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More Shoreditch street art

More street art from the Shoreditch area of east London, all shot on Friday last week. Another piece by Jimmy C, this time on Bacon Street, off Brick Lane Another shot of Roa’s giant weasel on the corner of Great Eastern Street A piece by the duo Janaundjs (Jana & JS) on a doorway in …

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Hanbury Street

Street art in Hanbury Street, off Brick Lane, London E1. Roa’s giant crane has now been uncovered by Tower Hamlets, who had earlier placed a massive, featureless and entirely pointless banner over it, ironically without planning permission (demonstrating that they have little if any idea what constitutes art and culture, or pride for that matter, …

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Save the crane

What is it with some local councils and the arts…? In 2010 Hackney Council decided they should obliterate Belgian street artist Roa’s painting of a rabbit, until a petition made them reconsider. Last week Croydon Council created a list of 10 of the borough’s greatest residents – but forgot to include David Lean on it. …

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ROA’s hedgehog

Two shots of Belgian street artist Roa’s giant hedgehog in Shoreditch (Chance Street, just off Bethnal Green Road), London E1 More street art from London – and Zagreb – to follow in the next couple of days…. Photos © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.

Street art in Peckham

Street art by UK artist Phlegm and Belgian artist Roa, in a small courtyard hidden away down a passageway off Peckham Lane, London SE15. One of the two walls by Phlegm, whose work I recently photographed in Dugave, in the Croatian capital Zagreb. Base of one of the walls by Roa. Photos © Rudolf Abraham. …

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