In a time where the pressure of appearance is even reaching our youngest generation Katherine Nygard, founder of Sandford Jr, has taken some load off by injecting some quirky yet naïve style into an all too serious children’s fashion industry. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

In the summer, artist Lucy McLauchlan painted three vast birds on the Central Library. And now that winter is here, far from flying south to less harsh climes, they’ve flapped over to Digbeth. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Artist Lucy McLauchlan has been busy making Birmingham’s Central Library look surprisingly gorgeous thanks to her beautiful bird paintings on the side of the brutalist structure. The project was implemented and produced by EC-Arts in collaboration with and supported by The Central Library and Birmingham City Council. If only more buildings in city centres took the same approach – we’d be very happy to see a change from grey to great! CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

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Exploring the definition of urban art The New Art Gallery Walsall’s new exhibition Outsiders brings the traditionally outside ‘urban’ and ‘street’ art in doors. After a previous show of the same title in New York, fifteen international contemporary artists will be descending on Walsall to transform the gallery, with some works being created directly on the gallery walls. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >