Street Art Revolution: How Murals are Transforming Urban Landscapes
17 September 2024 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Street art is undergoing a significant transformation. Once considered a form of vandalism, murals have emerged as powerful tools for… Read More
Tag: Street Art
Restored Banksy Sandcastle Girl features in new exhibition.
19 May 2023 • Mark Westall
Experts in Banksy restorations, Fine Art Restoration Company, have recently conserved one of the famous graffiti artist’s Lowestoft murals created in 2021, known as Sandcastle Girl.
DEFER’s first-ever UK exhibition opens at Woodbury House.
28 April 2023 • Mark Westall
Los Angeles street art pioneer Alex ‘DEFER’ Kizu showcases new works in highly anticipated UK debut exhibition ‘Spiritual Language’ at Woodbury House.
BEYOND THE STREETS LONDON the most comprehensive graffiti & street art exhibition to open in the UK ever.
13 January 2023 • Mark Westall
BEYOND THE STREETS LONDON will open at Saatchi Gallery with over 100 international artists this February. The exhibition supported by… Read More
BEYOND THE STREETS- The most comprehensive street art exhibition to open in the UK ever.
23 November 2022 • Mark Westall
London’s world-renowned Saatchi Gallery is pleased to present the most comprehensive street art exhibition to open in the UK with the international blockbuster arrival of BEYOND THE STREETS
Afterglow/Undertow, a culmination of 12 months of studio work and six years of street work.
27 October 2021 • Mark Westall
There is still time to catch the recently opened and very rare (due to a hectic international schedule for public… Read More
Kieran Flynn’s Jungles at Gage Gallery, Sheffield
15 August 2021 • Dan Sumption
Sheffield-based artist Kieran Flynn’s paintings are on display at his first solo exhibition at Gage Gallery in Kelham Island, Sheffield, running until 22nd August.
Matty Small
1 March 2021 • Infinity Bunce
I came across Matt’s work many years ago when he had a solo show in Leonard Street, in Shoreditch. I… Read More
The Top 5 Art Books to read about Artists and Exhibitions
15 February 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic normally picks five exhibitions to see in London, but as we’re in lockdown in the UK he has switched to books to read.
New show: Dutch collage Street Artist Perishable Rush to open in early December
16 November 2020 • Mark Westall
BSMT in collaboration with OLLY STUDIO to bring the delicate, layered style of Dutch collage Street Artist Perishable Rush to BSMT for an introductory show.
STATIC Born and Raised head back North
15 October 2018 • Mark Westall
The Art of Protest Gallery is bringing Scarborough duo STATIC back to the North for their first solo exhibition in their home county. This follows exhibitions in Asia, the U.S and most recently in London.
Thrashbird turns desert concrete ruins into oversized fashion luxury handbags
2 July 2018 • Mark Westall
Thrashbird embarked on a painting expedition searching for an opportunity to let his ‘imagination run free.‘ amidst the grounds of an abandoned concrete plant, Thrashbird found ‘a maze of giant broken concrete monoliths’ which became the site for his project: ‘Thrashbird’s valley of secret values.’
Exhibition of new work Blobz from cult American artist, Kenny Scharf opens in London
24 June 2018 • Mark Westall
Cult American artist, Kenny Scharf, the grandfather of Street Art, who alongside friends Haring and Basquiat founded the street art movement in 1980s New York with his surreal pop art murals, is to have his first UK exhibition for ten years in London.
Coming soon: Banksy and his greatest hits 2002 -2008
4 June 2018 • Mark Westall
Banksy’s original gallerist Steve Lazarides and his Lazinc co-founder Wissam Al Mana are going to exhibit an influential collection of Banksy’s most iconic images this summer.
Dalek + Buff Monster “SPACED OUT”
6 March 2018 • Mark Westall
“SPACED OUT” is going to be a mesmerising double-solo show, featuring legendary street artists James Marshall (aka Dalek) and Buff Monster, united together in the same exhibition for the first time. Opening during Armory Week.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
26 November 2017 • Tabish Khan
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week include: A triathlon, eyes, street art, colours, dance, abstract worlds and city living.
Magic black: Air-Ink, the art supplies made from vehicle pollution
10 April 2017 • Mark Westall
Inventor Anirudh Sharma is capturing carbon from car exhausts to turn it into ink. And he’s got his eye on London’s black cabs next
A weekend of street art-inspired events + UK premiere of ‘Saving Banksy’
6 April 2017 • Mark Westall
ARNOLFINI X THE FUTURE TENSE is a weekend-long series of events programmed by Bristol-based independent art platform The Future Tense, taking place in and around the Grade II listed Arnolfini
Banksy stencils destroyed by construction workers
11 July 2016 • Mark Westall
Removal brings number of artist’s works wrecked in a single inner-city laneway to five in two years
Jeremy Deller flies flag for Thomas More’s Utopia, 500 years later
26 January 2016 • Staff
Giant smiley marks launch of year-long celebration of radical book, to take in everything from street art to fashion
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
20 July 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 includes nuclear explosions, religious imagery, electric shocks, beautiful women and street culture
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
12 July 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 features a hoarder’s squat, coloured smoke, contemporary vanitas painting, haunting photographs and vibrant street art
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: a NEW illustration and street art show ILLUSTRATED 2015
7 May 2015 • Staff
For The Weekend go visit ILLUSTRATED 2015