiti writer ESPO, will be on display in an upcoming exhibition at Copenhagen’s V1 Gallery. On May 6th, the gallery will open a solo exhibition from Powers entitled “Days.” Based on his latest works and the daily meditations he posts, well, daily on his site, the exhibition is sure to be uplifting yet lighthearted. The exhibition will be on display until June 4th.

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Crime in the Museums

by HEATHER MAC DONALD

The Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles has just opened what it bills as America’s first major museum survey of graffiti. Such an occasion naturally raises two pressing questions: would MOCA demonstrate the slightest twinge of conscience toward the criminal nature of its subject matter? And would viewers be allowed to “tag”—that is, commit graffiti of their own—inside the exhibit?

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