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Street Art

Brickflats Interview

Unique street art replacing holes in walls with characters in solid resin

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Book Review

My Dog Sighs Big Issue Street Art Special

My Dog Sigh’s street art gains invitation to guest edit Big Issue Magazine

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Art Show Review

Back To Beyond

Back in February Graffoto raved about the “Beyond The Streets” Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London.   “Repeat visits are recommended” I urged and I have lost count of how many times I have been back, the gallery membership card is now looking like very good value. The show has been consistently busy even on weekdays […]

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On My Travels

God Created Manchester (Graffoto saw it was good)

Celebrating exciting street art found on a couple of days visiting Manchester

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Art Show Review

Beyond The Streets

The art gallery careers developed by graffiti writers from new York and London

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Art Show Review

Cartoonneros Exhibition Pure Evil Gallery

Cartoonneros, Argentinian street artist, stencil painter, has a new exhibition Pure Evil gallery Shoreditch

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The Year In Review

2022 Shoreditch Street Art

Best of Shoreditch’s 2022 street art including murals, stencils, paste ups and sculptures from Ed Hick, Nylon, Cranio, CPWon, Otto Schade and many others

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Street Art

Thom Thom Adbusting Club

Chance meeting with French ad-buster Thom-THom, the start of a beautiful friendship

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On My Travels

Penge Car Park Street Art

Murals in a multi storey car park

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Street Art

London International Paste Up Festival 2022

Graffoto loves street art, we love graffiti, we have a passion for stencils and are often blown away by stunning murals but when it comes to good old “art by anyone” street art, the paste up is the king.  Paste ups are the often overlooked ugly sister of street art.  When was the last time […]

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Street Art

Portland and NY gang up on Shoreditch

Gang mural: City Kitty, RX Skulls, Toastoro, Voxx Romana and local friend Wrdsmth This August a group of street artists from Portland, Oregon as well as their friends from other ends visited Shoreditch to bless the public realm with their creativity. Various combinations of this group have been visiting Europe regularly over the years and […]

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Graffiti Street Art

Helch – The Dog’s Pollocks

It being that day, Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral, I decided to go out graff hunting and what a great decision that turned out to be. “Helch Watch” has been running for several months following the addition of an incomplete piece of graff close to our hood in May. Helch, May 2022 Helch, May 2022 […]

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Graffiti Street Art

Carnival of Graffiti

Carnival Route Westbourne Grove Carnival returned to Notting Hill this weekend after a COVID hiatus of 3 years, this meant the return of one of the best and most temporary HOFs (Hall of Fame) going – the Notting Hill Carnival shopfront hoardings. Notting Hill One person who played a major role in grabbing the head […]

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Street Art

NoveLondon Miro Bugs

Street art from the artist Novelondon has appeared around Shoreditch within the past week and there is nothing we love more than delicious new art from an unfamiliar artist. Novelondon vs The Rolling Stones Novelondon in Shoreditch. August 2022 Novelondon’s new street art combines characters and text with the unmistakable influence of Spain’s Miro. The […]

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On My Travels

Birmingham Street Art – More than Just Banksy

“It’s A Brum Ting” has been the signature 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 what Goldie, Trevor Francis and Banksy (might have) appreciated […]