Miguel H. Cuar is a Spanish artist who has painted some walls in London with a unique style focused on illustration and elements of graphic design and comic books. The artist uses bright colours and abstract shapes. I captured the below artwork in London a few years ago.
One of the most popular attractions in Krakow, Poland, is Wawal Royal Castle. Visitors can easily spend a day at the castle to visit the art collection and other exhibits. The complex also contains the cathedral and several smaller museums. Dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, the castle is located on a hill above the Vistula river. It is a UNESCO World Heritage attraction. I visited the castle and cathedral on my visit to Krakow at the beginning of the month.
The castle is part of the old town of Krakow and a short walk from the main square.
At the top of the hill, the castle opens into an internal courtyard. There is also a post office up on top of the hill, which is convenient for stamps and postcards. There is a restaurant and a smaller outdoor cafe too.
There are views over the river valley.
The most iconic building in the courtyard is Wawal Cathedral.
The castle itself opens into a courtyard.
I purchased the ticket to see all of the exhibitions. The first was the underground castle. This exposed the earliest foundations of the castle and how the land was formed millions of years ago. The underground exhibtion showed some of the former walls and brickwork, which is now underneath the existing complex.
Some items were found amongst the structure. This included glass and pottery bottles and metalwork for clothing.
After the look around at the old walls, I went into the main castle complex.
The next exhibition was the treasury and crown jewels. There were so many beautiful items to see. They belonged to former kings of Poland. The tour I paid for came with an audio guide, which pointed out some of the more interesting items and allowed free time to see as much or as little as you wanted.
The next part of the tour was the armoury, which was also exhibited.
After this, there were two floors of the state rooms to visit. These had many different items on display - paintings and furniture.
Another part of the museum focused on ceramics. This became a popular product to manufacture in Poland.
The ceramic religious Jesus on cross figure looked complex and fragile.
After visiting those rooms, it was time for a late lunch and a glass of wine on the castle grounds in front of the cathedral.
Additional state rooms and displays were visited in the second part of the tour.
At the end was an exhibition on the Ottoman (now known as Turkey) tents.
Next, I visited the catedral. The cathedral has tombs of some of the kings who lived in the castle and ruled Poland, a bell tower to climb to see the bells, and the main part of the cathedral itself. Also, a museum dedicated to the former pope John Paul, is across from the castle and is included in the cost.
Photographs inside the cathedral were not permitted.
I climbed the bell tower for some nice views and to see the bells.
After the cathedral, the final exhibition was about the reconstruction and conservative work of the castle.
A couple of the exhibtion rooms were closed due to the time of year. I enjoyed the visit, and I would take the time and enjoy the castle and have a nice lunch and take longer to explore the different rooms.
Street artist Paul Don Smith would often paint his stencil work across east London, but for the past several years, he seems to have concentrated his efforts only in and around Soho. I discovered a few new pieces, and they feature characters from action and science fiction films and comics.
One other work I discovered near Primrose Hill was of Captain Tom Moore who was one hundred years old and passed away in 2021. He raised a lot of money for the NHS during the Covid Pandemic.
Previous work by Paul Don Smith on this blog:
<p><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2021/04/paul-don-smith-paints-the-joke.html">Paul Don Smith "The Joker" in Soho</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2019/08/new-street-art-by-paul-don-smi.html"><br />New Sreet Art by Paul Don Smith in Soho</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/09/paul-don-smith-hanbury-street.html"><br />Paul Don Smith Paints 'Legend' Mural on Hanbury Street & Other Work from the Summer<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/04/don-paul-smiths-new-street-art.html">Paul 'Don' Smith's New Street Art: Spock, Heath Ledger, Loki, and More</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/09/paul-don-smith-hanbury-street.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/03/don-paul-smith-2014-end.html">Don "Paul" Smith's New Street Art: Elvis, Mad Max, Hulk, Bob Marley, and more<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html">New Summer 2014 Street Art by Paul 'Don' Smith (the Banker)<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/08/whitecross-street-party-2014.html">Whitecross Street Party 2014</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/07/street-art-on-whitecross-stree.html">Street Art on Whitecross Street</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/04/new-street-art-by-c215-and-pau.html">New Street Art by C215 and Paul 'Don' Smith</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/03/recent-street-art-2014.html">Recent Street Art in Early 2014</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/11/new-street-art-from-don-paul-s.html">New Street Art from Don 'Paul' Smith, including pieces from Whitecross Street</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/08/new-street-art-and-a-meeting-w.html">New Street Art and a Meeting with Paul Don Smith (the Banker)</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/2014-paul-don-smith.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/04/don-smith.html">Street Art: Don Smith</a></p>
At the end of last year, Louis Masai painted street art of a turkey on Hanbury Street (just off of Brick Lane). The turkey is painted using his patchwork style with different patterns. The street art promotes vegetarianism / veganism and comes just before the Christmas holidays where turkey makes most of the dinners for the day in the United Kingdom. The street art reads that "a turkey is not just for Christmas".
