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 ›
Today’s blog as usual features street art, nothing new there for London Calling Blog, however today’s blog is really about more than just the work of street artists, it’s also about the rights of street artists (and all artists) – specifically the right of the artist to say how their work is used. This blog […]Read Post ›
Next up in our look back at 2017 we thought we would be take a look back at what we have proactively organised and been up to about London this year. So where to begin really, Street Art and Blog wise it’s been an fantastic and fun year for us here at London Calling Blog, the […]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 an interesting in Croydon with the Arts Quarter continuing to receive a steady stream of new additions and played host to a couple of Paint Jams through […]Read Post ›
This morning in our series of reviews of the year we are taking a look back at Shoreditch, which alongside the adjoining area of Brick Lane, make up the epicentre of London’s Street Art scene. An area that is a must visit destination for tourists and enthusiasts alike, and whilst there you will regularly pass Street Art tours and […]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 ›
So a couple of weekends back we had the good fortune of spending a long weekend in Croydon with some 36 artists reworking the vast majority of the ‘Arts Quarter’ around St. George’s Walk to put on the ‘Any Colour You Like’ Paint Jam organised by ourselves and put together with support from friend of the blog and […]Read Post ›
Well it has taken a while to process all this, but at the weekend we here at London Calling Blog were privileged enough to get to celebrate two years of running the blog (officially this weekend) with many of the friends we have made over the last year, artists and photographers alike, with a Paint […]Read Post ›
Well yet again this has certainly been the hardest post to compile in this years Annual Review series, 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 here, […]Read Post ›
