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Hayward 2 print by Paul Catherall

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Hayward pring

Cast your mind back and you may remember Paul Catherall's print of the Trellick Tower. He's now taken on another iconic London building with this limited edition print called Hayward 2.  

The Hayward Gallery opened in July 1968 as part of the Southbank Centre and its construction is typical of Brutalist architecture. Here the gallery is shown using bold and bright colours more associated with the art shown inside the gallery than with its grey concrete exterior, making it a pretty attractive piece of art for your walls too. 

The lino print is limited to 75 prints with each print costing £195. 

Buy it from the Southbank Centre

Categories / Art and Photography, Books

Art for All: British Posters for Transport

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Art for All

If the Modern British Posters book and exhibition appealed to you, here's another book focusing on the topic, Art for All: British Posters for Transport. 

As the title makes implies, the emphasis here is on posters designed for London Underground and the railways, dating from 1908 when the publicity programme was started by London Underground. Its 208 pages feature many well known poster works, it also examines great examples of the work of McKnight Kauffer in more detail.

Offering a great overview of the topic, the book accompanies an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art in America and uses work from their collection, alongside images from the London Transport Museum and National Railway Museum in York. 

Buy it for £23.77 from Amazon  

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Shag’s The Drunken Cleric print with matching tiki mugs goes on sale

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Shag

Here's an interesting new release from Josh Agle, aka Shag – The Drunken Cleric print and some matching tiki mugs.

This Planet Of The Apes-inspired print is a 15-colour serigraph, sized at 19 x 28.5 inches, signed and numbered and limited to just 200. But that's not all – you also get the Monku Mug and the Apohu Mug, certain to be sought after in years to come.

The entire package is available now, priced at $295.

Find out more at the Shagmart website

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1970s Decimalisation Posters

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Whatever else I might love about the past, the old monetary systems isn’t one of them and decimilisation has never seemed like anything but a good idea. So I would be quite happy to celebrate “going decimal” with one of these original 1970s Decimalisation Posters.

These posters are from 1971 and were used to warn London Underground and bus users that they would now longer be able to use their old denominations of money. They are the genuine article, having been stored away somewhere for nearly 40 years.

Sold framed in white frame, there is currently a special offer where you can buy all three variations together for £150 or buy one for £65 (still half of the usual price). If either offer appeals, you need to visit Retrophenia to buy.

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Roll and Tumble Press prints

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Roll and tumble

What happens when a letterpress printer meets a tattoo artist? Take a look at the prints made by Roll and Tumble Press for your answer. 

As you might expect, they combine the typographical sensibilities of the letterpress printer, with the artistic eye of the tattoo artist to create some interesting artworks. This Sweet Dreams print uses antique wood type, combined with stunning hand-mixed colours – in this case lavender, pale yellow, midnight blue and charcoal grey – for a great retro look. 

And the prints are reasonably priced too, selling for $15 – $20. 

See their Etsy store