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Category: French Street Artists

The Street Art Murals of Wood Street in Walthamstow

Walthamstow and especially Wood Street is always a place we like going to spot street art.  It’s got a vibrant … More

Lolie Darko the French street artist in London

Lolie Darko’s sad faced children have been appearing around London for a while now.  Often accompanied with captions. The works … More

Giant Hedgehog mural on chance street in shoreditch

ROA’s Shoreditch hedgehog gets an update from Jim Vision

It’s one of the most iconic pieces of street art in Shoreditch and it’s prime location on Chance Street just … More

Street artists get together to launch 2017 with a paint jam somewhere in Soho

It’s not the most well known place on the street art scene.  In fact Soho has never really broken through … More

A Street Art Journey around Petticoat Lane in Spitalfields, the forgotten street art hub of the East End

Following on from our recent post featuring the work of Ben Eine and his alphabet on Middlesex Street, this post … More

Giant murals from Axel Void, Pref and Gary Stranger add to the street art of Hackney Road in London

On the corner of Hackney and Colombia road, a new mural can be seen.  A collaboration between two street calligraphers … More

Photos from the Whitecross Street party 2016 as the street artists and musicians take over

It’s one of the best and friendliest festivals of the year and one that we keep coming back to here … More

Cities of Hope brings Amazing Street Art to Manchester

During May 2016 for Cities of Hope, some of the World’s biggest names in street art descended on Manchester’s urban … More

Street Art and Graffiti in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Manchester’s Northern Quarter has received a street art makeover as street artists from around the World descended on the city … More

Femme Fierce 2016 takes over the Leake Street Tunnel

Femme Fierce returned for it’s 2016 and it’s third annual outing in the Leake Street tunnel. This year though it … More

Street Art and Graffiti in Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick has developed over the past few years. Once an industrial hub it is now the trendy bohemian neighbour … More

Portraits of Female Artists in the Leake Street Tunnel

Portraits of the Femme Fierce artists taken in the Leake Street Tunnel during the 2015 festival have been released by photographer … More

Street art comes to Tooting as artists create a gallery near Tooting Broadway market

Tooting Broadway market has found itself at the centre of a mini street art takeover with artists flocking to area … More

Saatchi Gallery showcases some of the World’s best female street art talent with ‘XX: a moment in time’

The Saatchi Gallery has moved back into the world of street art with a group show featuring some of the … More

Blackall Street Paint Jam celebrates one year of London Calling

Our friends at London Calling blog are celebrating one full year of blogging. What better way to mark the occasion … More

Photographs of Leake Street New Years Day 2016

It looked like New Years Eve was brought in pretty well at the Leake Street Tunnel. Wandering around on the … More

PINCH from Art No Cube posts up mugshots of street artists

Mugshots of some the city’s best known street artists have been appearing all over the Brick Lane and Shoreditch areas … More

A Free Street Art Tour of Bethnal Green and Hackney Road in London

This year has seen a further shift in the centre of gravity of street art in the city. Further east … More

Street Artists find new Places to Paint in Camden

The Camden street art scene. Once so vibrant, has had to find a new centre of gravity. It follows the … More

Soapbox Sundays relaunch at popular art hangout Montys Bar on Brick Lane

Trendy street art hangout Monty’s Bar is re-launching it’s popular ‘Soapbox Sunday‘ arts market this Easter on Sunday 5 April. … More

Femme Fierce 2015 turns the Leake Street Tunnel Blue

Femme Fierce 2015 and street art has just become the next Rock and Roll! Or, so you might think. The … More

Plan UK Street Art for Because I’m a Girl Campaign

The Shoreditch Art Wall has seen more than it’s fair share of artists pop by over the last few years. … More

All Female Paint Jam in Croydon Shopping Centre

In an appetiser to the main event, the juggernaut that is Femme Fierce rolled into Croydon and brought a live … More

The 2014 Inspiring City London Art Review of the Year

The second full year of Inspiring City has seen the blog diversify into different genres and a spreading of our … More

Zabou takes to the stage at a TED conference to give insightful speech on Street Art and Graffiti

There’s no doubt that interest in street art is growing. Around the World, the movement is evolving, cities are getting … More

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