Monty’s Bar the Brick Lane hangout at the heart of the London Street Art Scene

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Monty’s Bar at top end of Brick Lane in London is the place to go if ever you need a street art fix alongside your beer and the hub of the street art scene in the area. For the past ten years it’s been at the heart of things! Supporting artists by providing walls for […]

Street Art Magic – The 20 Best Street Art Paintings EVER.

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Street Art is more popular than ever & Street Artists are becoming much more creative. Instead of pointless vandalizing these impressive works really captivate you & becoming the new trend. These 20 Street Art pieces are really exceptional because they establish a connection with their environment. It’s incredible that the Street Artists even thought of […]

When Street Art & Classical Art Collide!

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Classical Art & Street Art: A Beautiful Combination Street art has always been a very wide umbrella term for art that is presented or created in the urban environment (or ‘the streets’). Although many people argue over what truly defines ‘street art’ and what types or styles of art can truly be represented by this title, […]

World’s Best Famous Graffiti Artist & Street Artist

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Words often used; legendary, world renown, infamous, notorious are said to describe the world’s best & famous Graffiti & Street Artist SER aka Darren Cullen. Hailing from South London SER began his graffiti career way back in 1983 at the very birth of British graffiti; he is regarded as a UK graffiti pioneer and […]

10 More Artists Doing Something UNIQUE!

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My last post, 10 Amazingly Unique Street Artists, was full of incredible artists – some famous, some not so much. Regardless of how well known they are, the one thing that linked them all is that they are all doing something that I consider to be unique; something nobody else is doing! But I can’t stop […]

Street Art: 5 Artists That Make The Mundane AMAZING

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There are a lot of very clever artists who are always on the lookout for that perfect opportunity to create and display a piece of work… whether it be a crack in the road or a tree situated in just the right place to become part of the art. It’s these instances that I enjoy […]

Abstract-Style Street Art: 7 Amazing Artists

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Abstract Art: What Is It? Most people (art lovers or not) will know of at least one famous classical abstract artist, even if they’re not entirely familiar with what abstract art actually is. If you’ve heard of Pollock, Kandinsky, Matisse, Mondrian, Klee or Rothko, then you’ll at least have an idea of what it is. […]

8 Epic Locations For Street Art & Graffiti

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Urban art can be found in pretty much every major city in the world. Most cities have multiple locations where you can go see street art, and graffiti art saturates nearly every city (if you know where to look for the really good stuff 😉 ) 8 So, understandably, choosing just 8 awesome locations for street art […]

10 Street Artists You Should Know About

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I’ve always loved smaller, lesser-known artists in the street and urban art world. I mean, there’s thousands of artists who are really famous for what they do, whether it be amazing murals, crazy installations or playful stencil work – big names we all know and love because their work is unique, stylised and created with insane […]

Street Art: 9 Female Artists Who Are KILLIN' It

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First off, let me start by saying that the street art scene is full of talented individuals, all of whose skill and creativity are not affected whatsoever by their sex or gender. However, many people would agree that female street artists are under-represented, what with there being an imbalanced ratio of more men than there are […]

Tagging: 10 Pics That Prove It Can Be Art

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Tagging is everywhere. There is not one city, town, village, underpass or toilet that doesn’t have at least one of these ‘urban autographs’ .

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10 Reasons To Love Street Art

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Street art is interesting, creative and unrestricted. It’s an incredibly diverse and varied art movement, one that is growing in popularity as work being exhibited in the streets continues to develop in terms of size, style, and sheer skill. Still, some people (normally Mr Average Joe) do not understand what street art is; their head fills with images […]

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12 Best Cities in Europe For Street Art!

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Europe: Hub of Awesome Street Art! One of the best things about being a lover of street art is that no matter where you go in Europe you can guarantee that you’ll find some! And with street and urban art becoming more widely accepted, it’s only going to keep growing… As widespread as most street artists […]

Depressed Monsters: Fighting Mental Illness With Street Art

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Most people, at some point in their life, either experience, or see a loved one experience, some form of mental illness. In fact, ‘most’ people actually equates to a statistic of 1 in 4 people worldwide. That’s approximately a quarter of all the people on Earth – and that’s only including the countries from which we can […]

Upfest Urban Paint Festival 2016 Highlights

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I spent the weekend at the Upfest Urban Paint Festival in Bristol, England – Europe’s biggest street art and graffiti festival!

10 Amazingly Unique Street Artists

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To some people, street art is most commonly associated with spraypaint and stencils. However, street and urban art fans will know that there are no limits to what an artist can create or which medium they use. With that in mind, here are 10 street artists that I think are stepping away from the preconceived image of what street […]

10 Amazing Anamorphic Street Artists

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You might have heard of ‘anamorphic’ art if you’re a fan of the incredible Odeith; one of the biggest names in the urban anamorphic style! If you haven’t heard of him or the anamorphic style then you’re about to be in for a treat because anamorphic art is totally mesmerising; it leaves passersby and street art lovers alike […]