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“For Sale”- Steven Wasterval’s Traces of the Lower East Side
A new art show, For Sale: Pieces of New York, opens at Studio 6, a gallery that aims to recapture the creative spirit of the Lower East Side. Steve Wasterval, widely known as The Greenpoint Artist, debuts his latest solo show at the newly opened Studio 6 Gallery on Thursday, September 25. The exhibition delves into the fragility and transient beauty of New York City, spotlighting its ever-changing landscape, from the remnants of graffiti to the shifting architecture and vanishing landmarks that once defined its neighborhoods.
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PUBLIC Art Media Installs New Digital Art Gallery in Essex Market
Now, thanks to PUBLIC there’s a new home for art in Essex Market. PUBLIC, a curator of digital art based in Dallas, Texas works with popular markets in major cities across the nation to promote local artists and brands. Featuring a rotating curation of digital art, the multifaceted complex builds on the history of the neighborhood
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Is Freemans Alley About to Go Commercial?
After decades as the Lower East Side’s go-to open air art gallery, Freeman Alley is facing pressure to go commercial. Not if the LES street art community has anything to say about it.
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Miss Van and her Ever-Evolving Muses
Miss Van, the French-born street-artist-turned-fine-art-painter, sat down for an exclusive interview with UP Magazine during which she discussed her art, her career, state of street art and her solo show at Harman Projects.
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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.
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MushArcana: The Metamorphosis of ButterflyMush
UP Mag catches up with Butterfly Mush about her newest artistic venture, Mush Arcana, a tarot deck love letter New York, and the latest stage of her career.
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Ashley Miah: Candy for the Culture
Jomani Danielle spoke to Ashley Miah, a native New Yorker who uses colorful cartoon characters influenced by everything from bodegas to tarot decks to preserve the pre-gentrification New York culture she loves so much.
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Eye Sticker Has Seen it All
In the next installment of Maddie Katz’s interviews with pioneering female sticker artists, she talks to Eye Sticker, whose one-of-a-kind hot pink stickers and tags are equal parts humorous and powerful.
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SacSix: Enter the Void
Thursday, March 3, SacSix’s new collection at Sour Mouse, “Enter the Void,” will open. Editor-in-chief T.K. Mills interviews the veteran street artist about what makes this exhibition special.
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Photo Recap: Dead City Punx at East River Amphitheatre
On Saturday, July 24th, Los Angeles band Dead City Punx performed for their first time in NYC at a DIY show at the East River Amphitheatre on the Lower East Side. Back in May 8, 2021, DCP was part of a record breaking hardcore punk show that occurred under the 110 freeway in Los Angeles that attracted over 1,500 people. Making it the largest turnout for an unauthorized show up to date in LA.
