Street Art
The story of the bar at the birth of street art
A new book is documenting London’s infamous Dragon Bar with the artists who displayed, sprayed and played there.
Written by: Josh Jones
The elusive street artist taking on the world
From notes left on 4x4 owners’ windscreens questioning their penis size to hacking London Underground adverts Foka Wolf is on a mission to make you think.
Written by: Josh Jones
The street-art project reimagining indie businesses
The future of design — A new series from 99designs by Vistaprint and Huck publisher TCO London gives the British high street a fresh burst of colour.
Written by: Huck
The trailblazing activist legacy of Keith Haring
Street Art Boy — A new documentary looks back on the artist’s divisive career, from his shunning of the art establishment to his work with the Act Up AIDS campaign.
Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray
‘Information should be clear, accurate and accessible to all’
Inside the Dysturb Collective — The Dysturb Collective use street art and photography to deliver COVID-19 information that reaches beyond the mainstream bubble.
Written by: Guillaume Le Goff
Bogota’s street artists are rewriting the state narrative
Secret messages — Graffiti in the Colombian capital uncovers stories of corruption, indigenous suffering and government-sanctioned killing.
Written by: Peter Yeung
Claw Money is New York City's First Lady of graffiti
'I'm the Claw!' — One of the few women in a male-dominated scene, Claudia "Claw Money" Gold has been tagging the streets of New York for three decades.
Written by: Miss Rosen
How graffiti managed to take over the art world
Beyond the streets — A new show explores the evolution of street art, featuring hundreds of large scale works by over 150 contemporary artists.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The secretive street artist who made ’80s NYC his canvas
Shadowman — After moving to the city in 1979, Richard Hambleton – alongside the likes of Basquiat and Keith Haring – became a pioneer in New York’s street art movement. Now, a new exhibition is celebrating his legacy.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Meet Subset: The street art collective taking back Dublin
A city reclaimed — With their bold ongoing project, Grey Area, Irish collective SUBSET are protesting the criminalisation and censorship of street art.
Written by: Michael Lanigan
The wild story of Basquiat's original partner in crime
Resurrecting an icon — Al Diaz and Basquiat rewrote the rules of street art before taking different paths: one as a hard-grafting musician, the other as an iconic artist. Both would be ravaged by drugs. Four decades on, the story is far from finished.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Why giant murals of black women are popping up across London
‘You Are Enough’ — Appearing across the walls of the capital, Dreph’s portraits celebrate the humanity, beauty and strength of black British women.
Written by: Dominique Sisley