The British Art Prize 2024: Interview with winner Samuel Owusu Achiaw The winner of the British Art Prize 2024 has just been announced. Samuel Owusu Achiaw took first prize for his exquisitely diaphonous and hyperreal graphite and charcoal portrait of his sister, titled ‘Looking’. We attended the awards ceremony at Southbank’s Gallery@oxo and were […]
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What’s in a name? London place names decoded We’re surrounded by street signs every day and casually type these sometimes odd-sounding addresses into Google Maps without a second thought about what they mean or where the name came from. The Romans founded the city of Londinium [London], so you’d expect a Latin root somewhere. Let’s […]
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The British Art Prize 2024: Interview with winner Samuel Owusu Achiaw The winner of the British Art Prize 2024 has just been announced. Samuel Owusu Achiaw took first prize for his exquisitely diaphonous and hyperreal graphite and charcoal portrait of his sister, titled ‘Looking’. We attended the awards ceremony at Southbank’s Gallery@oxo and were […]
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BRICK LANE Tower Hamlets is a tourist magnet not just because of its famous cheek by jowl award-winning curry houses, but also some of the most amazing graffiti in London. Waste bins, lamp posts, felled trees even white vans parked unattended for a night all get the full graffiti treatment. Here’s a selection of some […]
Brick Lane is best known for its award-winning Indian restaurants, but it’s also become one big canvas for the area’s most talented graffiti artists. It’s no wonder the tourists come flocking bearing their mobile phone cameras and professional camera kit. Here is a random selection that may make your day a little brighter!
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
