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Peter Hook helped unveil a new mural of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis in Macclesfield town centre this afternoon (March 26).The bassist and co-founder of New Order cut the ribbon alongside Akse, the Manchester-based street artist who painted the mural, telling those in attendance: “I am actually very honoured to be here, and to do this, because to me it’s about time Ian came home.”The mural, funded by Cheshire East Council, is based on an original photograph taken by Kevin Cummins at The Factory/Russell Club in Hulme, Manchester on 13 July 1979. It adorns a building on Mill Street opposite Macclesfield bus station.Ahead of the unveiling, Curtis said earlier in the week: “I’m watching all the people going down the street and every single one of them is drawn to it.“Some young kids walking down had no idea who he was but now they do. Hopefully they’ll listen to the music and get the gist of what we were trying to do as kids.”Some of Akse’s other recent works include murals of the late British army officer and fundraiser Captain Tom Moore and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford.He said it was an honour to paint the portrait of Curtis and hoped local people were excited about it.“Although I’ve been working on murals most of my life, it’s still always an incredible feeling to get to the end of the journey – well the end of my journey at least,” Akse said.

Residents of Cumbernauld have spotted some Still Game street art in the town, and it's pretty impressive.

Vanessa Bryant shared behind-the-scenes photos from her shoot for a Super Bowl LVI spot. The wife of the late Kobe Bryant posted a series of images on her Instagram on Wednesday, showing her sitting in a car parked in front of a mural dedicated to Kobe and their daughter, Gianna — who both died in a helicopter crash in 2020.

Vanessa Bryant shared behind-the-scenes photos from her shoot for a Super Bowl LVI spot. The wife of the late Kobe Bryant posted a series of images on her Instagram on Wednesday, showing her sitting in a car parked in front of a mural dedicated to Kobe and their daughter, Gianna — who both died in a helicopter crash in 2020.

Mrs Hinch has unveiled the gorgeous farm mural in her son Ronnie's bedroom at her new £1.1million five-bedroom farmhouse. The 31 year old, who recently unveiled her huge loft as renovations continue, took to her Instagram Story to share with her 4.3million followers the stunning mural for her two year old son Ronnie, who she shares with husband Jamie Hinchliffe. Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hincliffe, who is also mum to eight month old son Lennie, described how she was left speechless on day three of the process.

When a massive mural from a prolific Greater Manchester graffiti artist appeared on the side of her home, Nickie Hadley knew nothing about it.

Afghanistan’s Pashto.The work near central Skanderbeg Square showed a map of Albania composed of many sections, in a reference to Afghanistan’s multiethnic character, and an Afghan man working.“This is one of the ways that we want to raise the voices of our (colleagues) who are taken hostage back home in Afghanistan,” said Omaid Sharifi, co-founder of Artlords.Most of their works in Afghanistan were destroyed by the Taliban, according to Sharifi, who called on “the people of the world (not to)

A nine-metre high mural was unveiled yesterday (1 December) at The Manchester College's Openshaw campus to mark the opening of new education facilities.

A Victoria Cross recipient has been memorialised in his home town as part of a stunning Remembrance Day mural.

A mural designed to celebrate 40 years of a Falkirk hospice has now been completed.

Joy Division‘s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ has been turned into a climate mural to raise funds for Music Declares Emergency’s No Music On A Dead Planet.The sleeve was originally based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919, but it now shows the waves as flat and lifeless to “symbolise the eternal silence of a dead planet”.The work in Withington, in Manchester is part of a wider campaign calling for “urgent action on climate” ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow.It is close to a

There's another new piece of street art in town, this time dedicated to the global phenomenon that is Squid Game.

The real artist behind a suspected 'Banksy' on the side of a Greater Manchester pub has been unveiled.

A mural celebrating the achievements of England football star Phil Foden could be coming to the Stockport streets where he honed his skills.

CCTV footage shows a man police want to speak to after Marcus Rashford's mural was defaced.

As a new piece of artwork was unveiled on the side of a Stockport pub this morning, the same suspected artist was on everyone's lips.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- As South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu marks his 90th birthday Thursday, a portrait of him recently defaced by racist graffiti has been restored by the artist, who added a celebratory message.“Happy Birthday Tata Desmond Tutu! Father of the Rainbow Nation,” using the Xhosa word for father — which was added to the large mural of Tutu by artist Brian Rolfe.“At first I was so angry when the racist slur was painted on the mural,” Rolfe told The

Lost Judgement to life in London.Street artist Dan Kitchener transformed the Waterloo Leake Street Arches into the RGG Studio title back in September, and the video below shows a time-lapse of Kitchener’s work.A neon light rig was also placed in front of the mural, allowing people to pose in combat stances from Lost Judgement.

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After the happy couple, Louisa Lytton and her fiancé Ben Bhanvra, shared the news that they have welcomed their first child to the world, the soap star invited OK! VIP’s into their stunning home to give a tour of baby Aura’s nursery.

his death last month.The comedian, who regularly appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, passed away in August from cancer aged 58.A flood of tributes subsequently poured in, and now graffiti artist Hugh Whittaker has shared his own tribute to the star with a street portrait.Graffiti artist Hugh Whittaker has done a beautiful tribute to Sean Lock in Brighton pic.twitter.com/SxvjMEYH5z— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) September 12, 2021The Brighton tribute has

Prodigy frontman, who passed away in March 2019 at the age of 49, is the subject of the new artwork by the street artist Akse, who is working in partnership with the music and mental wellbeing festival Headstock.Akse’s mural was funded by a Headstock-led Crowdfunder campaign that raised over £10,650, and is also raising awareness for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day tomorrow (September 10) and the mental health text support service, Shout 85258.The Flint mural’s Hackney location – on the

Eminem street mural in Detroit has vowed to return to the artwork to fix it after it was defaced with graffiti.Chris Devins painted the mural, which was not commissioned or authorised by the rapper, in the Cass Corridor neighbourhood of the Michigan city during a six-hour stint on Saturday (September 4).By the next day, however, the Eminem mural had been defaced, with 18 bird-like sketches being drawn with a Sharpie pen over the six-foot-tall artwork of the rapper.“Only one day after its

Falkirk have designed and created a mural representing opening the curtain on Covid-19. It was completed by pupils undertaking the Summer Graffiti Art Project funded by the Youth Work Education Recovery Fund.

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Martin Compston posed beside a huge mural of his face painted outside a pub in his hometown of Greenock. The Scots actor, 37, paid a visit to the Inverclyde town’s Old Bank Bar this week to check out the incredible artwork, which is the spitting image of the star.

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Related: Manchester shows support for Marcus Rashford: ‘It’s evolved into something special’ As well as donations, the mural’s wall was plastered with thousands of tributes from fans as people rallied in support of the Manchester United striker. Hundreds also took part in a Stand Up to Racism rally by the artwork on Copson Street, which is near where Rashford grew up and went to school.