Street Art

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Interview: Street Artist A.CE

Many people will recognise the unique work of street artist A.CE, which can be seen pasted up all over London. In an extended interview ahead of his first solo exhibition, which opens tonight, we asked the man himself about his art, his influences and his …

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Banking On Banksy: Merchandising Street Art

Banksy recently made it on the TIME ‘most influential’ list, and here in London it is easy to see why. His presence is felt everywhere – not only on the walls, but also in the shops who cash in on his name. The most bizarre …

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The Mushrooms Of East London

A number of apocalyptically-inspired bits of public art, in the form of miniature mushroom clouds, have sprouted up around Shoreditch and Spitalfields in recent weeks. As the pics above show, we’ve spotted them on Shoreditch High Street, at Old Street roundabout, and on Brick Lane. …

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Chemists Hunt Chewing Gum Graffiti Artist

Remember Ben Wilson, the chap who paints minute artwork on discarded blobs of gum? The Royal Society of Chemistry, of all people, are trying to track him down with a commission. The RSC want Ben to depict the 117 chemical elements on his miniature medium. …

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Video: Ronzo Installs Credit Crunch Monster Statues Around City

Ronzo’s Pity of London – Part 1 from Ronzo on Vimeo. Next time you’re heading into the City, keep an eye out for these rogue boundary markers. Street artist Ronzo and chums have installed a series of ‘Pity of London’ monster statues alongside the more …

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Exhibition Review: Never Odd or Even by Andreas von Chrzanowski aka CASE

Photography by Chris Osburn Taking inspiration from a book written by some Carroll dude about a girl named Alice, German photorealism graffiti artist Andreas von Chrzanowski (aka CASE) presents an exhibition of new works at Signal Gallery. The exhibition, dubbed Never Odd or Even and …

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Banksy Vs Robbo: Advantage Robbo

For anyone still interested in the Banksy versus Robbo street canal art war, there’s been a new salvo. Robbo, or proxy agents thereof, has written over Banksy’s fishing boy image, beneath Oval Bridge Road, Camden Town on the Regent’s Canal. The counterstrike comes after an …

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New Banksy Mural Reclaimed By Old School Graffiti Writer

Above: Robbo’s riposte to Banksy. Below: Banksy’s decorator image, painted over a 25-year-old piece by Robbo. One of the new Banksy murals along the Regent’s Canal has been artfully ‘reclaimed’ by graffiti writer Robbo. Turns out that Banksy had appropriated a 25-year-old piece of street …

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Four New Banksy Pieces Appear In Camden Town

We weren’t the only ones braving London’s icy waters over the weekend. Banksy’s been out in his canoe along the Regent’s Canal. The first image in the sequence can be found beneath Camden Street Bridge, almost in the back yard of the British Transport Police …

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Banksy Mural Defaced As Residents Vote On Its Future

The seemingly endless hand-wringing over what to do with Banksy murals took a new twist recently. Sutton Council organised a public vote on whether to share or to shaft the punk-themed stencil on Beddington Farm Road. Ninety-three percent of respondants wanted to keep the mural …

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Pop Up Gallery @ Library Bar This Weekend

Yes, that headline is a tad confusing but bear with us. Bristol comes to Islington for the weekend as The Library on Upper Street – that’s the bar, not the civic provision – hosts a pop up gallery curated by Bristol’s Crazy Fools. Featuring an …