New exhibit traces graffiti’s journey from trains to galleries

It’s like watching a master at work when legendary graffiti artist Lady Pink demonstrates graffiti writing in what she calls a “Queens style.” Subway trains were once her canvas. Now, her works are displayed on the walls of museums around the world.  “I feel we were an important part of the last quarter part of the 20th century,” Lady Pink said. “We were important in the history of New York.” What You Need To Know “Above Ground: Art From the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection” is a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York It opens Nov. 22 and runs through Aug. 10  The exhibit chronicles the journey of graffiti artists, from their work on subway trains in the 1970s to their transition to galleries and museums   Her work and the work of her contemporaries is on display at the Museum of the City of New York as part of the exhibition “Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection.” It goes back in time to tell the story of graffiti art, from its early days on the trains and streets of the city in the 1970s to being recognized at galleries and museums around the...