PREVIEW: ILLUSTRATED 2015
2 April 2015 • Mark Westall
FAD caught up with the founder of ILLUSTRATED Marc Farrington to find out what he has in store for this years event.
Tag: Street Art
BANKSY launches new campaign in Gaza
26 February 2015 • Staff
Banksy has just announced the beginning of a new project
Invader In Space
26 February 2015 • Staff
French artist Invader is continuing his space theme by placing his signature graphics within astronautic structures.
The world’s biggest gif? Art’s biggest hype more like
27 January 2015 • Mark Westall
We may be able to see it from space, but the world’s largest gif is really just an advertising stunt. We still need a real artist to create the first digital masterpiece
Southbank Centre bans street art event celebrating skate park’s salvation
27 January 2015 • Mark Westall
After a ceremonial event to mark the preservation of the hallowed undercroft is blocked, skaters must question how open the space really is
Greek political street artist ‘iNO’ uses his work to highlight injustice.
7 December 2014 • Mark Westall
Having seen Greece fall victim to global financial misadventure, resultant protests and enforced austerity, iNO works to address his country’s recent history and humankind’s enslavement to commercial interests.
All I want for Christmas is a Streetopoly set from @Zeusinc
28 November 2014 • Mark Westall
The perfect Christmas gift for the renegade capitalist in your family …
RECAP: Steve More & Remi Rough @WhitewallsSF
22 November 2014 • Mark Westall
We just wanted to do a recap of Steve More and Remi Rough’s exhibition that just finished at White walls Gallery San Francisco.
Global Launch of Ben Eine Objet d’art limited edition cubes in concrete, metal and wood.
18 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Bringing the inimitable typographic style of Eine to life in 3D, limited edition cubes presented in concrete, metal and wood.
Tabish’s Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
3 November 2014 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 7 includes poppies, fireflies, heavy balloons, bright landscapes, imagined architecture, witchcraft and live butterflies.
REVIEW: 5 East London Art Fairs
19 October 2014 • Tabish Khan
5 art fairs in East London but were all of them successes?
WHOOPS! Local Council Destroys New Banksy
3 October 2014 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
Council destroys Bansky work following complaints of racist content.
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #20: From Street to Canvas
6 June 2014 • daniel barnes
The phenomenon of Basquiat’s prices and the more general taste for street art of which it is symptomatic is a product of the art market’s ability to disseminate otherwise obscure art and to launch it into the establishment.
FAD Q&A: Tom-David Bastok Founder & CEO: MY ART INVEST .
11 April 2014 • Mark Westall
The company started in Paris three years ago, our aim from the beginning has been to get people involved in investing in artists they believe in and have always been fans of, however many have not had the financial means to buy the work they have long desired.
INTERVIEW: STREET ARTIST, SOAP
13 March 2014 • Mark Westall
In the last decade graffiti art has been attributed with a new moniker, street art and urban art being the most circulated, as well as a newfound authorized status.
REVIEW: EVERYBODY STREET @ICALondon
11 February 2014 • Mark Westall
Street photography is impossible not to get excited about at worst, but EVERYBODY STREET, directed by the inspirational Cherly Dunn and featuring thirteen icons of the New York street photography scene that span 9 decades, is just on another level.
Banksy’s Flower Girl artwork up for auction in LA
5 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Banksy’s Flower Girl artwork up for auction
Video: Legendary graffiti artist Aroe talks about his artwork + ‘Bomb the Box’
14 August 2013 • VC Maurer
What does Grafiiti mean to you? For Aroe, street art simply means, “taking a derelict building that maybe once meant nothing to anybody now means something to somebody”
Part Two: Trains and Skates and Paint – burn Yard™ Live in Budapest
5 August 2013 • Staff
They had come to witness the unveiling of conceptual artist Gerry Judah’s ‘skate-able’ sculpture: An impressive 14-ton functional structure that would later play host to champion skateboarder Rune Glifberg’s skills.
Remi Rough Answers FADs Questions
8 July 2013 • Mark Westall
There are few artists whose recent works could be described as “painting visual haikus” without the reader needing to roll their eyes, but Remi/Rough is one of them. South London born and bred, Remi has been breaking boundaries with the aid of a spray can and a paintbrush for over 26 years. Transcending the traditional and somewhat idealised vision of a graffiti writer, he is passionate and unforgiving in his creative progression.
The Walls Project: Painting the walls of London
9 February 2013 • Mark Westall
The Walls Project is a project initiated by the guys at Global Street Art its their effort to change the face of London for the better…
Kate Moss commissions Street Art Portrait from Bambi
8 February 2013 • Mark Westall
– Kate Moss Commissioned Her Own Street Art Portrait: The famous British supermodel recently commissioned an original portrait by the… Read More
TOP 5 Places to see Graffiti in London
7 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Five places to see street art ….