About Banksy….. It has been an exciting couple of weeks since the last newsletter. Huge amounts of great new art have been created; artists have led the political agenda; Banksy influenced art is popular as always and street art tours are up and running! Butterfly Man homage to Banksy Among many of Banksy’s witty and Read More
Lockdown has given the opportunity to spring clean the digital street art photograph archives. Exploring defunct folders served as a reminder of the pleasure that came from nearly a decade of making a small photographic contribution to a street art zine. Here is a little look back at the days of street art zine Very Read More
A street art stencil has appeared on the wall of the former Reading nick and after making us wait a little while, it has just this afternoon been confirmed this is art of Banksy, the tease. As usual the confirmation comes simultaneously via his website and his Instagram and for the second time in Read More
10 years ago the Institute Of Contemporary Arts was besieged by connoisseurs of graffiti photography when a small group of dedicated amateur graffiti photographers (there was no other type) curated by Delete and comprising himself, Buddz, Lee 102, Howaboutno, Joeppo and myself (under the pseudonym Nolionsinengland) created an exhibition of graffiti photography. It wasn’t really Read More
Here is a Banksy reminder and a plea! Banksy – The London Chronicle is scheduled for Wednesday 10th February at 1900GMT. This is an online virtual Banksy Tour hosted by Dave Stuart from Shoreditch Street Art Tours on Zoom. Book here Guests cams will be disabled – no need to dress up! Now here is Read More
Approaching half term we are bringing a trio of street art nuggets to the world of Virtual street art pleasure. “Just enjoyed a fantastic virtual street art tour with Dave. …. He did a wonderful job, and though we physically did not see the works in place, we were able to see many more, because Read More
News of the sad passing of MF Doom emerged on New Years Eve inspiring many graffiti and street art tributes to the MC and rapper. The featured image above is a characteristically complex piece by Esau-teric. A collection of MF Tribute graffiti from around the world can be found on COMPLEX.COM including some nice Read More
One of the biggest feuds in art-world history, street artist Banksy v graffiti writer Robbo is revealed to have rumbled on much longer than fans and art historians previously thought. In December 2009 street artist Banksy created 4 illegal pieces of stencil art on the sides of a canal in Camden, London. One of the Read More
EDIT: To show support and express appreciation for their efforts and sacrifice, a number of free spaces on the virtual “Banksy – The London Chronicle” have been set aside for frontline NHS staff. Please email info@shoreditchstreetarttours.co.uk stating NHS affiliation and which of the two presentations you would prefer. Just announcing in response to popular demand Read More
