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 ›
Here we are taking a look at a series of works placed up by Street Artist Envol covering a spread of East, North and South London over the last few months. Presenting a series of refracted typographical works with a strong graphic design influence it is always impressive to see how meticulous this artist is […]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 ›
A few weekends back we here at London Calling Blog had the absolute pleasure in visiting Bristol for Upfest 2018, marking the 10th anniversary of what is now Europe’s largest Urban Arts Festival and our second time attending the event. Bristol is very much a place with a long and rich history of a thriving Graffiti […]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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
This evening in our look back at 2016 we wish to take a look at the beautifully inspired community project that is the Nomadic Community Gardens, somewhere which seems to be gaining more and more momentum as the months pass, all through the diligent and impressive work from the 1 Love Community. By developing a system of raised […]Read Post ›
