Interview with Mr Cenz as Street Art meets The Shard
We’ve gotten used to seeing the work of Mr Cenz on the streets of London. His work is bright and vibrant and his style is most certainly his own. Much to the extent… Continue reading
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Revolutionary Posters from the May 1968 Demonstrations in France go on display at the Lazinc Gallery
It’s 22 March 1968 and a group of students are staging an extended sit in. Protesting at conditions in their university, the demonstration is broken up by the authorities who choose to use… Continue reading
Blink and you might miss them! Five Shoreditch Graffiti pieces in hard to reach places
Some call Shoreditch London’s capital of street art. It’s certainly the home to many famous names and notable pieces but some of them aren’t as easy to spot as you might think. Walk… Continue reading
Karen Francesca, the Craftivist Artist Guerilla Gardening on the Streets of Aberdeen
We open the boot and out comes compost, a pre made wooden box, a sapling and a couple of pea plants. There on the roadside we assemble our little gardening armoury and we… Continue reading
We Meet Sam Peacock in Hastings to talk about his new body of work ‘Of The Land’
I suppose I should have known better! A trip to the seaside sounded appealing and what’s not to like about Hastings, that historic fishing town on the south coast. Popping down to see… Continue reading
The murals of the 2018 Nuart Aberdeen Street Art Festival
The second iteration of the Nuart street art festival saw 12 street artists from around the world invited into the city of Aberdeen. The festival which started in Stavanger in Norway has in… Continue reading
Carrie Reichardt creates Suffragette Spirit murals at the Nuart Aberdeen festival
“I think I might need to start redefining myself” says Carrie. The artist who for years has used her art to talk about injustice in the world has now been focusing ever more… Continue reading
Where to find street art in Aberdeen
Pictures and information about the street art murals of Aberdeen created as part of the Nuart festivals
We meet Anna Jaxe the stencil artist with a passion for music
“I think a lot of instruments are just artworks in their own right because they are just so amazing to look at” explains my latest interviewee Anna Jaxe. Sitting in the MAP cafe… Continue reading
Interview with Jerome Davenport the Australian street artist painting a giant Suffragette Mural in London
We’ve been hanging out with Jerome Davenport a fair bit recently! Mainly on account of his recent painting of a mural on the side of the Lord Morpeth pub in Bow. A giant… Continue reading
Education is Not a Crime campaign creates over 40 murals around the World
A movie showcasing a Worldwide street art campaign was recently released at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton. Called ‘Education is not a Crime‘ it’s something that we’ve followed for a while here on… Continue reading
What happened to the old Bow Station and the Bow Palais
The old Bow Station was a grand affair. The type of building, which if it was still there, today would have been compared with the likes of St. Pancras and widely acclaimed as… Continue reading
Ten Artists worth knowing about at the Art Republic Gallery in Brighton
A few weeks ago we joined a number of other bloggers to talk art and social media at the Art Republic Gallery in Brighton. It was a good old get together organised by… Continue reading
Remi Rough the abstract artist painting murals around London
We’ve been coming across a lot of work by Remi Rough recently. An abstract painter with a background in graffiti who has got a number of murals dotted around the city. Most recently his… Continue reading
Graffiti from Dotmasters draws attention to the eviction of the homeless at Sofia House on Great Portland Street
Graffiti has appeared on the side of a disused office block in west london. Not entirely surprising in itself, but this graffiti carried a message. Drawing attention to the fact that just a… Continue reading
A Wander around the Felt Cave, Lucy Sparrow’s Felt Making Studio
So last month we caught up with Lucy Sparrow and you might have read our latest interview with her here. We talked about her journey since the epic Cornershop installation in 2014 and… Continue reading
We meet Richard Berner the Illustrator with a Surreal View of the World
It was a while ago when we last met in London and Richard and I had been promising a get together pretty much ever since. He’d been exhibiting at the Roy’s People’s Art Fair,… Continue reading