I captured a couple of other older artworks from the artist using his older style around east London.
Other posts on this blog that feature Louis Masai are included below:
<p><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2023/02/louis-masai-paints-cavendish-b.html">Louis Masai "Cavndish Banana" in Penge</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/08/louis-masai-paints-for-upfest-.html"><br />Louis Masai Paints for Upfest 2018</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2017/05/tower-hamlets-cemetery-park-en.html"><br />Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Environmental Street Art </a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/09/louis-masai-and-birdo-collabor.html">Louis Masai and Birdo Collaboration @ Bethnal Green<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/06/louis-masai-and-fanakapan-coll.html">Louis Masai and Fanakapan Collaborate on 'Freedom?' Street Art</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/09/louis-masai-and-birdo-collabor.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/04/humannature-endangered13-stree.html">HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam, Day 2</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/09/louis-masai-and-birdo-collabor.html"><br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/04/street-art-endangered13.html">HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/11/masai-londonlovescorals.html">Masai's #LondonLovesCorals SynchronicityEarth Mural</a></p>
Mr. Cenz is a London-based street artist who paints in futuristic style using bright colours and geometric shapes and designs. His subjects usually feature female portraits, and he uses the bright colours to bring them to life, and the design patterns appear futuristic in his use of colour and shape. The artist has been painting across London for many years now, and this post features some of his most recent work across east London.
For more street art by Mr. Cenz, see the below posts:
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2023/03/street-art-by-mr-cenz-across-l.html">Mr. Cenz Street Art in Penge, Camden, and East London</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/12/bankside-frost-fair.html">Mr. Cenz - Frost Fair</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/05/mr-cenzs-recent-street-art-acr.html">Mr. Cenz Recent Street Art in London</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2019/02/mr-cenz-paints-hanbury-street-.html">Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street Wall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/10/mr-cenz-paints-connectivity-ma.html">Mr. Cenz Paints "Connectivity Matters" Wall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/02/mr-cenz-winter-2018.html">Recent Street Art By Mr. Cenz in Winter 2018</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2017/08/mr-cenz-paints-tribute-to-usai.html">Mr. Cenz Paints Tribute to Usain Bolt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2017/03/mr-cenz-fashion.html">Mr. Cenz Refreshes Fashion Street Mural</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/09/mr-cenz-paints-hanbury-street.html">Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/02/mr-cenz-2015-2016.html">New Street Art by Mr. Cenz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/05/mr-cenz.html">Street Art: Mr. Cenz</a></li>
Street artist Jelly is a grafitti artist who paints portraits with an inspiration on fashion and strong/carefree characters. She paints in London and focuses on themes of positivity, love, and humanity. Many of the portraits feature women. I captured a few of the artist's work across east London.
Dan Kitchener (DANK) is a street artist that creates street scene art with neon signs and iconography from Asia, portraits of Asian women, and night-time street settings with lights or raindrops. The artist often paints on a couple of walls in London near and on Brick Lane. One is on Brick Lane, and the other one is located on Commercial Road. I enjoy seeing new artwork by this artist.
One of the most recent pieces this summer was titled "LOST", which was pasted up after someone had damaged the artwork. The paste-up shows the original face of the figure in the street art that was painted over and with the word "LOST" across the face.
