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  • UP6 – Martha Cooper: Graffiti Exposed

    While not an artist herself, pioneering photographer Martha Cooper, played a pivotal role in the development of graffiti culture through her work documenting the early days, most notably in “Subway Art.” At 80 years old, she maintains an active calendar, but still made time to sit down with UP to discuss as her ongoing projects and legacy in the urban art world.

  • Miami Art Week: Street Art Conquers the World

    It’s a warm December evening in this subtropical resort town, and some of the biggest names in the world of graffiti and street art are gathered within the friendly confines of Wynwood Walls, the pioneering open-air street art museum beloved as an indiscriminate blending of the Louvre and the Island of Misfit Toys. Here, just a bridge away from the elite art fairs and champagne receptions that have sprung up around Art Basel Miami Beach over the last 22 years, the revolution continues.

  • In Southampton, What Lies Beyond the Streets for Graf Writers

    Beyond the Streets: Post Graffiti, the latest installment in the Beyond the Streets franchise from LA-based curator, author, and renowned graffiti/street art historian Roger Gastman runs through July 20 at the Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York.

  • Miami Art Week 2023: From Basel to Wynwood

    Scott Orr explores the differences and commonalities between the streets of Wynwood and the halls of Art Basel for the 21st edition of the world-renowned art fair that takes place in Miami every year.

  • DAIN: The Eye of the Artist

    DAIN, whose work was showing through September at Avant Gallery in New York’s Hudson Yards before moving to Avant’s Miami location in October, is a second generation New York street artist whose practice draws largely on a pair of divergent influences: the chaos and grit of 1980s New York City and the lost urbanity of golden age Hollywood. Commercialism, luxury branding, fashion and urban culture are also part of the mix. But it is the brightly colored, dripping painted circles around one eye of his central subjects that make DAIN’s work at once arresting and instantly recognizable.

  • Park Avenue’s Tunnel Vision

    The section of the fabled street just below 42nd Street, where Grand Central blocks the road forcing traffic to go around via the Park Avenue viaduct, is among Manhattan’s busiest pedestrian thoroughfares. The perfect place for some art. That’s exactly what Patrons of Park Avenue (POPA) had in mind when they started featuring art installations on the Park Avenue Malls. Yes, even Park Avenue has its underground, quite literally, and this one has a distinct downtown edge to it. Read Scott Orr’s account of what happens under Park Avenue.

  • Frank Kozik: An Inspiration Dies

    Frank Kozik, the master of sardonic incongruity who designed iconic posters for rock giants like Nirvana and Pearl Jam before becoming a pioneer in the burgeoning world of art toys, died May 7 at 61 leaving a hole in the hearts of the countless artists he inspired worldwide.