Blek Le Rat will introduce his favourite film at the FREE Portobello Film Festival in the Pop Up Cinema under the Westway (same venue as last year’s MuTATE – One Foot in the Grove).
The festival also features: Dotmasters, Inkie, Andrew Logan, Eine, Joe Rush, BA5H, Patrick Hughes, Matt Clark, ThisIsBabooshka, CodeFC, SoloOne, Giles Walker, Simon Tyszko, Peter Dunne, Seize, Snug and more!
Opening on 20th August at the Lazarides Gallery on Rathbone place is the very first solo show from Brooklyn’s infamous collagist, Bäst. The exhibition will present a collection of new works, developing past preoccupations in an exciting new direction.
20 August – 1 October 2010 -Lazarides Rathbone is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am – 7pm. pm. Admission is free. For more information visit www.lazinc.com
“Courvoisier’s Future Gallery, a secret oasis of space tucked away in the busy streets of central London, opens its doors throughout July to Revolutionary Spirit 2010. Bustling with activity, these fully interactive events offer the chance to experience the latest innovation and development from the front line of business enterprise, the arts, interactive technology, health and pleasure”.
For further information and opening times please visit the Facebook event page.
Get yourself down to the Recoat Gallery in Glasgow before 25th July to see this fantastic group show including
The gallery is especially delighted because The London Police not only visited for the launch, but they also created two brand new drawings that are inspired by the city of Glasgow. Alongside this, on show is are beautiful mixed up drawings from Aitch and Saddo, quality stencils from South American, Alto Contraste, an intricate Giclee print from Microbo and Bo130, a hilarious, brilliant, huge painting from Motel7 and Vinnie Nylon, cutesy, funky screen printing from Peskimo, Bike Love from Syrkus and Rekor, and a crazy character mash up from Tado.
To celebrate the end of a great show with Guy Denning at Brooklynite Gallery, here’s a video by David’s friend and film maker Aaron Shrimpton, who took over 3000 photos over our 2 week stay in Brooklyn.
The off-shoot of original graffiti crew OTP and formed in 2001, the One Trick Pony collective is comprised of artists, web/graphic designers and illustrators who now boast residency in both London and Yorkshire. Although OTP stay true to their graffiti roots and remain inspired by the culture that helped raised them, their art and design seamlessly crosses the boundaries from the underground into the commercial world.
The guys’ (to name just a few) clients include the likes of Stussy UK, Universal Records, Virgin Records, BBC, Brit Awards, Hideout Store, HMV, MOBO, Lethal Bizzle and Gimme 5.
Longtime friends and collaborators, Remi/Rough and Jaybo took off to Spain last week to put together their work for a show called “No Beginning, No End” at Galeria Nuble in Santander, Spain. Rough has sent over a collection of shots depicting new works on canvas from the two of them, this looks like one to catch if you’re in the area.
ROA’s eagerly anticipated UK solo debut opens in London this spring to exhibit his unique portrayal of large scale urban wildlife, disquietly cohabiting city streets, hand painted in his distinctive black and white style.
Upfest ’10 will be held 5 and 6 June 2010 at the Tobacco Factory (Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 1TF). Nearly 200 artists will paint live at the free event, which will also feature two stages of live urban music.
This year’s MashUP theme will be at play in the art through collaborative pieces being produced by the international crowd of
artists.
The audience, expected to dwarf last year’s attendance of over 3,500 people, will also be able to browse and buy artwork from the artists involved. As with all Upfest events, the audience is also given a unique opportunity to interact with artists as they paint large-scale pieces.
Upfest is the largest event of its kind in the UK and across Europe, having grown significantly since the first festival was held in 2008. As with previous years, the event will also serve to raise awareness of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa). Over the past two years, Upfest has helped raise over £10,000 in aid of the amazing work this charity undertakes.
We've been involved in the art world in one way or another for years now and thought it was probably about time to set something up ourselves.
Our aim is to provide you with a destination to find out about everything going on in UK galleries, on our streets and anywhere else in the world that our wealth of talented artists might have passed through.
