Blek le Rat is a French graffiti artist ... The artist’s interest in social commentary through graffiti has had a major influence on street artists around the world, including the anonymous Banksy.

While Banksy is a relative newcomer to the graffiti scene, Blek le Rat has been stencilling, pasting and daubing his way around the world for nearly thirty years. But the perception of Banksy as the ...

and muse on the current state of world affairs Showing at Woodbury House in London is The Return of The Rat — the first UK exhibition by iconic French street artist Blek le Rat (born Xavier Prou) in ...

From Europe to Brazil, street artists are displaying their anger about inequality, invisibility, corruption and control. Artists including Blek Le Rat (the “father of stencil graffiti”), Roc ...

Banksy may be famous in the UK for his street art, but Blek le Rat has been adorning Paris with his artwork since the early 1980s. A new book, Blek le Rat: Getting Through Walls and an exhibition ...