Street Art - Tate Modern Style

London is to celebrate its first major show of street art at the end of this month. Opening its doors on Friday 23rd of May, the Tate Modern host a free to all exhibition of 6 of the finest street artists in the world.

The exhibition is to feature work from Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain.

Also available from the gallery will be a map for the "Street Art Walking Tour". The idea of this is a group of 5 street artists from Madrid will place some location specific art in and around the surrounding area, and its your job, with the help of the map, to find them. I don't know if it will be any good, however, when I head down, I'll pick a copy up and have a browse. Its good to see the Tate Modern thinking on this one, and why not let people see street art on the streets, the name does imply a lot. 3TTMan, Spok, Nano 4814, El Tono and Nuria are the confirmed artists.

On the Monday after the exhibition opens (26th May) the Tate Modern holds a studio day for young people of South London. They get to spend the day working alongside New York artists Graffiti Research Lab. The event is to be held on the level 2 Café, and will also include live bands and music. Graffiti Research Lab have been invited to reface the Tate Modern with a 1 off light projection installation with help from the kids. I'm tempted to go down then just to see what they come up with.

The street art exhibition will carry on till the 25th August and is sponsored by Nissan Qashqai