For more work by Dan Kitchener (DANK) featured in this blog, please read the following links:
<p><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2024/03/street-art-from-dank-in-east-l.html">Street Art From Dank in East London</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/11/dan-kitchener-street-art-arcad.html"><br />Dank Kitchener 'Arcade' Street Art on Commercial Street</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/04/dan-kitchener-tokyo-dreams-mur.html" rel="bookmark"><br />Dan Kitchener "Tokyo Dreams" Murals in Evelina Road, Penge</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/03/dan-kitchener-2022-1.html" rel="bookmark">Round-up of Dan Kitchener Street Art in East London and Camden</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2021/07/dan-kitchener-addition-to-east.html" rel="bookmark">Dan Kitchener Paints "London Colours" at NYX Hotel Holborn, Southampton Row<br />Dan Kitchener Addition to "East London Geisha" on Commercial Road</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2020/10/2020-dan-kitchener.html" title="Dan Kitchener Paints "Midnight Drive" on Hanbury Street">Dan Kitchener Paints "Midnight Drive" on Hanbury Street<br />Street art by Dan Kitchener in Summer 2020</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2020/03/dan-kitchener-tokyo-graffiti.html" rel="bookmark"><br />Dan Kitchen Returns to Clifton Street with "Tokyo Graffiti" Mural<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2019/06/latest-street-art-by-dan-kitch.html">Latest Street Art by Dan Kitchener</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2019/01/dan-kitchener-ghost-cities-pedley.html">Dan Kitchener Paints 'Ghost Cities' on Pedley Street</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/09/dank-upfest-2018.html"><br />Dank Paints 'Ghost Cities - Bristol' for Upfest 2018</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/07/dan-kitchener-meeting-of-syles.html"><br />Dan Kitchener Paints "Meeting of Styles"</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2018/03/dan-kitchener---future-tokyo.html">'Future Tokyo and Tokyo Ghosts'</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/06/dan-kitchener-dank-london-rush.html"><br />Dank "London Rush"<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2015/05/dan-kitcheners-new-art-on-scla.html">Dan Kitchener's Street Art on Sclater Street and More<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/07/street-art-dan-kitchener.html">Street Art: Dan Kitchener</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/01/downtown-mural-by-dan-kitchene.html">"Downtown" Mural by Dan Kitchener</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2017/03/dan-kitchener-on-goswell-road.html">Goswell Road</a></p>
At the top of Covent Garden market facing St. Paul's church in the piazza is a pub called Punch & Judy, and it is here that you can sit down and watch street entertainment that takes place in front of the church. Last October, I visited and got a glimpse of one of the acts before heading to Drury Lane theatre to be in the audience for Michael McIntyre's "The Big Show".
I had a gin and tonic, and the weather was pleasant and warm to sit outside.
The street performer was a Charlie Chaplin one, and he was dressed in the actor's iconic style but painted monotone colours as per the film in those days pre-colourization.
He involved members of the audience, and he was really entertaining with different props - balloons, hats, suitcase, umbrella, and other items.
The Punch & Judy bar is not very large and has a small indoor area and the balcony with the viws onto the piazza. It is a perfect place to have a drink and enjoy some free entertainment. While I was there, one of my good friends and her husband also happened to come in there at the same time that I was there.
Before long, it was time to go into the theatre to Michael McIntyre's "The Big Show" where it is filmed before being edited to show on television. This was my second time with this show as I had been with another friend a couple of weeks earlier where the guest was Frank Skinner. On this evening, the guests included Judge Rinder, Romesh Ranganathan, and Joe Marler.
The filming takes hours, and it was a late night for this showing as they overran a bit of the time.
WOM Collective is a group of female street artists, and they have an annual paint jam in east London. This year, they gathered at Allen Gardens off of Briick Lane and painted the walls around the railway siding. The collective comes together on one of the weekends surrounding International Women's Day, which was held earlier this month. The paint jam took place on March 8. The backgrounds of the street art were a taffy purple colour.
Madame Ruby
Damitta
LOURS
ThisIsLostBoy
ELNO
LOR, Nic Mac, Tash, Shauna Anseo CuteBaby, SammiArty, unknown
7th Pencil
MONDI
Dsoh
IAmSprite, Ajarts Hadland, Ola Intu, BulletOnAString, Hybrid Desire, Vane Moi, Elfin and others
Denilsa
Street artist Annatomix is based near Birmingham, and she is known for creating street art that appears to be origami in the shapes of different animals. Her work is mainly located across the UK. I photographed this wall at The Roundhouse that was painted by the artist on a trip to Birmingham. It depicts a horse lying down
More work by Annatomix on this blog can be seen below:
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