What if graffiti vanished from walls?

Claudio Musso's editorial on Artribune imagines erasing all graffiti from visual memory, arguing that graffiti has permeated cinema, fashion, and art since the 1980s. He cites films like John Landis's 'Coming to America' (1988) and Disney's 'Big Hero 6' (2014) as examples where graffiti is integral. The article contrasts the cultural ubiquity of graffiti with its political repression, often tied to electoral campaigns and the broken windows theory. It references the documentary 'Style Wars' (1982) by Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, where Detective Bennie Jacobs calls graffiti a crime, while artist Lee Quiñones defends it as art. Musso laments the lack of academic and institutional recognition of graffiti in Italy, suggesting a missed opportunity.