Photography by Chris Osburn It’s gotta be tough being a street stencil artist from Britain these days if your name isn’t, well, you know who. But Bristol-based Nick Walker seems to be making a proper go of it. And riding on the “Exit Throught the …
Image courtesy of StolenSpace According to streetwise artist Word to Mother, “Blind By Stardom” is “a comment on the superficiality of society and how fame and celebrity status are the main objectives of today’s youth”. A showcase of new paintings in mixed media on wood, …
London’s most workaholic street artist is at it again. Over the weekend, Ben Eine began repainting the Holywell Lane wall of Village Underground, the raised enclave of studios housed in old Tube carriages. He’s currently putting the finishing touches to the new piece, which cryptically …
Banksy has storyboarded the intro to a new Simpson’s episode. That much is old news by today’s standards – the video clip has already circumnavigated the Internet thirteen times since breakfast. But the artist’s televisual wheeze seems to coincide with a new street piece on …
Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, some Shoreditch street art, captured by Romany WG reminds us that London rocks, regardless of cloudy …
CityzenKane, sometimes known as CZK, produces distinctive three-dimensional work from polymer clay. The walls of Spitalfields and Shoreditch are full of beautiful examples, often inspired by Asian or South American cultural references. We suspect our map below only scratches the surface (we’ve found other examples …
Photo opportunities galore at Victoria Station today as ’3D street art legends Joe & Max‘ turn part of the concourse into a giant 3D golfing bunker via the medium of paint. Such things don’t happen in controlled environments like a mainline station without some associated …
By now, Ben Eine probably needs no introduction, even to the most unobservant of Londoners. His giant letters have decorated the shutters of the East End for over half a decade. More recently, he hit world headlines after David Cameron handed a specimen of his …
We’ve all played the pub game: name 10 famous Belgians. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Poirot…Papa Smurf?* One name currently knocking on the door of that exclusive club is Roa, an incredibly talented street artist from Ghent. Roa’s style is distinctive, to say the least. If you’ve …
Until recently, Banksy was the only street artist with any prominence in the public eye. Then Robbo made the papers thanks to a spat with Banksy. Next, Eine hit the news after David Cameron presented an example of his work to President Obama. Who will …
The rampant typography leaves no doubt that this is the handiwork of the now-famous street artist Ben Eine. This presumably commissioned piece has, in truth, been sitting around on Middlesex Street for a few weeks, but the artist returned today to finish off the job. …
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