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We will be launching the 2021 programme at 12pm on 11 August 2021

  • Frenchman Thierry Noir is the elder statesman of the street art scenee.
  • Some people refer to Anglo-Australian Jimmy C's street art as 'Aboriginal Pointillism'.
  • Some of the best street art takes no prisoners, Fashion Street, E1.
  • Stik's work consists of a few lines, two dots and a circle ... yet it's remarkably expressive
  • Ben Eine's work uses a bold font and it always intrigues, Middlesex Street, E1.

Writing's on the Wall

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Meet at: Outside Dirty Dick's pub
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202 Bishopsgate , EC2M 4NR
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Disabled access

Travel Information

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Nearest tube: Bank, Liverpool Street
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Nearest train: Liverpool Street
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Bus routes: 26, 25
'The Writing's on the Wall' - a celebration of the street art of East London. Join Mr Londoner, aka former museum director and Blue Badge guide Antony Robbins, to discover the best street art in Shoreditch and beyond.

Events

Saturday 4th September
Walking tour by qualified London Blue Badge guide
schedule Time: 11am to 12.30pm
group Capacity: 15
The event will be entirely outside and is accessible to all.

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Walk/tour
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Historical/contemporary

  • Walking tour - history and contemporary culture

    What should local authorities do about ‘graffiti’?

    Treat it as a social menace, slap an ASBO on the perpetrators and give them a scrubbing brush? Or should they protect the hallowed works of artists like Banksy, Stik and Thierry Noir behind hastily-erected sheets of protective perspex?

    Mr Londoner explores London’s street art scene in the ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ – during a walking tour of Spitalfields and Shoreditch. See some of our city's very best and surprising urban art, learn a bit about the history of the gritty streets that inspired all this creative energy - and discover the genre’s very own secret language.

    Duration 90 mins
    Meet: Dick's pub, 202, Bishopsgate, EC2
    Saturday 4 Sept 2021, 11am
    @Meetmrlondoner

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