Art or Graffiti

A lot of shops in Barcelona have pulled down garage door like doors for when they’re closed. Some of the owners have hired people to come in and create what I would call graffiti art on the doors to give you an idea of what the shop is all about. Then there’s just a random artwork around the town. And then there’s a lot of tagging which I don’t call Art I call that graffiti and not in a good way. Though some tagging is quite artful. Most of it is just tacky.

These doors, I found quite mesmerizing. I wish I’d had more time to just walk around the streets to get more images of what all I saw.

So my question to you is when does graffiti become art because for me technically all these doors are graffiti ”art” though maybe I’m wrong and that I don’t know. I’m curious to hear your thoughts.Read more