Novelondon street art: Street art from the artist Novelondon has appeared around Shoreditch within the past fortnight and there is nothing we love more than delicious new art from an unfamiliar artist. Novelondon’s new street art combines characters and text with the unmistakable influence of Spain’s Miro. The Rolling Stones and The Beatles lyrics feature. Read More
“It’s A Brum Ting” has been the signature tune of the past fortnight as Birmingham hosted the Commonwealth Games. So what is it about Birmingham, why is it so great? Armed with a cheap cheap day return rail ticket I set out several weeks back to discover if Birmingham Street Art is what Goldie, Trevor Read More
Banksy, the best known living artist, is an enigma with a perverse attitude to celebrity status and personal information. In an age where non-entities share every plate of food, change of eyeshadow and ill-advised swimwear hot, this is this is a major anomaly. Anonymity and secrecy fuels curiosity so there have been many books about Read More
A wonderful new batch of street art paste ups from a pair of overseas artists really gave a huge make-over to some of Shoreditch’s paste up halls of fame. Jean Peut-Etre is from France, quelle surprise, and collages letterpress and screenprinted paste ups on found vintage paper. Boxitrixi is from Argentina and is currently a Read More
Speak truth to power!!! Manuel Oliver tells President Biden he must do more to tackle gun violence. In 2018 Manuel and Patricia lost their son in the Parkland Florida High School killing. We shared an intensely moving experience on the Shoreditch Street Art Tour later that year with the #nohate #liveandletlive street art Wall Of Read More
Last weekend marked London’s main 2022 Pride celebration and a lot of new Pride street art appeared in Shoreditch in celebration of and support for the LGBTQ community. On the Shoreditch Street Art Tour on Sunday I was asked by one guest why the London Pride was in July rather than June as they were Read More
Street Art needs walls! Whether its Shoreditch or Spitalfields, street art may hang on hoardings, stick to street signs, augment adverts, decorate doors or flourish on flyposters but wondering at walls is the main thing on the Shoreditch Street Art Tour. Walls beg a secondary purpose (wink) and minds distracted from art may dwell on Read More
A significant amount of Enigma street art, who is one of our favourite street artists, has been spotted over the past few weeks. A quite wet Shoreditch Street Art Tours party bumped into Enigma the Friday before last who was finding the morning’s rainy conditions and wet wall not conducive to painting but as soon Read More
To revisit my lovely daytrip to explore the culture of Cardiff street art and graffiti, here is a video of some though not all of the key areas. The docking station bike I hired was very noisy! My more descriptive write up and collection of photography can be seen by clicking HERE Video and photos: Read More
