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 […] Source ..read more

What exactly does Manchester have to offer apart from football, music and TV soap operas?  A trip north a short while ago revealed all boxes ticked for a vibrant street art scene: recent work, local and visiting artists, a variety of techniques and, thankfully, it’s not just about murals. Here’s a little blast of the […] Source ..read more

Into the second hour of my wander through Beyond The Streets a wall label poses the question “How do we get from graffiti on Parisian streets of the 1930s that Brassai captured, to the Academy Award nominated film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” by Banksy?”   Therein lies this exhibition’s dilemma. Beyond The Streets is part […] Source ..read more

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 […] Source ..read more

Banksy, the best known living artist, is an enigma with a perverse attitude to celebrity status and personal information. In an age where non-entities share every plate of food, change of eyeshadow and ill-advised swimwear hot, this is this is a major anomaly. Anonymity and secrecy fuels curiosity so there have been many books about […] Source ..read more

Any excuse to blow the London vapours from the lungs will do so my travels recently took me to Cardiff thanks to a cheap rail ticket promotion. Cardiff is the capital of Wales and, as a specimen of street art informs me, the 6th most “at risk” city in the world from rising water levels. […] Source ..read more

Cartoonneros, Argentinian street artist, stencil painter, has a new exhibition Pure Evil gallery Shoreditch Source ..read more

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 Source ..read more

Just suppose someone decided the missing ingredient in street art was monochromatic medieval woodcut images of public hangings or fantasy horror representations of bizarre sea creatures attacking intrepid seafarers venturing beyond the realm of worldly knowledge. Japanese street artist Enigma has stepped up to fix this obvious void in Shoreditch’s globally acclaimed street art scene. […] Source ..read more

Transforming adverts into works of art embodies so many purposes and motives of street art.  This week Thom Thom, a French artist who has been doing this for 2 decades paid a couple of illegal billboard adverts in Shoreditch a visit with stunning consequences. The means are quite simple, a steel tool and steel nerves.  […] Source ..read more