Can graffiti ever be considered art?

Different people have different opinions. Some of them claim that

graffiti are art while others think that they spoil the beauty of the
buildings.
Some people believe that graffiti are vandalism. Some people think
like that because there are graffiti spray painted on private property and
random scribbles with no meaning can never be qualified as an art piece.
However, there is one more opinion on the matter and it is that
graffiti are art because the wall paintings are made as any other work of
art. The artist has used some kind of paints and an empty space for
painting. The difference is that when it`s a normal painting the person
would use acrylic paints and a sheet or a canvas and when it`s a graffito
the person would use sprays and a wall. Also, a lot of people believe that
if a certain thing has meaning to you, it`s definitely art.
Personally, I think that graffiti can be both vandalism and art. I
have seen a lot of lovely graffiti and I consider them art as long as they
are painted in the places meant for them. One graffito can be really
beautiful and meaningful but if it`s painted on private property without
the owner`s permission, it is vandalism.

“It`s a very interesting story.”, Henry says. “He has some letters. They
were under the floor of an old woman`s house in Oxford.”