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  • Paul Cézanne: Father of Modern Art

    Paul Cézanne is often regarded as the father of modern art. Coming from the old world where allegorical and history painting ruled, Cézanne’s work paved the way for the major artistic shift that happened at the beginning of the 20th century.

  • The Striking Vision of the Maxo Vanka Murals

    In an austere church in Millvale on a hillside above the Allegheny River, the haunting murals of Maxo Vanka celebrate immigrant life, religious faith, and our shared humanity, while also lamenting society’s ills and flagrant inhumanity.

  • Bristol Street Art History: Forty Years of Graffiti Arts – Where It All Began

    As the Saatchi Gallery in London celebrates four decade of Graffiti history, Melissa Chemam retraces the history of the artists who emerged from Bristol, in this three-part series.

  • The Collaboration: A Play On Warhol & Basquiat

    Cande reviews The Collaboration, a play starring Paul Bettany and Kwame Kwei-Armah as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat that aims to capture the relationship between two of the most significant figures in modern art history.

  • Walking Through Portugal: A Street Art Stroll Through the History of Lisbon & Porto

    As a follow-up to his interview with Portuguese absurdist graffiti artist Radical Playground, Noah gives UP readers a primer on why Porto and Lisbon are undiscovered gems for street art.

  • A History of the Bowery Wall [Icons Preview]

    A deep dive into the history of one of the Lower East Side’s most iconic, legendary, and infamous wall spaces, featuring an exclusive interview with its curator, Jessica Goldman. This article will appear in our upcoming Issue 5: Icons.

  • The History of Western Art As An Ideological Endeavor

    Western Art has always been driven by the dominant ideology and philosophy of the time, which has always been changing. With the coming of globalization and more inclusive and cosmopolitan, global perspectives, are we at the point of the end of Western Art? What were the merits and the flaws of Western Art and its ideology?

  • History of Graffiti in Rome: from Pompeii to the Metro B

    Rome: a city of history, a city of glory. Also-one of the only cities in the world where subway graffiti survives to this day. From the early 90s to today, dozens of writers have stood in defiance of authority and battled for fame on the whizzing surfaces of Rome’s metro.

  • It Felt like Awe: The Bob Gasoi Memorial Art Alleyway

    The beating heart of Provincetown, Massachusetts is fueled by its nonconlvential art. The main artery in this landscape is the Bob Gasoi Memorial Alleyway created by Arnie Charnick, an installation covered in collage and painting with original works from Bob Gasoi as well as other artists.

  • The Scull Auction

    Lonnie explores a historical perspective on the infamous ‘Scull Auction’ and its ramifications on the art market.

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