Despite the cold weather London has played host to a number of Paint Jams about the city, with the third weekend of the new year playing host to simultaneous paint jam’s around South London in Forest Hill, Stockwell and Leake Street. It is the latter mentioned of which we are looking at first with WOM […]Read Post ›
Well it’s that time of the year again and at the the turn of the new year we here at London Calling Blog were privileged enough to get to celebrate five years of running the blog with many of the friends we have made over the last five years, artists and photographers alike, with The […]Read Post ›
Lastly in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to take a look back at the year of Graffiti and Street Art in Stockwell. The bulk of the works below are from the Stockwell Hall of Fame, somewhere which is a must visit location as in terms of legal painting walls […]Read Post ›
Next up in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to be looking back at some of the key areas for a high turnover of Street Art around London, and are starting with our review of Brick Lane and Shoreditch. Whilst still the epicentre of London’s Street Art scene, and an […]Read Post ›
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 month saw what will be in most likelihood the last large-scale Paint Jam to grace the area of Brick Lane, namely Graffestival, a two-day event set to mark the end of the creative hub that in recent years that has being the Nomadic Community Gardens. The event was organised through the hard work of London’s […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at the fantastic Paint Jam that took place around Stockwell a couple of weeks ago, featuring some 49 artists and writers painting across 3 sites and organised by Wild Style Cafe – the newly opened Paint Shop / Cafe that recently opened up in nearby Stockwell Road. Taking to the […]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 one of the worlds most famous global Graffiti & Street Art festivals finally return to London for its 11th 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 defined in the name […]Read Post ›
Here we are playing catch up with a work that was placed up by Street Artist Elno in Allen Gardens at the entrance to the Nomadic Community Gardens last month and is now very much long gone due to the fast pace with which this space is painted, however that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t share […]Read Post ›
