The street art scene in Greece has been active since the late 1980s but gained momentum in Athens leading up to the country's 2011 financial crisis, with a number of artists raising voices of resistance, creating allegorical works and social commentary in the historic city center and Exarhia district. The New York Times published a story about the crisis in relation to street art, and art in general.[58] Street art by Bleeps.gr, whose work has been categorized as "artivism", can be found in neighborhoods such as Psiri.