Here we wanted to share some of the moments from the absolutely amazing day we had on our recent ‘Anythings Better Than A Blank Wall’ Street Art tour of SprayExhibition20 in memory of Gordon Gibbens who we recently learned sadly passed away in 2017 aged 86 after spending the previous two decades documenting graffiti and street art […]Read Post ›
It is only fair to say that Dreph truly made a huge impact on London’s Street Art scene last year year with his ‘You Are Enough’ series of portraits looking at the idea of female empowerment through his subjects, all of which were people he knows or has met. Taking the place by storm with his […]Read Post ›
Mercifully it appears that the rather short but disruptive downfall of snow which in true British fashion has yet again brought London to a virtual standstill over the previous four days has all but disappeared. While traveling around the city has been somewhat chaotic over the last few days we are fortunate that we don’t […]Read Post ›
Next up in our look back at 2017 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 an fantastic and fun year for us here at London Calling Blog, the […]Read Post ›
This evening we are taking a look at year of Street Art in Penge, something we have to say which has been a real pleasure to look back on. Since the blog’s inception three years ago now we have began delving into various projects the most rewarding of which has been the organization of Street […]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 in Croydon with the Arts Quarter continuing to receive a steady stream of new additions and played host to a couple of Paint Jams through […]Read Post ›
This evening 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 Brixton and Stockwell. Brixton has long been a place with little pockets of Street Art and Graffiti coming and going, all though it was disappointing to see that Urban […]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 has been no easy feat. After much deliberation and with many more works we would […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back saw the conclusion of Street Artist Dreph’s ‘You Are Enough’ series of portraits looking at the idea of female empowerment through his subjects, all of which are people he knows or has met. So we though we would take a look at the ten works that comprise the impressive series, nine of which can […]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 ›
