Big, outdoors and part of the city
Simone Richardson meets local graffiti artist VanJimmer and views her latest and totally topical work
Hedge with a serious message
We know that Jay Rayner’s Tweet of his neighbour Tony’s hedge in Herne Hill already has more than 30,000 likes.
My neighbour Tony has found...
Live Zoom ‘in conversation’ with Tom Worsfold
On Thursday 18th June, at 6pm, Block 336 will present a live 'in conversation' event via Zoom with artist Tom Worsfold. His exhibition The...
The Lockdown Collection at The Department Store
Local event space Downstairs at The Department Store is calling amateur artists in Brixton to submit works for a community art exhibition entitled The...
Urban Art goes online for 2020 – 4 & 5 July
Urban Art, Brixton’s annual street art fair is going ‘virtual’ this year. Social distancing rules mean you won’t be able to wander along Josephine...
Artwork of the week: Joseph Receiving Pharoah’s Ring by...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was an Italian painter born in 1696 and known principally for his many decorative frescoes adorning buildings in northern Italy. Thought...
Brixton exhibition space goes online
Brixton exhibition space Block 336 cancelled Andy Holden’s The Structure of Feeling, which was scheduled to open at in March, along with the rest...
Let us spray – Brixton’s spirited murals
Medya Gungor considers the significance of local murals and the latest that are emerging through the pandemic
Some obvious and others secretive, the art murals...
Artwork of the Week
Born in Accra, Ghana in 1984, Amoako Boafo has recently shot to global artistic celebrity. He studied art at the Ghanatt College of Art...
The Old Vic launches a new digital channel
Your Old Vic is a way of keeping connected to events in the Old Vic Theatre
Over the coming weeks you can visit their digital...
Artwork of the week
This rather disturbing linocut is from a series of 21 by Bill Woodrow, each one of which is based upon a chapter from Primo...
Local Artist Selected For International Portrait Exhibition
Brixton-based artist Sarah Jane Moon has been selected for the BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery for the second year running...
Turning life around – inside and out
Local resident Charli Hogan Hooker has used the lockdown time at home to think about her future and how she can get creative again....
Picture of the week: A View of Walton Bridge by...
Arts editor Leslie Manasseh's pick for picture of the week
As we learn to cope with the lockdown in our various ways, we thought it...
A tour of Brixton through sketches
During lockdown we are all missing a leisurely wander through the streets of Brixton, brother and sister design duo Jess and Tom Jones-Berney have...
Blog & Bugle summer art show on hold
The public health crisis has meant the we've had to postpone our summer art show. It was originally to take place from 8 June...
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Brixton music hall history – can you help?
The wonderful Loughborough Road Histories website is involved in a project, already generating enthusiasm, to research Brixton’s...