Giant mural of Sylvia Pankhurst appears on the side of the Lord Morpeth pub in Bow
A giant mural to Sylvia Pankhurst has been painted onto the side of a pub in Bow. The location couldn’t be more appropriate as Sylvia had actually lived in the house next to… Continue reading
Artist David Bray talks about his new series of Landscape Paintings
We’ve always known David Bray as an illustrator! His delicate drawings are such that his style is instantly recognisable. Now though his work has taken a different direction, from portraiture to landscape and… Continue reading
Photographs of Brick Lane in the Snow
London has been snow covered over the last couple of days. The so called ‘Beast from the East’, a freezing weather pattern from Siberia has descended upon the city and turned it white.… Continue reading
Interview with Joachim the Belgian Artist who was Born to Paint
For once Brick Lane and the Truman Brewery are quiet! There’s an otherworldly feel to the place on account of the snow and London has pretty much virtually ground to a halt. It’s… Continue reading
Interview with Illustrator Tom Berry prior to his latest exhibition in Deptford
The new series of works from illustrator Tom Berry is about looking at the mundane activities of daily life and placing a fantastical twist on them! Silhouetted figures interplaying with modern day totems… Continue reading
Lucy Sparrow the Felt Artist taking the Art World by Storm
We are sitting in the felt cave! On the inside a comfy cavern full of felt shaped goodies whilst on the outside it’s an unprepossessing farmers outhouse. “I’ve had to expand three times… Continue reading
Where to find Street Art and Graffiti in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle
The Baltic Triangle in Liverpool is the cities growing cultural hub. Walk around the streets and you are likely to find the odd cool cafe and eatery alongside the graffiti and street art… Continue reading
Interview with Decolife as he prepares for his first solo exhibition in London
We first met Andre Deco in 2013 when he first came to London. Originally from Sao Paulo in Brazil he had been wandering! Travelling Europe for two years he would follow his instinct… Continue reading
30 Hidden Secrets of Carrie Reichardt’s extraordinary mosaic house in Chiswick
Carrie Reichardt’s mosaic house, nestled on a suburban road in Chiswick, is quite a sight! Colourful, detailed and impactful it is so remarkably different to what might be seen around the rest of… Continue reading
The Banksy mural in Dover and where to find it
Okay so we might be slightly late to the party on this one. However we finally made it down to Dover to see one of the biggest pieces painted in the UK by… Continue reading
Five Mysterious and Secret Spots to Discover in London
London is full of secret spots which, although often in plain sight, can reveal a whole load of mystery and history associated with them. For this post we invited Crystal Roman, a guest… Continue reading
The Nomad Clan paint huge mural showing the fishing heritage of Hull inside the Craven Park Stadium
Although the Banksy which appeared in Hull recently has been the one making the headlines. An altogether grander piece of street art has gradually been evolving inside the stadium of Hull Kingston Rovers,… Continue reading
Banksy art appears on the Scott Street Bridge in Hull
On the floor of a permanently raised drawbridge in Hull, a new Banksy has appeared! Now covered with the obligatory perspex it depicts a young boy wearing a colander for a hat and… Continue reading
Cosmo Sarson talks about his art and his latest mural the Angel of Brighton
It’s been a while since we were last in Brighton. That was on a trip which ended up being a bit of an epic discovery tour of the cities dynamic street art scene.… Continue reading
The Lumiere Festival transforms the legal graffiti spot of the Leake Street Tunnel
The Lumiere Festival has returned to London following an initial hugely successful outing in 2016. This time though it’s expanded and gone into a variety of new locations around the city including the… Continue reading
Lost Coast a photographic essay from Carson Lancaster explores the raw Californian coastline
A photographic essay exploring the most undeveloped and remote part of the Californian coastline is the focus of one of the latest exhibitions at the print space in London. The show from Carson… Continue reading
HNRX the Austrian artist painting on walls around the world
