A few weeks back saw a Paint Jam put together by the Gums & Tongues crew in Camden Town to say farewell to Tony Boy, who has sadly now ceased living in London and moved back to his native Spain. It will certainly be a shame to not see any of Tony Boy’s art around London from now […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back London was host to visiting Malaysian Graffiti Artist Cloakwork, who was over on his second visit to the Capital having visited last August (covered here), and whilst here yet again embarked on a wave of activity painting all about the place and including a great number of collaborations with some of […]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 ›
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 ›
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