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A Perspective on Women’s Influence in Street Art & Graffiti

From the author of a new book, ‘Street Art Mujeres’ comes a brief historical perspective on the role women have played in influening street art and graffiti history.

Bristol Street Art History: Nick Walker

The Third Installment on UP’s Bristol Series – Nick Walker. A Bristol born artist who’s painted vandals across the world.

Bristol Street Art History: Inkie

In Part 2 of Melissa Chemam’s series on Bristol, she focuses on Inkie, “one of the greatest agents of the British street art scene since the late 1980s.”

Bristol Street Art History: Forty Years of Graffiti Arts – Where It All Began

As the Saatchi Gallery in London celebrates four decade of Graffiti history, Melissa Chemam retraces the history of the artists who emerged from Bristol, in this three-part series.

Beyond The Streets London: 40 years of Mode 2

Melissa Chemam speaks to elusive and charismatic graffiti writer Mode 2, whose work spans from the violence of colonialism to the joy of overthrowing it. Melissa caught his work at the Beyond the Streets show at Saatchi in London, and you can too up until May 9.

Remembering Mahsa Jina Amini Around the World Through Murals for Freedom

Street art curator and muralist Cloe Hakakian has a global vision for how street art can contribute to the cause of fighting the corruption and violence in Iran in collaboration with street artists from Ashley Hodder in Pittsburgh to Ghazaleh Rastgar in Toronto to Despierto Collective in Berlin.

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.

UP5 Preview – Sticker Slaps to 18 Stories: A Conversation with D*Face

With more than two decades in the game and an illustrious career, prolific enough to warrant its own Wikipedia page, D*Face ranks among the living legends of street art.

Belfast, A Mural Lover’s Paradise With a Dark Edge

Belfast, Northern Ireland isn’t necessarily on the map as a street art destination, but it’s home to a vibrant artistic culture that has much to teach the rest of the world. Emma speaks to Belfast artist Judith Guiney and reflects on how to capture a changing city.

Nkem Okwechime Creates His Own Formula

Emma speaks with artist, designer, and entrepreneur Nkem Okwechime about his fashion brand M.R.L.C, photographing a new generation of people of color in Great Britain, and living authentically in a world that wants to box you in.