Another work from Upfest 2017 we wished to take a more focused look at is one we only just managed to catch completed before we headed home to London and one we are grateful to have seen in all its glory. The work we are referring to is the incredible collaboration from visiting Greek artist Insane51 and […]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 ›
It’s a new month and yet again the Jealous Gallery has a new piece on their roof’s feature wall as a part of the ongoing Jealous Rooftop Mural Project, which continues to just go from strength to strength as the months pass. On this occasion the work is a collaboration from Nick Tez – curator of this […]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 ›
It certainly has taken us a while to process this post, but we are finally ready to take a look at our takeover of the former Golden Lion pub in Maple Road/Hawthorn Grove, Penge, with some 13 artists coming down to transform this wonderful building for our SprayExhibition20 community Street Art project. This former pub has been left […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back saw a Brooklyn based Street Artist Pyramid Oracle embark on a whistle-stop visit through London where he left us with four of his superb and intensely detailed hand-painted paste-ups around Brick Lane. Shunning the attention one receives whilst painting on the streets and the most part, though not exclusively, Pyramid […]Read Post ›
Recently London was fortunate to receive a month long visit from Austrian Street Artist HNRX, marking his 3rd return to the city, with his first visit in December 2015 (covered here) and his second visit in October 2016 (covered here). In true HNRX style he embarked upon a seeming whirlwind of activity placing pieces all around […]Read Post ›
Last month saw Street Artists Aspire and Oliver Roubieu take to the Stockwell Hall of Fame to paint an outstanding collaboration fusing Aspire’s trademark birds, on this occasion depicting a hornbill, and Olivier Roubieu providing the backdrop with his Graffiti alphabet a complete A-Z. It is always interesting to see a fusion between Graffiti and […]Read Post ›
Last month saw a few new works placed up around Walthamstow, of which this superb collaboration by Envol and Fanakapan is what we would share now. Painting a pair of Humming birds on some hoardings in Wood Street both depicted in each’s own brand of realism and all set to a background which is very […]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. This work was […]Read Post ›
