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Press Release: UP MAGAZINE ISSUE 4 RELEASE PARTY
Join us on Saturday 7/31 at One Art Space to celebrate the release of our fourth issue. The release party is an opportunity to toast to street art, pick our contributors’ brains about their writing, and celebrate.
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Arts in Transit at OneArt SpaceWritten by Emma Riva Ask me where I’m from and I’ll say Washington Heights before New York. Growing up, the Heights always seemed like its own little city within the larger expanse of New York. Every morning I’d watch the sun glint off the side of the 1 train as… -
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Show Review: Toes, Knees, Shoulders, Heads + Butts & Guts at Meredith Rosen Gallery
Zak Kitnick’s innovative show at Meredith Rosen Gallery uses the basement space to explore ideas about space, physicality, and the nature of art objects. A combination of mud-stained walls, sequin-covered grass, and hidden underwear makes it an exhibition not to miss.
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Show Review: #NYisOK – Our New York Times
Last Thursday, Trotter&Sholer opened its new exhibition #NYIsOK: Our New York Times, curated by street art veteran Lady Aiko. Here’s why you should see it and how it speaks to the New York we’re living in.
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Get Lost in the City with Santiago Villegas
When multimedia artist Santiago Villeges moved to New York from Colombia, he found that he identified with the rat. Now the minuscule, shiny rat stickers that are the protagonists of his 2020 art movement “Lost in the City” adorn poles across downtown Manhattan.
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Review: Multidimensional Realities at Venezuela Art Fair
From June 24 – 26 One Art Space held the first ever all-Venezuelan art gallery in New York. The show’s exploration of identity, place, and the very fabric of reality itself made for a unique artistic perspective.
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Individual Activist: Artivism at Home & Abroad
A profile on seasoned social justice figure IndividualActivist. Emma interviews IA about her activism in China and her perspectives on a changing political landscape.
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Escapism at Meredith Rosen Gallery
Emma visits the Meredith Rosen Gallery on the Upper East Side to see its Dec-Jan show “Escapism,” a theme uniquely suited to 2020.
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UP Magazine’s Favorite Articles Of 2020
The UP Mag Staff lists some of our favorite articles from 2020.
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A Q&A with HOXXOH
Miami-based HOXXOH, a street art veteran, known for his iconic style marked by sweeping, geometric shapes recently released a jigsaw puzzle sponsored by ARTXPUZZLES, as part of a worldwide initiative supporting artists during the pandemic. In our Q&A, HOXXOH shared some reflections on his art and career.
