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LONDON MURAL FESTIVAL PART 2

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  London Mural Festival part 2 Brixton: Luke Smile       Not exactly heroic, but I did walk over seven miles in one day hunting for murals, some rather elusive. This tribute to David Bowie is in Leeson Rd, London SE24 0PL.   Gent 48                                                               Jeba       These two, in Brighton Terrace, bookend a late addition. It was still a work in progress at 11am, but they expected to finish it by the end of the day ....      Update:      Behind, in the basketball court, you can see this .....             ..... except (unless you have a drone) you can't. Because it's within a gated community. Clapham:        Fenwick Hall, Willington Road, boasts it's own street art gallery wh...

LONDON MURAL FESTIVAL PART 1

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  London Mural Festival       A mural is defined as a large artwork on a wall or ceiling. But the 2024 festival opened  with something better described as a mosaic .....       Angry Dan spent around six months creating this illustrated map of London, around the same time it took me  (with a similar sense of dedication)  to visit all of London's Wetherspoons. That's Dan lying in the centre of his masterpiece. It's about as angry as he gets.     The map, featuring  over 850 landmarks, was laid out in the Olympic Park on September 8th.      The public were invited to walk on it and take away their favourite piece at the end of the day.      You can order this poster on  Dan's website .... See also this  BBC feature.     Angry Dan lives in Walthamstow, just round the corner from me. I've driven past this mural (and not stopped) many times but until now didn't know who pai...