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UP Magazine’s 2022 Editors’ Choice List
Here at UP, we chase the wildest, strangest, and most heart-filled stories out there, but there were a few that stuck out to us this year. Enjoy reading our Editor’s Choice Articles of 2022!
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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.
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Review: ‘In Their Eyes’ by Zabou at Saatchi Gallery, London
French-born street artist Zabou takes her dynamic, creative murals from building walls to gallery walls in her new show Their Eyes, on view at Saatchi Gallery in London until 3/27.
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ALO’s Liminal Show at Saatchi Gallery
Aristide Loria, or ALO, as known in the artistic world, is an Italian artist based in London who has an ongoing exhibition in Saatchi Gallery called Liminal. Due to its success, it has been extended two times already and is being visited by many Londoners at Saatchi Gallery.
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REVIEW: UPFEST in Bristol, UK
Cande summarizes the UPFEST in Bristol, United Kingdom, where artists had the ambitious goal of painting 75 murals in 75 days.
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Interview with Zabou: Claiming Identity with Signature Style
Artists are made from a combination of talent and mastering your craft through time. Come join me in exploring the flourishing of Zabou, a French artist, London resident, who has been in the scene of European street art for 12 years now. From stencils to realism, she found her style mixing photography and painting. Enjoy the ride!
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London Mural Fest 2020
Like a circus coming to town, the inaugural London Mural Festival rang throughout the streets bringing bright colors, masterpieces, and hope to England’s capitol. Londoners were able to safely traverse their own neighborhoods by bike or foot to share in the collective catharsis of new murals that spoke to the grief, love, and resilience resonating from 2020.
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Buenos Aires: Bardo, Ilka, and the Beauty of the City
London-based writer Candelaria Barandiaran talks to a group of emerging female artists from her homeland of Argentina, in an attempt to reconnect with her roots and Buenos Aires’ wonderful culture.
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The Banksy Tunnel
Cande details the history of the Leake Street Arches in London, better known as ‘The Banksy Tunnel.’