Well it certainly has been a year like no other, and like most aspects of life in 2020, the London Street Art and Graffiti scene has been impacted by the wider social and global issues and we have seen less works produced than normal. In accordance with these events we we have been confined to […]Read Post ›
Next up in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to be looking back at some of the key areas for a high turnover of Street Art around London, and are starting with our review of Brick Lane and Shoreditch. Whilst still the epicentre of London’s Street Art scene, and an […]Read Post ›
Well it certainly has been another great year for Street Art around London, and we here at London Calling Blog have very much continued to just have a blast along the way. We have had the chance to travel all over London to hunt out and witness some amazing art, we have also continued to […]Read Post ›
Sunday saw the latest Paint Jam to hit Leake Street with the Do1Cancer event which saw a host of Graffiti Writers and Street Artists hit the legal walls in this tunnel to raise awareness and money for Cancer Research. Following from 2015’s Battle Cancer Paint Jam which was organized via social media by Charlie Pugh in response to discovering his girlfriend had […]Read Post ›
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 ›
Last month saw one of the worlds most famous global Graffiti & Street Art festivals finally return to London for its 11th anniversary in the UK with a fantastic event comprised of painting, music and all round fun by the many people in attendance. The very nature of the event is defined in the name […]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 ›
A couple of weeks back saw the opening of the latest exhibition at the BSMT SPACE gallery in Dalston, on this occasion with a superb group show entitled ‘Get Lit’. The show presents an excellent body of work of works focusing on all things neon, so showcasing a variety of subjects expressed on a range of pieces, from classic […]Read Post ›
Better late than never, last night we finally had the time to head up to Dalston to catch up with a couple of exhibitions that opened in the last week, the first of which being the ‘Creative Differences’ group exhibition at the 1963 Gallery Space. Presenting a selection of prints in a variety of mediums from some 16 […]Read Post ›
