On Friday afternoon I was fortunate enough to stumble across street artist Emic who was over from Northern Ireland for his friend’s wedding. So Emic came along a day early, got set up in Blackall Street and decided to paint a portrait of the groom, also his former partner in street art, what a wedding […]Read Post ›
Following the three pieces Otto Schade put up in London over the last month, he has put up a further three and repaired a damaged one also. Placing his works over previous pieces of his, at this stage defaced to varying degrees, he manages to maintain the same familiar locations yet keep his works fresh. […]Read Post ›
Prolific stencil street artist Paul ‘Don’ Smith has been at it again recently, especially on one wall in Buxton Street off of Brick Lane, where he has thus far laid out five pieces, making for a lovely set of colour and portraiture. We’ve already seen half a dozen or so of his works in the […]Read Post ›
Over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday, Bristol artist Georgie came back down to London to repaint, in a more ‘permanent’ manor, her fabulous and touching piece “Believe In Me”, which she had created the previous week for Femme Fierce Reloaded. For Femme Fierce Georgie had created her piece with a strong disposition towards one of […]Read Post ›
Dan Kitchener returned to Croydon’s Arts Quarter yesterday to add the third installment of his ‘Liquid Lights’ series to the are Unsurprisingly it is once again an incredible work, this time taller than the pieces standing side by side with it on Park Street. We absolutely love Dank’s work here at London Calling so upon […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back for three days only Pyramid Oracle’s ‘Entente’ exhibition ran at Anatum’s Abode in Limehouse, in association with the Hidden Streets Of London. On the dark Friday night two weekends back, upon leaving Limehouse DLR station I set off to find this exhibit in order to find myself outside a derelict shop front, […]Read Post ›
Last week in London JUSTKIDS in association with RexRomae presented a pop-up exhibition in London showcasing the Brazilian duo of illustrators Bicicleta Sem Freio (Bicycle Without Breaks), entitled “Fera”, and ran for four days only. Bicicleta Sem Freio aka Douglas de Castro and Renato Perriera put on their first ever London show at the Hoxton […]Read Post ›
On Saturday afternoon we were fortunate enough to bump into several artists painting throughout the day, but ended the afternoon by meeting Himbad and Ali Hamish working on Sclater Street. The pair were in fine spirits while Himbad was working on a piece, and both very sociable to us here at London Calling. Ali Hamish […]Read Post ›
Last week Phlegm spent a good few days laying out this huge and incredible mural in the Red Gallery grounds, Shoreditch. I had been waiting to get to see it and though the grounds are closed at current, obscuring a chance at a full view, the Red Gallery were exceptionally kind in letting me through […]Read Post ›
Last Monday Fio Silva painted her fifth, and final London wall, in five days. We had been extremely privileged to get to spend some time with Fio, who was over as the winner if The Springs Project ‘Next Big Thing’ international street art talent competition, and witness her create three of the previous four walls, and […]Read Post ›
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