UP Magazine's 10 Most Read Articles Of 2025
Written by UP Mag Staff
Published on December 31st, 2025
UP Magazine’s 2025 coverage reflected a year of urgency, imagination, and resilience. Our contributors explored how artists across disciplines are responding to the world around them—using public space, fashion, painting, and visual storytelling as tools for connection and reflection.
Listed in order of views, here are UP Magazine’s 10 most-read articles of 2025.
Rankings are based on page views and internal analytics.
10. The Timeless Magic of Alphonse Mucha: Beauty in Art is Spiritual
Written by Cynthia Via
Published on July 10th, 2025
9. Remembering Pittsburgh’s Danny Devine Through “Dannyland”
Written by Emma Riva
Published on July 18th, 2025
8. Louisiana Artist Kelci Lockhart Paints Laidback Swamp Animals
Written By Kelsei Brianna
Published on September 2nd, 2025
7. Here For a Good Time: BIRDMILK and his Joyful Art
Written By Xiao daCunha
April 7th, 2025
6. Alex Face’s Guide to Art, Cycling, and Happiness
Written by Sage Helene with T.K. Mills
Published February 17th, 2025
5. The Visionary Force Behind Art To Ware: How Lesley Ware Is Revolutionizing the Fashion Landscape
Written by Alexa Caroline Modugno
Published on July 16, 2025
4. The Dark Art of Izabela Carlucci’s ‘Atrocity Exhibition’
Written by Brandon Wisecarver
Published on May 28th, 2025
3. MOS: Meeting of Styles – 20 Years of Getting Up!
Written by Nicole Misfitx
February 3rd, 2025
2. SMURFO: A Whole-Brain Artist
Written by Leigh Pennington
Published on April 22nd, 2025
1. Wailing Walls: Israeli Street Art – Post October 7th
Written by Leigh Pennington
Published on January 21, 2025
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— T.K. Mills & the UP Mag Staff