Following requests and suggestions you can now see every post regarding Banksy from artofthestate over the past seven years along with additional information on a separate blog: http://aots.co.uk/blog/.

New: Via Wooster Collective three new Banksy pieces:

Banksy ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ source wooster collective

Banksy ‘I Love You’ source wooster collective

Banksy ‘No Future’ source wooster collective

Feet firmly on the ground Ben Eine teamed up with RYCA yesterday to paint these new hoardings in Hackney, East London. With a font comprised entirely of dots with smiley faces it turned into a marathon session with Ben choosing the wording 'The Strangest Week' as a fitting comment on 7 days which saw one of his paintings gifted to President Obama and hung in the White House. Around the corner RYCA opted for the more simple but effective 'Power Up.'. It was rewarding to see how favourably their work was viewed by passers by. Even the Police stopped and had ... (Read more...)

Yes you read that headline right. In a strange turn of events that probably has left Ben Eine thinking he may have entered a parallel universe a painting of his has apparently ended up in the mits of US President Barack Obama via David Cameron and his wife Samantha. ‘Twentyfirstcenturycity' by Ben was given as part of a gift exchange between the two men after Ben was asked and he "had a bit of think about it and thought: yeah, I suppose so". According to the Times he added "I would definitely not have done it for Bush".

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Been a while since the last post. Partly because I’ve been taking a bit of time out and partly because there’s been nothing going on. Well, except for Eine painting an entire new alphabet in just one street! Lower case all the way, it turns a road off the city into an amazing cartoon like world when the shops finally shut for the night.

Eine – Lower Case Alphabet

Escif’s show opens at Pictures On Walls on Friday (16th April) evening between 6 – 9pm . Prior to the opening work from the Spanish artist has gone up on the shutters outside the pictureonwalls ground floor premises at 46-48 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LT and in the Dray Walk car park off Brick Lane.

Different Ways To Escape From The Tragedy!!

If you’ve seen Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop or even just the new extended trailer for the film you’ll have seen one of the funniest moments – graffiti artist Escif getting arrested in quite ridulculous head gear while painting a wall. Other (slightly more calm) moments can be seen on his youtube channel which can be found here. The good news is that he’s still at large and Pictures On Walls are shortly bringing him over from Spain for a solo show (‘Around The Wall’) at their Commercial Street premises in Aldgate. The event runs from 17th April ... (Read more...)

Roa’s work translates easily from the streets to a gallery setting and this show in the small but perfectly formed Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch is one of the finest I've seen in a long time. Featuring a pretty unique interactive element many of the artworks can be flipped open or closed to reveal the different states of their animals decay or their vital organs. And with a cleverly layed out range of site specific works, art pieces for sale and a room full of photos of his work in situ the space it's a show that London really needs right now to give ... (Read more...)

Over the past year Roa has been, in my humble opinion, smashing it worldwide. So its great to see that he has his first solo show in London opening on Thursday night (April 8th) at the Pure Evil Gallery.

Roa in London:

Saturday March 6th is the last day (and last chance) to see Eelus‘s solo show ‘The Colour Out Of Space’ at the Blackall Studios (73 Leonard Street, EC2A 4DS). I finally managed to check out the gallery yesterday and was really impressed by the ideas, art and execution of a well put together body of work. As well as a wealth of major new pieces there is kind of a retrospective feel – basically everything Eelus has put out over the past few years is represented here in some way. It’s great to see the progression made over the ... (Read more...)

Banksy film ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ out in UK cinemas 5th March

LONDON Soho – Curzon, Hampstead – Everyman, Islington – Screen On The Green, Barbican, Dalston – Rio, Notting Hill Gate, Clapham – Picturehouse, Brixton – Ritzy, Greenwich – Picturehouse, Wimbledon – Curzon BRIGHTON – Duke of Yorks, CAMBRIDGE – Picturehouse, OXFORD – Picturehouse, NORWICH – Cinema City, SOUTHAMPTON – Harbour Lights, BRISTOL – Watershed, BATH – Little Theatre, BIRMINGHAM – Electric, MANCHESTER – Cornerhouse, SHEFFIELD – Showroom, NOTTINGHAM – Broadway, LIVERPOOL – Fact, YORK – City Screen, NEWCASTLE – Tyneside, BELFAST – QFT, LEEDS – Hyde Park, ... (Read more...)