Hull’s Clarence Mill site gets new graffiti boards

A legal graffiti site has had a fresh set of blank boards installed to make way for new street art. The former Clarence Mill site on Clarence Road in Hull has for several years been a council-approved street art area. It is part of Bankside Gallery, which thanked the council for replacing the “weather-battered” boards that were there before. A spokesperson from Hull City Council said the previous ones had “become damaged beyond repair” and had been replaced for health and safety reasons. The council said they would engage with local artists to paint the new hoardings, adding that commissioned street art is “a huge part of Hull’s culture” and “provides vibrancy to sometimes run-down or derelict areas”. They said street art means “passers-by can sample colourful and engaging artwork, rather than staring at a blank canvas”. Bankside Gallery was created by friends Ollie Marshall and Kain Marshall as legacy project following Hull’s City of Culture 2017, which some suggested might have inspired Banksy to paint a mural on Scott Street bridge. The gallery includes parts of Bankside, Wincolmlee and Beverley Road as well as Clarence Road. Adjacent to Drypool Bridge, the land is allocated as part of the East...