Yesterday we here at London Calling Blog were up bright and early in order to catch the train from London to Birmingham in order to spend the day attending the City of Colours Street Art Festival in Digbeth, Birmingham. Originally launched in 2014 with much success, sadly last year City of Colours was cancelled due […]Read Post ›
A few days ago Street Artist Jimmy C set to create his latest work at the Kings Cross end of Caledonian Road, and what a beautiful work it is indeed. Reworking his previous piece in the same spot which presented a serene landscape, and still forms much of the basis of this adapted scene. The […]Read Post ›
Today we thought we would take a look at the Street Art along Caledonian Road, the mile and a half north-south run straight through the Borough of Islington. We have some ten works to share with you below, all that are either directly along Caledonian Road or in the immediate vicinity along its many side streets, […]Read Post ›
Well it was with great sorrow that we woke up on morning of Monday 11th January 2016 to hear that David Bowie had passed away. Someone that has been a major musical favourite and inspiration to us here at London Calling Blog, though we are divided on preference for 1970’s and 1980’s Bowie, showing there is […]Read Post ›
This evening in our series of reviews of the last year we are heading back over to East London and taking a look back at the year of Street Art in Bethnal Green. It’s been an interesting year in Bethnal Green, with a steady flow of artworks being placed up throughout the year by London’s own local talent […]Read Post ›
Well this has certainly been the hardest post to compile in our near year at London Calling Blog, 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. After much deliberation and with many more works we would of liked to include […]Read Post ›
Over the previous two days Australian, but London based, Street Artist Jimmy C has been at work on his latest piece of work in Bacon Street, off of Brick Lane, and we were fortunate enough to get to witness some of its construction. Jimmy C’s style is influenced by a combination of Pointillism and the aboriginal culture […]Read Post ›
Over the previous several days from the 15-18th October the Moniker Art Fair returned to East London for its sixth consecutive year, in the most appropriate location to host such a large expose of Street Art in a gallery setting, namely The Old Truman Brewery at the heart of Brick Lane. The event was held […]Read Post ›
Last Wednesday an exhibition we have been eagerly anticipating opened in London’s East End, namely Jimmy C’s ‘Atomised’ show at the Lollipop Gallery and it certainly didn’t disappoint. This show marks James Cochran’s, aka Jimmy C, first London exhibition in three years and it has been very much worth the wait. The entire two floors of the […]Read Post ›
Last Wednesday Brazilian Street Artist Luis Seven Martins, aka L7M, was in London following his appearance at Upfest and hit up a striking collaboration with Jimmy C in Bethnal Green, with support from The Hidden Streets Of London. L7M is predominantly known for his ‘Graffiti Birds’, in which he successfully fuses roughness and elegance, combining geometrical elements with a […]Read Post ›
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