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Welcome to SPOTLIGHT where we shine some light on artists who consistently bring fire to surfaces of all kinds. Today we feature LOST. Yo LOST thank you for participating. Where do you call home? Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. How did you first get into graffiti? As a kid in the early 90s, my family would […]

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

Walk the Walls is a street art festival in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire. After a successful debut event in Caringbah in 2018, the event returned November 2019 – featuring 40 artists gracing 40 walls in the beachside suburb Cronulla. With the part two freshly wrapped, and the official recap coming soon, we thought we’d zero in

When Henry Chalfant moved to New York City in 1973, as a sculptor and Stanford University graduate, there was no world-wide graffiti movement. However, in a decade’s time he would go on to establish himself as one of the most important documentarians of graffiti culture with the release of ‘Style Wars’ (director: Tony Silver), 1983

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

Paink, a Melbourne based artist well known for his distinctive contemporary street art, launches his exhibition Flying Solo at The Compound Interest in Collingwood, Victoria, this Friday. With a graphic design background, his artworks evolve from on-screen to canvas. Known for his bold, innovative and provocative style, Paink enjoys working on large scale pieces with a strong eye for proportion

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

Our man KILLA EF from Montreal, Canada, is back on that Don ish, on that mixed fermentation ish, on that graffiti session video for Bombing Science ish. Sampling Linz Iceberg on the outline, brown tones on the fills, and an array of craft brewskis on the taste buds – this is a process check that

The photographer and street artist known as JR, is currently showcasing murals, photographs, videos, films, dioramas, and archival materials at the Brooklyn Museum. Titled, ‘JR: Chronicles’, the exhibition launched 4 October this year and comes as the first major exhibition in North America by the French-born artist. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a paste-up

Australian director Selina Miles cut her teeth in Brisbane, picking up a camera to document the graffiti artists around her, even editing and shooting a bunch of videos for us here at Lak for many years (who hasn’t seen ‘Limitless’?). Fast forward ten years, and Selina has had a colourful career as a filmmaker – documenting some

With beaches, birds, flowers, and graffiti, a lot of graffiti. MERLOT shares a recap of her summer adventures in Los Angeles. “Over the summer, I decided to take a short trip to LA as it had been a while, and I knew I could use some time relaxing on the beach and spraying with friends.”

KAWS is currently on display at the National Gallery of Victoria, showing his full spectrum of artistic endeavours based on four identifying themes. The exhibition titled, ‘KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness’ is on view until 13 April, 2020 and provides a thorough overview of the popular artist’s career. Divided into the categories of Public