Two Banksy stories have appeared this weekend in a press suffering from either a severe news shortage or a chronic space surplus. Although writing about street art is ideally never encumbered by this author’s first person singular perspective, both today’s Banksy stories have a minor and trivial personal resonance. Jamie Oliver the former boy wonder Read More
In a strange and un-expected move Transport for London Overground 2 nights ago removed the Banksy three monkeys art piece from the bridge over Brick Lane where they were stencilled in August of this year. The three monkeys were among the menagerie of creatures that escaped from London Zoo in Regents Park and had proved Read More
Last month Shepard Fairey painted a brand new mural in Shoreditch, actually the largest he has painted in Shoreditch. We decided to celebrate by looking back at Shepard Fairey’s Shoreditch activity on 3 key historic occasions. Those three occasions were when Shepard Fairey held major solo art shows in Shoreditch, hosted by his longstanding buddy Read More
London International Pasteup Festival ’s 4th incarnation took place the weekend of 12th, 13th and 14th of September 2024. Art came in from all over the world with contributions ranging from street artists with an established gallery palmarès to newcomer artists being seen in public for the first time. Each of previous 3 editions evolved Read More
Last weekend saw fun, creativity and a bit of exercise for all the family thanks to local street artist DFace. Being “Local” was particularly significant as DFace was celebrating decades of decoration on his stomping ground, the street of London. The idea was a treasure hunt. Solve the clues, find the location, stamp your paper, create Read More
Radiant lovehearts paste ups first started to be seen around Shoreditch in about February this year. As a bit of a sucker for super saturated colourised photo edits this series was in equal amounts intriguing and beautiful. A recent chance encounter with the artist Grete Hjorth-Johansen revealed a fascinating story to the art. Grete is Read More
London has been been blessed with new Banksy street art creation every day for the past 9 days. Call it the urban jungle, the Banksy zoo, the London Banksy safari, whatever you like, Banksy has treated London to a version of his notorious October 2013 Better Out Than In 30 day New York residency. Fans Read More
Heading into Easter week there was so much activity that it is definitely worth a Shoreditch street art update. Saturday saw the all female WOM collective close off a month long art programme with an all female paint jam in Allen Gardens. That same Saturday morning the discovery of a single paste up by New Read More
Spring is sprung and Banksy welcomes the freshest season with some fresh street art. Last Spring it was Valentines Day Mascara in Southend, this year a hibernating tree bursts into life with a vigorous new canopy of green foliage thanks to a gardener armed with a garden sprayer. It can be interpreted new life, new Read More
