Yesterday whilst passing through Croydon, we decided to take a detour through the Arts Quarter and were delighted to see a series of seven artists painting up on the Legal Walls on offer, and among them was Polish born, but London based, Graffiti Artist Eska, who was just finishing up this incredible 3D work. Eska […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back in Croydon’s Arts Quarter a delightful collaboration was placed up by Morgazmik & Vesna Parchet, both members of the Mine Sweeper Collective. The piece makes for an colourful and interesting collaboration with a lot going on and incorporating two rather diverse styles. Morgazmik working to his distinctive organic and fluid […]Read Post ›
It’s been a month since we last provided a full update on the various happenings in Croydon’s Arts Quarter, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been popping by to keep abreast of the developments. In that time we have reported on the stunning work by Fio Silva (covered here) and the latest addition from Dan […]Read Post ›
Dan Kitchener returned to Croydon’s Arts Quarter yesterday to add the third installment of his ‘Liquid Lights’ series to the are Unsurprisingly it is once again an incredible work, this time taller than the pieces standing side by side with it on Park Street. We absolutely love Dank’s work here at London Calling so upon […]Read Post ›
Argentinian street artist Fio Silva painted her debut wall in London in Croydon’s Arts Quarter yesterday afternoon. Fio Silva is curently over as the winner of an international competition, the Spring Projects ‘Next Big Thing’, to search for a relatively unknown street artist to come to London and paint for Femme Fierce Reloaded and gain […]Read Post ›
It’s nigh on impossible to believe that it’s been a week since Croydon’s Arts Quarter lost much of its beautiful artwork to vandalism, however since then some works were painted by artists who responded to the vandalism by coming down and offering their services to replace the damaged walls. The day following the attack some six […]Read Post ›
Here at London Calling I was back in Croydon yesterday and was absolutely delighted to stumble across one of my very favourite artists, Dan Kitchener, who was adding his second piece of work, just along from his piece created a few weeks back, in Croydon’s Arts Quarter. Dank was creating another of his ‘Liquid Lights’ […]Read Post ›
Last night Anthea Missy returned to Croydon’s Arts Quarter to replace a piece of hers that was lost earlier in the week to vandalism. Anthea was kind enough to invite us along to see her paint on Park Street and it made for a superb Friday night, being able to watch an artist work their […]Read Post ›
It’s with extreme disappointment that I find myself reporting on the terrible act of vandalism that befell Croydon’s Art Quarter around St Georges Walk on Sunday night, a mere week from the incredible Femme Fierce Croydon event that really was the starting point for a beautiful and inspiring project to come. Local gardeners and contractors offered […]Read Post ›
Femme Fierce hit Croydon yesterday. The all female event organized by Ayaan Bulale put on a paint jam in a prelude to the main Femme Fierce Reloaded event at Leake Street on March 8th. In all twenty-six pieces were painted across the walls, shutters and hoarding in the Arts Quarter on the day, with a piece from Zina […]Read Post ›
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