Art
Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Cranhill Arts was established in 1981, a cultural response to diminishing opportunities. It’s still going strong
‘If you think I’m a dirty crackhead, that’s fine’: Artists Slawn and Opake talk mistakes and success
‘If you think I’m a dirty crackhead, that’s fine’: Artists Slawn and Opake talk mistakes and success
Controversy follows Slawn around, but the Lagos-born art star isn’t about to change the way he operates, he tells Opake
Artist Will Blood wanted to be a rock star – but pop-punk’s loss is the art world’s gain
Artist Will Blood wanted to be a rock star – but pop-punk’s loss is the art world’s gain
‘I’ve always been completely obsessed with drawing. I think I have a fundamental need to constantly be making’
Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’
Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’
Artist Soldier: ‘If you put money at your forefront, your work will lose its lifeforce and essence’
Artist Soldier: ‘If you put money at your forefront, your work will lose its lifeforce and essence’
Graffiti artist Fatso: ‘Anyone can be an artist – but they have to want to be’
Graffiti artist Fatso: ‘Anyone can be an artist – but they have to want to be’
Artist Charlotte Rose: ‘Warhol said everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. We’re living that now’
Artist Charlotte Rose: ‘Warhol said everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. We’re living that now’
I thought I’d be dead by 25. So being able to guest edit Big Issue is a dream and a blessing
I thought I’d be dead by 25. So being able to guest edit Big Issue is a dream and a blessing
Opake on his boundary-pushing art: ‘I don’t think there’s anything more taboo than hentai porn’
Opake on his boundary-pushing art: ‘I don’t think there’s anything more taboo than hentai porn’
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
‘We shared a bleak and sarcastic cynicism’: Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood on working with Thom Yorke
‘We shared a bleak and sarcastic cynicism’: Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood on working with Thom Yorke
‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025
‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025
‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal
‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal
Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS
Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS
Alan Moore salutes the ‘ramshackle institution’ that changed his life
Alan Moore salutes the ‘ramshackle institution’ that changed his life
Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’
Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’
Graffiti writer Fume: ‘All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me’
Graffiti writer Fume: ‘All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me’
Banksy explains why he uses tag of ‘UK’s most imprisoned graffiti writer’ Tox in his work
Banksy explains why he uses tag of ‘UK’s most imprisoned graffiti writer’ Tox in his work
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
