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Why the Most Interesting Galleries Aren’t Galleries – Inside IMPULSE Magazine
How IMPULSE magazine is transforming New York’s ordinary spaces into places for art.
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Keeping Print & Community Alive: Hazy Magazine
Hazy Magazine is a UK-based creative culture publication, that produces physical magazines in addition to hosting live events, much akin to what we do here in New York. Oscar and his team emphasize on the real-world connections of art & creativity above social media savvy. Giving people something real and substantial, rather than the easily accessible digital triviality.
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Soirée Henzo: A Grassroots Assault on Chelsea’s Elitist Gallery Culture
On a Thursday night in late November, a line formed outside an event space on W. 25th in the heart of the Chelsea Art District, snaking its way eastward for almost an entire block. This in itself was hardly unusual in a neighborhood known for spectacular gallery openings that can attract hundreds of art lovers and collectors on any given evening. But this particular line and the exhibition they were waiting to consume was different: it was at once an art opening, a party and an assault on Chelsea’s art establishment.
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Felipe Baeza Imagines an Elsewhere with “Unruly Forms”
In Unruly Forms, a multi-city installation with Public Art Fund, Felipe Baeza takes mobile audiences on a visual journey exploring queer identity, transformation, and the metamorphosis of cultural symbols including Mesoamerican artifacts held by US art institutions. Baeza forces viewers to question deeply held beliefs in the intimate ritual of public transit
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The Eyes of Nikybotz
Nikybotz’s street art will make you look twice. Meet Nick of Nickybotz, an LA native and Los Angeles based collection designer and street artist on the rise. He is known for his colorful, uniquely shaped, jovial characters, with distinct almond shaped eyes.
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Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys: The Devaluing of Public Art With Lucas Geor
“It’s funny the hand that artists play in gentrification. Artists will move into an area because the rent’s cheap, maybe the buildings are a bit run down so people don’t mind you painting on the walls. They make the area look cool, and people start to come, and then developers catch on to it. They put up apartment blocks. And then they run out all of the artists who live there. That’s kind of the cycle. As more and more of that happens, I guess people just seem to think that art is for free, you know?” – Lucas Geor
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Photos from Boone Avenue Walls 2023
This August, over 100 artists were invited to the 9th annual Boone Avenue Walls Arts Festival with the event culminating on August 26 & 27, 2023. Curated by Wen Cod, the invited artists included some of the best muralists and style masters in the world. Photos by Kurt Boone.
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A Q&A with Carlos Eduardo Porras from the Venezuela Art Fair
Meet Carlos Eduardo Porras, Venezuelan fine artist known for his vibrant depictions of nature and positive attitude. UP MAG sat down with him for a Q&A in review of this year’s Venezuela Art Fair, which he participated.
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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.
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The Artist Behind GoopMassta
At the age of 2, artist and cartoonist GoopMassta’s family moved to Miami where he grew up and spent most of his life. At 20 years old, he went back to New York to see where he came from and to link up with relatives. One day he doodled around while on a phone call with family… and suddenly, the prolific character we know today as GoopMassta was born!
