At the beginning of this month we here at London Calling Blog had the distinct pleasure and honour to be invited to Belfast to document the Hit The North 2022 street art festival put on by Seedhead Arts and local artist Emic. The festival saw some 61 street artists and graffiti writers transform the hub […]Read Post ›
We here at London Calling Blog were exceptionally fortunate last week to have a chat with the art team of Noah and Nathan ahead of the upcoming charity auction this weekend of original artworks from their second collaborative art project as Background Bob. The journey began two years ago in March 2020, during the first […]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 ›
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 ›
fAfter our recent visit to Belfast where we were treated to an abundance of high quality Street Art we thought we would create a Street Art guide to some of the best locations around Belfast for some painted creativity. The majority of the art shared below has been organised by Seedhead Arts who have done […]Read Post ›
Last month saw the Stockwell Hall of Fame reopen after a 8 month closure. It may have a new look but it is still definitely the best place to see Graffiti in London. The space has been redesigned so to not only provide spaces for artists to legally paint any time but make the space more […]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 ›
Well here we are with the finale of our series of reviews of the last year and we thought we would take a look back at the exhibitions we have attended. In the process we have been all over London and become further acquainted with many wonderful gallery spaces and visited a wide range of ‘pop-up’ spaces […]Read Post ›
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