The Drinker is a statue by Banksy which was originally placed on Shaftsbury Square in London. It was stolen from…
SOS takes her brand of Activist Art to Europe in order to raise awareness of FGM
Campaigning street artist S.O.S has been taking her artistic message across borders with a recent visit to Austria resulting in…
Mexican street artists visit London and paint murals around the town
Many people probably haven’t realised but 2015 is the year of Mexico in the UK, a year long celebration of cultural,…
Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Suffragettes
Sylvia Pankhurst lived in East London. Here she supported the working class women of the East End. She established the…
Patrick Colhoun brings ‘Solitary’ sculpture show to London
Solitary, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture and mixed media from Patrick Colhoun has opened at the Ben Oakley Gallery. The…
Street Artists turn Dalstons newest BSMT Gallery into a black and white collaborative extravaganza
Some of the East End’s best known street artists came together over the last week to cover Dalston’s BSMT gallery…
Art Heist Exhibition takes over the Circle Tattoo Parlour
So Soho does seem like it’s becoming a popular spot these days. Not that it wasn’t popular before of course,…
Death in Dalston comes to BSMT Space with a skull filled halloween show
A skull filled halloween show filled the basement space of Dalston’s newest gallery BSMT Space over the past week. Rapidly…
Paint Jam in the Leake Street Tunnel to remember Ben Naz
Street Artists once again got together over the weekend to pay tribute to popular artist Ben Naz at one of…
Five Seconds of Summer Mural appears in London as part of Worldwide “Graffiti” campaign
A mural appearing recently in London has got fans of the Australian pop group Five Seconds of Summer all excited…
Alex Chinneck Sculpture A Bullet From a Shooting Star
Sculptor Alex Chinneck has a reputation for creating the extraordinary. He’s done it again with his latest piece. A giant…
The Ten Artists you need to know about from the 2015 Other Art Fair
The annual Other Art Fair has been taking place at the Truman Brewery this week. Sharing space with the Moniker…
Lucas Levitan seeks to bring his Instagram Invasions to a bookshelf near you with an exciting Kickstarter campaign
“Sometimes it’s good to dream high” says Lucas Levitan as he tells me about his latest ambition to bring his…
Interview with Ant Carver as he puts on his latest exhibition
Keen observers of the East End street art scene may well have noticed Ant Carver’s work. Portraiture with a graffiti…
Lucy Sparrow creates Madame Roxy’s Erotic Emporium and suprises Soho with felt filled sex toys
Another epic exhibition from artist Lucy Sparrow has seen the creation of an entirely sewn sex shop in the centre…
Human Nature comes to Soho and combines environmental art with ethical design
The Human Nature road-show rolled back into London town and combined with ‘The Art of Progress’ to take over the…
So if this is anti-gentrification then give me gentrification any day
The smashing of the windows on Brick Lanes quirky ‘Cereal Killer Cafe’ hit the news this week. It’s perpetrators, a…
Tom’s Etching Studio opens under the Peckham arches
You can’t beat a good old railway arch. Always atmospheric, you really do never know what you’ll find inside one…
Interview with Jonesy, the street artist who works in bronze
One of the most varied artists on the East London street art scene is Jonesy. A man equally at home…
Ten top abstract sculptures in the City of London
The City of London is well known for its public art and in particular its sculpture. Look around pretty much…
Colour the Capital from the Forest Recycling Project brings giant murals to the city
The latest project from the Forest Recycling Project (FRP), Colour the Capital, is the latest way in which unwanted paint…
Zina Paints Luminous Mural in Shoreditch
Norway’s London based artist Zina is certainly one of the East End’s most prolific street artists. Her distinctive blue hued…
The Art of Paul Don Smith one of Londons most prolific street artists
You don’t need to travel far in the East End of London to come across some work by the prolific…
Artists turn London black cab into travelling mosaic to raise awareness of the plight of Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore
The team of artists known as the ‘Treatment Rooms Collective’ have embarked upon an ambitious project to entirely cover an…
Free Walking Tour around the Old Street and Moorgate area of London
The third in our series of curious routes, free historic walking tours around the edges of the City of London,…