Lucy McLauchlan

With the sun finally attempting to show its face on our allegedly sceptred isle, we feel less of a tease posting these awesome photos of Lucy McLauchlan and Conor Harrington painting in Mallorca for a Beach Paint Jam over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Organised by Widewalls, the jam saw Lucy and Conor joining a host of street art stars in transforming an abandoned 1950s hotel complex on the the Plaza de Espania in Portals Nous.

Hopefully the British spring is finally upon us, and will bring more street projects at home as well as abroad over the coming months.

From one freezing cold country to another, Lucy McLauchlan has just arrived home after installing her first solo show in Russia, Holding onto Fragments of Past Memories, at Triumph Gallery in Moscow. The exhibition manages to capture a street atmosphere with large-scale paintings, a series of masked sculptures and installations formed from rubbish artefacts collected by Lucy during her stay in the city. The exhibition is only running for another two days closing on the 7th April.

Photography courtesy of Kristina Romanova

With Easter and a long weekend only a couple of weeks around the corner Lazarides artists have exhibitions popping up all over the place. Artists Anonymous have just celebrated the opening of an exciting museum show at Kunsthaus Essen in Germany, running until the 14th April. Lucy McLauchlan arrived in Moscow today to prepare for the opening of her solo exhibition Holding onto Fragments of Past Memories at Triumph Gallery, open from the 22nd March to the 7th April. Michael Najjar is currently taking part in a group show, Landmark: The Fields of Photography, at Somerset House till the 28th April. And finally in Tel Aviv, Know Hope is set to open the second part of his two part exhibition Things Left Standing Behind later this week.

With London 2012 Opening Ceremony only a few hours away Lazarides artists have been eagerly anticipating this momentous occasion by painting up a storm around East London. Lucy McLauchlan has been busy working on several walls and hoardings in Canning Town as part of the Greater London Authority's urban design innitiative. These are our first pics of the work whilst she was still finishing off this afternoon ... keep posted and your eyes peeled for more Lazarides street art to come throughout the games.

Last Wednesday saw the launch of Lazarides Galllery at Pret A Diner's The Treehouse in Frankfurt. Situated on the 24th and 25th floors of a skyscraper overlooking downtown, the gallery features art by the Lazarides all-stars as well as new installations by Lucy McLauchlan and Boxi. Check out the trailer with footage from the launch party.