It’s the first week of May and Toronto is in the middle of a string of cool, cloudy days. Mid-afternoon, the Bellwoods Brewery is preparing for that night’s service and the space isn’t ready for photography. Mike Clark, co-owner along with Luke Pestl, suggests we return just before opening. Given the weather, and that it’s [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Queen and Ossington PHOTO BY: Barb FIELD NOTES: If you notice this notice, you’ll notice it’s worth noticing (try saying that three times fast). Once a week, Vandalist features some of the most interesting street art and graffiti from around Toronto. Find something great? Email vandalist@torontoist.com.

In the streets of downtown Toronto, advertisements are ubiquitous. On nearly every surface, in all shapes and sizes, many as legal as the art featured in this column, street advertisements clutter our urban landscape to the point that we tend to edit them out of our lines of sight. Every now and then, though, it pays to notice them. This piece, which hearkens back to last summer's TOSAT, has replaced (or altered) a street ad with art. A welcome change!

Photo by Miss Sly. If it works for shopping, it works for us: this is a pop-up series on the future (or is there a future?) of fashion in our city. Every Wednesday from now until we get bored, we’ll log time with a new face on the local style scene: someone who’s fresh, and [...]

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. Artist Unknown. NEAR BLOOR AND OSSINGTONPHOTO BY REK.