BANKSY'S ART DONATION BRINGS A STAGGERING £16.8M TO THE NHS
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Game Changer, by the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy, initially appeared in a foyer at Southampton General Hospital during the first wave of the pandemic. The artist left a note for hospital workers, which read: "Thanks for all you're doing. I hope this brightens the place up a bit, even if it’s only black and white." The monochrome painting, which is one square metre, shows a young boy kneeling by a wastepaper basket dressed in dungarees and a T-shirt. He has discarded his Spiderman and Batman model figures in favour of a new favourite action hero, an NHS nurse.   The nurse's arm is ou ..read more
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Dotmaster and Ben Eine massive 'Covid' murals in East London
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Well established Street Artists Ben Eine and Dotmaster have just painted two massive Lockdown inspired Murals in East London. The first mural took a week to complete in entirety, being finished on 20th February, and is located in Ilford.  Ben Eine’s contribution is a giant and beautifully executed  “Survival“ in his iconic circus inspired font, whilst Dotmaster provided characters from his much loved Rude Kids series, Max and Louie, accompanied by one of the artist’s signature Paisley-esque patterns. The second work was completed on 6th March in Ebor Street, and is the stateme ..read more
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New street art piece from Banksy 'Aachoo" portraying an elderly woman letting out an explosive sneeze!
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Aachoo!! is the latest known public street artwork by Banksy following his piece outside a beauty salon in Nottingham this past October depicting a young girl hula-hooping with a bike tyre, next to a real bike - with a missing wheel - slumped next to a pole. Banksy's October work in Nottingham, England    The new painting, entitled "Aachoo!!", has appeared Thursday morning in Bristol on a semi-detached house in steep Vale Street, Totterdown. Vale Street is England’s steepest residential street – its 22-degree slope used during annual Easter Sunday egg-r ..read more
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM BAMBI!
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Celebrate Xmas with a new Bambi Christmas 2020 release featured in the Times as part of "Art to buy for Christmas" collection. 'TIER ALL YOUR PRESENTS OPEN' is available in two options:  4 colour Screen print & multicolour giclee print.    Go on you know you want too!  HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM BAMBI!   BUY A SCREEN PRINT [£175] BUY A GICLEE PRINT [£150]   ..read more
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Banksy's Show me the Monet painting fetches £7.5m at the Sotheby's auction
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
 Show Me The Monet was created in 2005 and adds abandoned shopping trolleys and a traffic cone to the famous garden scene. Banksy's take on famous impressionist masterpiece by Claude Monet, has smashed expectations at auction reaching £7.5m, £2.5m more than expected.  The painting is the second most expensive Banksy sold at auction, after the reclusive artist’s Devolved Parliament sold for £9.9m last year. Banksy 'Devolved Parliament', Picture Credit Simon Dawson/Reuters, The New York Times It was sold at a Sotheby’s event in London on Wednesday following a ..read more
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Graffik Gallery welcomes new artist - Giovanny Sanchez better known as TOT
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Giovanny Sanchez better known as TOT is street & urban artist from Bogota, Colombia where he's considered one of the most influential graffiti artist of his generation. Started spaying when he was 13, mostly around his home city of Bogota. With hard work and dedication gained recognition in the art world converted him into one of the most important urban graffiti artists in Colombia. His graffiti can be seen in  Colombia, USA, Central America, Japan, South America and Europe.  Since the beginning of his journey TOT has been able to show his art in many ga ..read more
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Bambi "AMY - WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS?" Installation Projections in Camden Town, London -
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by Ana Graffik
1y ago
Last weekend you could enjoy several projections of Bambi's latest studio work made as a tribute to Amy Winehouse.  Bambi has decided to project her latest studio work portraying an image of Amy Winehouse with a title from Amy's popular song "Me And Mr. Jones". WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS was released few days after the what would have been the Back To Black singer's 37th birthday. PRINT RELEASE     ..read more
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Coming soon - A new print edition by Dotmasters
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
Dotmaster's Rude Kids limited edition prints are coming out soon. Exclusively to Graffik, we will be releasing well known “Indigo” in a unique colourway as an edition of 12 limited edition prints. For those who had joined Dotmaster's waiting list already, many thanks for you kind patience, we commit to share the information with you first.  Join the waiting list here.  ..read more
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Art Contest - "SEEING DOUBLE" by Amar Stewart
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
We are looking for an image for silkscreen print edition for upcoming 3D virtual show "Seeing double" by Amar Stewart.  The image you like the most will become a limited print edition and you will automatically be entered to the competition to win a free one. The winner will be announced on the opening day of the virtual show: June 11th. You can access our contest here WHY PAINT IN 3D? We live in a world where we swipe through hundreds of images daily on a 5-6” screen with a 2-3 second attention span. Amar wants to produce artwork where people spend time vie ..read more
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Dotmaster and Ben Eine in Laos
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by Graffik Gallery
1y ago
2020 has already been quite busy for Dotmaster as he has been spreading Rude Kids across the globe.  In late January Dotmaster took a trip to Laos with friend and fellow London street artist Ben Eine. The pair combined forces at Luang Prabang’s Namkhan Ecolodge transforming the lodge’s whitewashed buildings into full-sized street art murals. Ben Eine, Laos 2020 Dotmasters recognisable wallpaper and rude kids, Laos 2020   And Dotmaster’s ‘Rude Kids’ were the stars. RUDE KIDS CLOBBER ..read more
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