Posts Tagged ‘street art’
‘Hammers to brushes, metal to paint’: Seven local artists celebrate history of former factory in Hackney Wick
The pieces at Stone Studios feature reminders of the site’s former use as a metalworks
Read MoreUnmasked, Perishable Rush, BSMT Space, exhibition review: ‘Smiles and scars in evocative solo show’
The Dutch street artist has taken his work off walls across Europe for his first UK gallery outing in Dalston
Read MoreLocal street artist pays homage to Hackney Wick’s past and present for London Mural Festival
Artwork by Busk, whose studio is nearby, includes a nod to the Clarnico Sweet Factory that once stood in the area
Read MoreTown Hall unveils first public sculpture by Hackney artist Stik in Hoxton Square
Four-metre-tall ‘Holding Hands’ is the result of a years-long collaboration between the council and the world-renowned street artist
Read MoreAnna Laurini: Stillness Speaks, The Old Bank Vault, exhibition review: ‘Raw voluptuousness and urban chic’
The street artist’s solo show at the Hackney Road gallery features her signature faces with their ‘bold magenta lips and alluring eyes’
Read MoreStik’s community mural ‘finally’ back in Poland after long tug-of-war with London gallery
The world-famous Hackney street artist explains why he had to destroy a second mural created on the same trip to Gdansk in 2011
Read MoreCarved-up Stik mural to get Polish homecoming after four-year wrangle with London gallery boss
Stik hails ‘step forward for artists’ rights’ as he reveals plans to restore a community mural in Gdansk that was chopped up and sold off without his knowledge
Read More‘A chance to recalibrate’: Street art legend Ben Eine on his ‘reflective’ new solo show in Whitechapel
Eine, whose signature New Circus lettering can be found all over east London, says a move into sculpture has been ‘challenging’
Read More‘The scene in east London is a jungle’: Street artist speaks out after unveiling Clapton murals
Giacomo ‘RUN’ Bufarini says people are often surprised his work is self-funded as street art becomes a ‘lucrative tourist attraction’
Read MoreArtist Stik supports junior doctors’ strike at Homerton Hospital
‘The NHS is very vulnerable – we need to look after it, because it looks after us.’
Read MoreStik's missing 'community mural' discovered on sale in West London
Street artist furious over ‘destruction and commercial exploitation’ of mural painted with local children in Polish city of Gdansk
Read More‘That’s me in the painting’ – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
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Read More'That's me in the painting' – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
Read MoreBorn to RUN: street artist becomes a political animal
Street artist RUN is showing how the recent election result can serve as artistic inspiration
Read MoreBerlin Wall painter Thierry Noir to exhibit in Shoreditch gallery
The Howard Griffin Gallery is to hold the first ever Thierry Noir retrospective in April
Read MoreMythical creatures take over the King’s Land
Artist Nazir Tanbouli creates murals of mythical creatures on the Kingsland Estate in Haggerston
Read MoreStreet art tours reveal hidden treasure
For those who don’t know their Stik from their Roa, a guided tour around London’s East End is the way to uncover works by artists on the verge of mainstream recognition
Read MoreCouncil’s controversial graffiti policy to be reviewed
After years of protests by locals over the destruction of much-loved street art, Town Hall now says it is “listening and learning”
Read MorePainting the world over: graffiti goes global
The Baron from Burning Candy crew discusses his new film, which documents their creations across the continents
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