Last week marked six years since we started London Calling Blog and since that time we have embarked on an amazing adventure which has seen us travel all over London and beyond to see Street Art and Graffiti. We have also met so many wonderful people from all over the world who share an appreciation […]Read Post ›
Well it certainly has been a year like no other, and like most aspects of life in 2020, the London Street Art and Graffiti scene has been impacted by the wider social and global issues and we have seen less works produced than normal. In accordance with these events we we have been confined to […]Read Post ›
Over the last couple of weeks London has been treated to a a series of new pieces from Brazilian Street Artist Fabio Oliveira aka Cranio, currently on his fourth visit to the UK. Laying out a series of his distinctive and trademark characters of indigenous tribesman living off the spoils from selling off their land […]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 five years ago now we have began delving into various projects the most rewarding of which has been the organization of Street […]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 ›
First up in our look back at 2019 we thought we would be take a look back at what we have proactively organised and been up to about London and beyond this last year. So where to begin really, street art and blog wise it’s been by and large another fantastic and fun year for […]Read Post ›
A couple of months ago saw Croatian Street Artist Lunar visit London for the UK launch of his book ‘From Zagreb With Love’ which documents the artist’s 30 year career painting around Eastern Europe and beyond. Whilst over Lunar hit up several of his ‘Catso’ themed works which are so fun to stumble upon and certainly brightened […]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 ›
Over the least several months London has been treated to a number of works by Street Artist Fanakapan who has left a number of solo works as well as a pair of fantastic collaborative pieces around North and East London. Ever the treat to spy works from this artists this recent set of creations including […]Read Post ›
Here we are playing catch up with a fantastic addition to Penge by Fanakapan, placed up last month for our community Street Art project SprayExhibition20 in Penge. Reworking a wall he first painted at the end of 2016 (covered here) it is most interesting to see how a great wall was replaced with a better one, reflecting how […]Read Post ›
