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 in Hackney Wick & Fish Island. Hackney Wick is always an interesting place to visit, with the sections of painted walls along the canal receiving a […]Read Post ›
Sunday was certainly a fantastic day to be in Leake Street, with three separate Paint Jams simultaneously underway, offering a wide array of fantastic art to enjoy being constructed amid a jovial and relaxed atmosphere that permeated through the artists, the pieces they painted and with those in attendance admiring the spectacle. We have already […]Read Post ›
Sunday was certainly a fantastic day to be in Leake Street, with three separate Paint Jams simultaneously underway, offering a wide array of fantastic art to enjoy being constructed amid a jovial and relaxed atmosphere that permeated through the artists, the pieces they painted and with those in attendance admiring the spectacle. We have already […]Read Post ›
Last night saw the opening of the ‘Death In Dalston’ exhibition opened at the BSMT Space in Dalston, presenting a curious collection of skulls celebrating Halloween & Dia de los Muertos. This is certainly an interesting show, and to our knowledge, the only Halloween and Dia de los Muertos themed exhibition on this year. The show […]Read Post ›
On Thursday night the inaugural exhibition from new pop-up art space BSMT Space opened in Dalston with a group show entitled ‘Underhand’, comprising an impressive number and range of London’s Street Artists, along with a few international talents making an appearance also, curated by Speckles76. Eagerly anticipating seeing how this new gallery would present itself […]Read Post ›
Over the last week a new mural has gone up in Dalston in Shacklewell Road, comprising work from some eight artists, curated by Speckles76 for the opening show ‘Underhand’ of new pop-up gallery BSMT Space. The group mural features artists that all feature in the exhibition which opened last night at 5 Stoke Newington Road, literally […]Read Post ›
Well a month ago now the prolific and almost maniacal Polish Street artist Noriaki returned to London ahead of his exhibition at Number 90, Hackney Wick, which we will be sharing with you soon. Whilst about town Noriaki has set to doing that which he does best, embarking in a frenzy of character creations around London. […]Read Post ›
Last Saturday night we here at London Calling were privileged enough to be invited along to witness and capture some of the superb Live Painting extravaganza that is Drips and Runs. The project, which is filmed from a secret location, is the brainchild of duo Seeds One and BIll Daggs. The atmosphere around the event was […]Read Post ›
On Sunday in Bethnal Green a Paint Jam took place in Paradise Row alongside and on the premises of The Craft Cocktail Company, featuring seventeen artists and put on with support from The Hidden Streets Of London, who have been transforming the local area over the last year through Street Art. Across the board the public were […]Read Post ›
Last week London was fortunate enough to recieve a visit from American, but Berlin-based, Street Artist James Bullough, who on his brief visit to London laid out this stunning piece. The superb work which depicts a pair of hyper-realistic hands, a recurring theme in many of James Bullough’s works, was placed up to portray the […]Read Post ›
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