Luke Shirlaw

DOES shares with us an ode to his wife, painting over his first illegal piece from 1997 in the Netherlands. DOES tells us the story: “Born on a Sunday. This little magical human being. Adventurous but focused. Funny and caring. Akosua is her name. Back in the nineties she and I would sneak out to […]

The latest episode of Benchtalk Podcast is Mark Chu, an artist who calls New York home. Mark joins host Tom Gerrard for a discussion about the emotional journey of the creative process, his history as a classical pianist and how that informs his art practice today, and also his eventual rejection of the classical world

Martha: A Picture Story opened yesterday in Australian cinemas. The film follows the life of photographer Martha Cooper, an icon in our world, and a person whose photos are the reason that many of us were exposed to graffiti culture in the first place. Beyond her work in the arts, the movie also showcases the additional

It’s always a trip when we see someone get an Ironlak logo, can, or related imagery tattooed on their body. This commitment to be permanently adorned with artwork in any way related to the Lak is beyond humbling to us. We just received these amazing photos from Mr Wany of a new tattoo created in

Our latest limited edition artist spray can goes a little deeper than you might realise at first glance. Featuring an oil painting of a dingo by Lee Harnden (aka LINZ) – this can was put together in remembrance of our dear friend Dean ‘Dingo’ Bax who recently passed away. Dingo was originally introduced to the

Callum Preston is a Melbourne-based artist, designer, maker of things with his hands, and all-round nice guy. He is a core member of Melbourne’s Everfresh Studio and is always getting up to something interesting. His latest project, ‘Everything Is Borrowed’ officially opens this Thursday at KSR Art Bar, but really has been a ‘thing’ since

Last week we shared the first wall from DOES’ trip to Primm, Nevada for Mural Oasis. As one of 16 artists on the Nevada/ Cali border, he got to work painting four murals in 12 days – covering 140+ square metres of surface. In video two, we see DOES create walls two and three from the project.

Today marks ten years since the talented Selina Miles published her first video to the Ironlak YouTube account. The video was ‘SOFLES – Hustlin’’ and was the beginning of a decade of filmmaking adventures for Selina. Since that day ten years ago, Selina has been involved in the production of at least 100 Lak videos

Italian Good Boy MR. WANY sent across this recent wall which has surely put him one step closer to the Good Place. Running at 170 square metres, WANY’s latest mural was commissioned by the Missioni Don Bosco to honour the life of Don Bosco. A revered historical figure in Italy, Don Bosco was a priest

There’s a saying in Australia, ‘never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn’. It basically means, that in the heat of telling a good story, it’s semi-acceptable to embellish the truth a little bit to make the story a bit more exciting. Truth is, we love a good conversation, and if

Last month, DOES was one of 16 artists to touch down in Nevada for the second installment of the yet-to-be-unveiled Mural Oasis project. Finding himself in the Mojave Desert, on the California/ Nevada border, DOES had a mission to paint four murals, covering 140+ square metres, over the course of his 12 days on-site. Today

Some 38,000 people go missing in Australia each year. 2,000 of those people are missing long-term. It’s an absolutely gut-wrenching statistic when you consider those who never know what happened to a person that they care about. The Unmissibles is a new six-part documentary project that aims to use art to reignite the search for