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Thierry Noir Returns to London for A Retrospective at the Howard Griffin Gallery

Currently at the Howard Griffin Gallery in Shoreditch, the popular French artist Thierry Noir has returned to London for his…

exhibition, howard griffin gallery

Free Paint for Artists and Community Groups in Hackney from the Forest Recycling Project

Out of 330 million litres of paint sold in the UK every year, over 50 million are unused. That, by…

First Weekends at the Boilerhouse in Trinity Buoy Wharf one of Londons Hidden Treasures

Trinity Buoy Wharf is an undiscovered gem. Nestled within its own little peninsula, it sits on the Thames overlooking the…

exhibition

Welcome to the World of the Miniature as Roy’s People prepares for ‘Street Life’ his first Solo Show

It’s amazing just how much love the little people get! Inspiring City has been out and about with many an…

The Painted Street Art Sheds of Camden Market

Camden is a pretty cool and vibrant place at the best of times. Already it plays host to some of…

Depaul Street Art Tells Stories of Homelessness

Popping up in the East End of London recently have been a series of impactful and powerful murals each one…

The Curious Duke Gallery Launch the First Ever Secret Art Prize

London’s hippest little urban art gallery, the Curious Duke has a secret and it’s a secret that won’t last for…

Competition

Photographs of the Graffiti Tunnel during Femme Fierce

Last week’s Femme Fierce Leake Street Takeover provided more than enough photographic opportunities to keep me busy for a while.…

Hannah Adamaszek and Zabou collaborate on a mural in Dalston

I do enjoy a good collaboration, even more so when it involves two friends of this blog who randomly decide…

Mural

Female Artists Take Leake Street for Femme Fierce 2014

The famous Leake Street Tunnel in the arches underneath Waterloo Station has never seen anything quite like this. It’s previously…

Interview with Street Artist Artista

The current character of choice is toast! Literally, it’s toast! Flying toast, toast with cheese, toast on cardboard, toast is…

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Paint Jam in East London as Street Artists Give Building A Whole New Lease of Life

I’ve always been a little unsure in terms of how best to describe a group of street artists on the…

paint jam

An Urban Take on Wine Production at London Cru in the Heart of the City

It’s fair to say that London likes to embrace the unusual, the offbeat and pretty much anyone who likes to…

Interview with Lana Alana from Animaux Circus

From sticking up paste ups in leafy Surrey. To getting down and dirty with a spray can in the famous…

interview

Interview with Street Artist Steffi Bow

Dubai is not the sort of place you would expect to see a graffiti and street art scene. Yet, against…

interview

Femme Fierce All Female Street Art Leake Street Takeover

The idea of getting over a hundred top female artists from around the World together to paint one of the…

The Curious Duke Gallery Moves to 173 Whitecross Street

The Curious Duke Gallery has moved! Albeit just a few doors down the road from their old premises on Whitecross…

Art Gallery

Fabric Artist Lucy Sparrow Prepares to Make an Entire Cornershop out of Felt and Wool

There are a lot of cool things to know about Lucy Sparrow! She loves bananas, she’s got a cool name,…

The Phlegm Bestiary Opens with a Bang at the Howard Griffin Gallery in Shoreditch

The biggest street art event of the year so far launched last night at Shoreditch’s Howard Griffin Gallery with an…

exhibition, howard griffin gallery, Shoreditch and Brick Lane

London Urban Sketchers showcase at Timberyard in Covent Garden

This week saw the celebration of the inaugural art show in Covent Gardens trendy new coffee house Timberyard. Open a…

A Whistle Stop Street Art Tour around Brixton and the Stockwell Hall of Fame

It took me a while to get here but finally I have seen the streets of Brixton one of London’s…

Mural Tour

Trinity Buoy Wharf, One of London’s Most Unique Districts

London has many unique districts, but perhaps not many could compare to the utter randomness of Trinity Buoy Wharf, an…

Aito the Japanese Banksy puts on his first solo show at the Graffik Gallery in London

Spotting Aito the artist is not difficult, even amongst the throngs of people packed into the opening night of his…

exhibition, Graffik Gallery

Starting out in the world of blogging, 10 top tips for new blogs everywhere

It’s now been just over a year and a half since my first blog post, a rather clumsy affair entitled…

Jonesy Street Art in London the Artist Who is Our Little Secret

One of the most elusive and mysterious purveyors of street art around in London at the moment is the artist…

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