Fantastic new piece on Great Eastern St by Inkfetish

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!

Festival runs 2 – 19th Sept. And it’s all FREE. www.portobellofilmfestival.com

The world’s biggest graffiti festival, The International Meeting Of Styles, hits North London this week for a two day visual feast, and it’s all free!

For the third year running the event is hosted by aerosol aficionados End OF The Line, and with promises to top last year’s event, which saw over 2000 people descend on Brick Lane, prepare yourselves for a veritable smorgasbord for the senses. DJ’s will be supplying visitors and 60 of Europe’s most skilled artists with a sound track of funk, hip hop and dub while they work on 12 walls, rotating advertising boards and a pop up gallery; all culminating in an after party on Saturday night (for over 18’s only) to showcase the work.

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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

Source: Wooster Collective

What would you do with this blank wall? Have your say and spark debate. If you’re a street artist, aged 11-25, and would like to paint this space as a part of the Counted project, The Roundhouse want to know. You can peep the brief after the jump…

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As Eelus gears up for his show ‘The Colour Out of Space‘, here’s a sneak peek at one of the works entitled ‘Firestarter’ heading into the exhibition. We like.

Via Vandalog.

Lifted from the press release:

LONDON MILES WILL BE SCREENING NEW BROW ON SATURDAY THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY.2010 AT 4:00PM AND ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY 2010 AT 2:00PM AND 5:30PM. TICKETS ARE £8.00 AND MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN IN THE PROJECT ROOM OF WESTBOURNE STUDIOS, LOCATED AT 242 ACKLAM ROAD. LONDON. W10 5JJ.

Faile and Bast will be taking over London’s Lazarides Gallery on Greek Street from February 12. Faile and Bast fans can expect an experienced based on 1980s popular culture. Faile works will be on sale, starting from a measley £2!

Faile will also be mounting a retrospective exhibition at Lazarides Rathbone space.

We’ve got some tasty teaser images from none other than Wallkandy. As ever, thanks for the heads up on these!