Street Art

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future
Melvyn Altwarg and Peter Kolofsky

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future

As Covent Garden’s street artist community comes together to celebrate 50 years of outsider art and resistance, recent decisions in the High Court and by Westminster Council leave the future of this iconic performance space in doubt

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti

‘Getting bullied by the powerful really makes you feel like a fox being chased by the hunt,’ 10Foot said

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS
10Foot Takeover

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS

A gallery of works by Bas DDS – the first time his art has been published

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal
10Foot Takeover

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’

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Graffiti writer Fume: ‘All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me’
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer Fume: ‘All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me’

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover
10FOOT TAKEOVER

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Acclaimed artist My Dog Sighs auctions off iconic painting to ‘help those struggling and lost’
Art

Acclaimed artist My Dog Sighs auctions off iconic painting to ‘help those struggling and lost’

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
Poetry

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday

These striking photos show what London looks like through the lens of homeless photographers
Homelessness

These striking photos show what London looks like through the lens of homeless photographers

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness
Exhibition

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness

Artist duo Snik: Our mission is to highlight abandoned spaces
behind the art

Artist duo Snik: Our mission is to highlight abandoned spaces

Has Banksy painted a Big Issue vendor in Leeds?
Art

Has Banksy painted a Big Issue vendor in Leeds?

Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’
Art

Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’

Rachel List: ‘The struggling artist for most of us is not just a stereotype’
Art

Rachel List: ‘The struggling artist for most of us is not just a stereotype’

The Pope has been popping up in art as a homeless man on the streets of Milan
Art

The Pope has been popping up in art as a homeless man on the streets of Milan

Daylight robbery: big brands and street artists clash
Art

Daylight robbery: big brands and street artists clash

Rise Up, Stand Up, Speak Up with guest editor Ben Eine
Art

Rise Up, Stand Up, Speak Up with guest editor Ben Eine

Shepard Fairey: guerrilla tactics for sticking it to the man
Art

Shepard Fairey: guerrilla tactics for sticking it to the man

This is why Ben Eine is leading a street art takeover in The Big Issue
Art

This is why Ben Eine is leading a street art takeover in The Big Issue

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Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation
Art

Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation

Gallery: Exhibition showcases photography of rough sleepers and sofa surfers
Art

Gallery: Exhibition showcases photography of rough sleepers and sofa surfers

Street Art: ‘With every artwork I produce the pain gets easier’
Art

Street Art: ‘With every artwork I produce the pain gets easier’

Street Art: Paul’s artwork treads the conscious and the unconscious
Art

Street Art: Paul’s artwork treads the conscious and the unconscious