It’s a bad line and HNRX is trying to get a signal! He is sitting in his lodgings in Valencia where he’s just painted a towering mural. It’s taken him all of a… Continue reading
Giants exhibition from JR opens at the Lazinc Gallery in London
French artist JR known for his giant photographic installations has launched Giants his latest exhibition at the newly opened Lazinc Gallery in Mayfair. The show focuses on JR’s work at the 2016 Rio… Continue reading
Paint Jam in Penge sets off the 2018 street art year in London
As has become now a bit of a tradition, our pals at London Calling once again organised a street art paint jam to celebrate not only the new year but also the anniversary… Continue reading
Frankie Strand the street artist adding some bright colour to the walls of London
Walk around the canals and streets of East London and the chances are you’ll come across work from Frankie Strand. Her reptiles and flamingos in particular seem to be favourites, popping up in… Continue reading
The Inspiring City Street Art Review of 2017
As ever it’s been a busy year here on the blog and we’ve expanded our horizons a bit. From focusing mainly on the street art scene of London for the past few years… Continue reading
Anna Laurini the fine artist whose abstract faces can be found all around the streets of London
You can’t fail to notice Anna Laurini’s abstract faces. Peering out of doorways, on the sides of lampposts and on the hoardings of building sites her work is instantly recognisable. She doesn’t describe… Continue reading
Giant mural by the Nomad Clan and Tankpetrol pays tribute to the mill workers of Leeds
It’s a mural we’ve seen many times from the train on the way from London to Leeds but this Christmas we finally got to see the giant mural called ‘True North’ upclose. Nestled… Continue reading
The best spots to see poster and paste up art on Brick Lane in London
Brick Lane is a favourite spot of ours. Go there at any time of the year and you’ll always find something different. The art always evolves and a large part of that evolution… Continue reading
Famous London locations of the writers and artists of the Bloomsbury Group
The writers and artists who collectively called themselves the Bloomsbury Group have become synonymous with that particular area of London. These days you can’t think about Bloomsbury without paying reference to the group,… Continue reading
We meet AK the artist from New Zealand having her first solo exhibition in London
“I can draw fish, lots of different kinds of fish” laughs AK my latest interviewee prior to explaining that fish were the first thing she ever really learnt to draw, egged on by… Continue reading
Street artists combine to create art exploring the Paradox of Social Media
Street art and social media is intrinsically linked these days. In fact, any type of art! It doesn’t really matter, if you’re an artist and you’re not on social media then you’re probably… Continue reading
Tribute Mural appears on the Kingsland Road as the Hive in Dalston closes its doors
A mural on the Kingsland Road in Haggerston has appeared as a final hurrah for the Hive Dalston which closed it’s doors on 19 November 2017 after two and a half years. It… Continue reading
Street Artists take over abandoned office block in Soho
For the second time this year our friends at London Calling took over an abandoned office block in the centre of Soho and opened up its walls to artists to do with what… Continue reading
Interview with David Walker as he brings his art to the Lawrence Alkin Gallery in London
“I’ve always been fascinated by painting people” explains David Walker as we talk in the basement of Soho’s Lawrence Alkin Gallery. It perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise, he is an artist known for… Continue reading
Interview with Alexander Chappell as he talks about his debut show at the Stolen Space Gallery
“I don’t think I actually deserve to be here” says my latest interviewee, Alexander Chappell, as he looks around the brick walls of London’s Stolen Space gallery. His work is hanging all around,… Continue reading
Mali Mowcka and the Mushroom put on a show in Hackney Wick
It’s always good when artists collaborate and even better when those artists are good friends of ours here on the blog. Nestled on the lea navigation, the number 90 bar is the location… Continue reading
Free Walking Tour around Bloomsbury and Holborn in London
It’s been a while since we put together a walking tour but the area around Holborn and Bloomsbury is an area we’ve got to know pretty well over the past year or so.… Continue reading