A couple of weeks back saw some 20 writers and artists take to Fleur De Lis Street, Shoreditch, for a Paint Jam which has transformed this little alleyway which connects East London to the City entirely for the better. Working to a uniform blue backdrop a whole host of letter works and characters now decorate […]Read Post ›
It seems that of late there has been a massive wave of locations that once played host to a wave of creativity and expression are being swallowed up in the name of gentrification, with one of the biggest blows recently dealt to London’s Street Art scene, the loss of Star Yard. Deriving its name from the […]Read Post ›
A couple of weekends back we here at London Calling Blog had the absolute pleasure in visiting Bristol for Upfest 2017, our first time attending the event and an experience well worth the visit. Bristol is very much a place with a long and rich history of a thriving Graffiti and Street Art scene, most […]Read Post ›
A couple of weekends back saw the one of the worlds most famous global Graffiti & Street Art festival finally return to London for its 10th anniversary in the UK with a fantastic event comprised of painting, music and all round fun by the many people in attendance. The very nature of the event is […]Read Post ›
Last month saw a monster production piece put together on the then freshly reshaped hoardings that grace Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, put together by the 4D Crew with a little help from some friends. Certainly an impressive work with a peemeating sense of nostalgia a fntastic effort by all the artists involved. Work by Wrist77 […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back saw the launch of the ‘Amy Street Art Trail’ in Camden Town setting to celebrate former local resident Amy Winehouse with a series of four Street Art murals placed about town and on display until June 4th 2016. The funds for the street art trail were raised via Art Happens and was put […]Read Post ›
So a couple of weekends back we had the good fortune of spending a long weekend in Croydon with some 36 artists reworking the vast majority of the ‘Arts Quarter’ around St. George’s Walk to put on the ‘Any Colour You Like’ Paint Jam organised by ourselves and put together with support from friend of the blog and […]Read Post ›
At this point in our series of reviews of the last year we are heading down over to South London and taking a look back at the year of Street Art & Graffiti in Leake Street. Leake Street represents London’s premier legal Graffiti location, located in the Old Vic tunnels beneath Waterloo Station, made famous as a result of […]Read Post ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the last year we are heading back over to East London and taking a look back at the year of Street Art and Graffiti in Hackney Wick & Fish Island. Hackney Wick is always an interesting place to visit, with the sections of painted walls along the canal receiving […]Read Post ›
Well yet again this has certainly been the hardest post to compile in this years Annual Review series, attempting to select our favourite 20 works from a year absolutely crammed with an abundance of high-quality and entertaining artworks on London’s Streets. After much deliberation and with many more works we would of liked to include here, […]Read Post ›
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