Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days

A collection of images depicting street art.

Banksy may have made a name for himself with his iconic street art, but Brazilian artist Butcher Billy is giving us a new take on the graffitist's work with some equally iconic characters.

You see a sofa abandoned on the side of a Los Angeles street. Andrew Ward sees art.

Walk down a street in Peru and you'll likely see an example of the glow-in-the-dark posters and murals. Lots of people love them. But the upper crust — and the government — aren't impressed.

A youth organizations that's been known to use graffiti as a means of expression has teamed up with the government of Mexico to rehabilitate Palmitas, in the Pachuca district. Under the moniker Germen Crew, the group painted 209 houses, or twenty-thousand square meters of facade, into a single mural.

A German crew has transformed the village of Palmitas into a vibrant rainbow, connecting the community of more than 200 homes through an array of colorful hues.

Many street artists are often discredited for their chosen line of art. They proved everyone wrong with this.

What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good.

Utilising the oft-unused space of building roofs, Ella&Pitr transforms these spaces into canvases for their art. They fill roofs with illustrations of sleeping giants confined to the borders of the buildings they call home. It’s interesting to see people going about their daily lives down below without even realising that massive beings exist just above them!

Virginia-based street artist Gigi Rodgers (aka Puck'n Khaos) decided to use her body as a part of her "living street art" artwork.

Street artist may be preparing pop-up exhibition in seaside town. By Steven Morris.

Dismaland (“The UK’s most disappointing new visitor attraction”)

Village of Luoyuan commissions street artists to paint frescoes in order to attract tourists.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat

Combo, a street artist in France, created a playful and mischievous piece of street art after someone had been sent to paint over his original piece. After observing a man painting over parts of his work, Combo snapped a photo and later returned to paint the man into his street art!

I love to paint in the harbor area of town...

My first post on Snapzu is a piece I painted a few months back...