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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to take a look back at the year of Street Art and Graffiti in Croydon. It’s been another good year in Croydon after the flying start it had through 2015. Croydon’s Arts Quarter has continued to receive a steady stream of new additions and played […]Read Post ›
This morning 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 and Graffiti in Hackney Wick & Fish Island. Hackney Wick is always an interesting place to visit, with the sections of painted walls along the canal receiving […]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 ›
A couple of weeks back saw Pang – who is sadly no longer London based – return for a visit and hit up Hackney Wick to paint this funky fusion of styles with Graffiti Writer Seeds One along the canal. Featuring a dark backdrop and subject for Pang, the colours and explosive style present a […]Read Post ›
Last Wednesday night we here at London Calling Blog were delighted enough to attend our third Drips & Runs live Paint Jam event, always an absolute sight to behold and on this occasion hosted in Relentless in Soho. The event saw Si Mitchell, Captain Kris, Himbad, Saki&Bitches, Skeleton Cardboard & The Real Dill set to […]Read Post ›
Well it was only a couple of weeks ago we reported on the latest works from Himbad in Camden Town (covered here), so it is somewhat bittersweet that we have four new works from the artist all placed up in Seven Sisters. The reason they are sweet should be obvious, but the bitter dynamic is due to […]Read Post ›
Over the last couple of weeks the prolific Fanakapan has hit up a pair of ever fantastic creations in North London with an Acid House inspired work and in Star Yard in Brick Lane to lay out ‘Deflation’, a superb depiction of deflating five point star balloon that really does just pop off of the wall. […]Read Post ›
