GraffotoA new Banksy has appeared in London and locations do not get much more central than on the roundabout at Marble Arch! A young girl appears to have planted a new sapling and seems mark the species with a plant label stating through the extinction symbol that it is the Extinction Rebellion and like any […]
Take Back ControlGroup exhibition curated by Bryden and Ellie PennickThe Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd, Kings CrossLondon NW1 2BA14 – 24 March 2019 The Crypt under St Pancras Church, an appropriately gloomy yet incredibly photogenic spot, hosts a look back on the role British newspapers played in the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign and its aftermath and […]
This evening the UK’s parliament voted to show that they had not changed their mind since December on a withdrawal agreement that hadn’t changed since December. This leaves the country up shit creek, a situation that hasn’t changed since, well, several years ago. Street artists have not been impressed with the political process over the […]
Canary WharfJanuary 15th – 26th5pm – 10pm Lights! Cameras! Action!! We love the Winter light fests that seem to be becoming increasingly common. This year, rather than get wedged in the crowds at the West End spectaculars we schlepped all the way out to Canary Wharf (involuntary shiver) for the 2019 Winter Lights installation and […]
Straddling the end of the year like a hurdler whose rear leg failed to follow the front leg, Graffoto tries to divine a little perspective on the street art we have enjoyed and endured on the annual lap just completed and first sight suggests things were not that painful. There is little doubt that the […]
Mid Nite Crisis14 – 22nd December 2018 Rocket Barber Shop118 Stoke Newington High St, London N16 7NY Sweet Toof, East London’s legendary dental illustrator is back for a show in the unlikely surroundings of a North London barber shop cellar. The unorthodox location heaves with canvasses, prints and bizarre objects. Knick knacks with lurid buck […]
In a weekend when a lot of new street art appeared in Shoreditch one creation particularly stood out, the new “Wall Of Love” from the #NoHate family of street artists. This consists signature art from 355 artists rendered in a circular format under the slogans #StreetartAgainstHate #ToLiveAndLetLive . This London installation was put together by […]
Ryan Callanan aka RYCA “DANCE ACID RAVE!” 8th – 18th November 2018 BSMT Space (see photo below)5D STOKE NEWINGTON ROADLONDON N16 8BH On One There is a canon of legendary musical events where the number of people claiming to have been there far exceeds a venue’s capacity, oft quoted is the Sex Pistol’s first Manchester […]
Everything Starts Somewhere StolenSpace Gallery 17 Osborn St, London E1 6TD 25th October – 18th November 2018 Break out the bunting, a typopgraphy typhoon has struck London, it’s an Eine exhibition. Back in 2007 EINE had a solo show at Kemistry Gallery, late of Charlotte Rd, and the power of seeing EINE’s typography migrate indoors […]
Xenz 2nd – 8th November 2018 Nelly Duff Gallery 156 Columbia Road London E2 7RG If there is a niche for graffiti writers who paint exquisite, delicate nature pieces with a dash of fantasy landscape thrown in then a huge chunk gets filled by Hull’s finest escapee, Xenz. Meeting Of Styles 2009 Cans Festival II, […]