Well it certainly has been another great year for Street Art around London, and we here at London Calling Blog have very much continued to just have a blast along the way. We have had the chance to travel all over London to hunt out and witness some amazing art, we have also continued to […]Read Post ›
Last week saw the unveiling in London of Street Artist Banksy’s latest stunt in the capital, on this occassion taking to Croydon to present ‘Gross Domestic Product’ a storefront containing branded merchandise. A poster in the shop window declares “GDP is the homewares brand from Banksy and this is our first and only store. The showroom is for […]Read Post ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to take a look back at the year of Street Art and Graffiti in Croydon. It’s been an interesting year in Croydon with a trickle of artworks appearing through the winter and spring followed by a large festival at the end of the summer […]Read Post ›
Next up in our look back at 2018 we thought we would be take a look back at what we have proactively organised and been up to about London this year. So where to begin really, Street Art and Blog wise it’s been by and large another fantastic and fun year for us here at London […]Read Post ›
Last month saw London receive a visit from American Street Artist BKFoxx who took the time whilst over to leave the city with a fantastic pair of her photo-realistic thought provoking and emotive works, with works in East and South London that are both very much worth the visit to see if you can. ‘Leaving […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at a couple of works from French artists Matt Tieu & Ardif who visited London last month and crafted a superb collaboration in Camden Town and a pair of solo works placed up together in Croydon. Presenting an interesting range of styles, with Matt Tieu creating his works entirely […]Read Post ›
Once again London was recently fortunate enough to receive a visit from LA based Street Artist WRDSMTH, who last visited the capital in October 2017 (covered here), and on this occasion was again only in town for a brief whistle-stop visit, yet still managed the time to leave us with a lovely, humorous and inspiring half-a-dozen […]Read Post ›
Last week as we passed through Croydon and took a stroll around the hoardings around The Queen’s Gardens – which are now half gone- that comprise Croydon’s legal walls we stumbled upon this fantastic work by Lovepusher placed up on the corner of the gardens and Park Lane, entitled “Black”. What is noticeable about this […]Read Post ›
Last month saw London receive a visit from Italian Street Art duo Urban Solid who have left their largest installation artwork placed in the city to date. The duo started their project on the urban setting in 2010 with a predilection of utilizing derelict and unused walls to present their work within the context of […]Read Post ›
A couple of months back saw a wave of fresh activity for Croydon’s Street Art scene following a somewhat long hiatus of any fresh output through 2017 and one of the most notable recent additions to the Arts Quarter is this fantastic work from Gnasher, an artist we dont get to see painting in London […]Read Post ›
