BSA Film Friday: 03.31.23

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening:1. Minerva Cuevas in “Mexico City” – Season 8 / Art21 2. Nick Cave in “Chicago” – Season 8 / Art21 3. Damián Ortega in “Mexico City” – Season 8 / Art21 BSA Special Feature: Mexico City and Chicago Artists in Their Own Words […]

Artist Spotlight: Ryan Brown

A selection of paintings depicting familiar, quotidian spaces by UK-based artist Ryan Brown. From public parks and suburban gardens to alleyways and residential streets, Brown creates scenes of “muted urban stillness” where flowers, animals and partially obscured people create momentary disruptions: “The places in my paintings are pieced together from drawings and photographs and also memories and impressions of spaces […]

Call to Submit: 2023 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award

Artmobile is an independent online bookstore where creators, authors and publishers can reach their audiences more easily and cost-effectively than anywhere else. An extension of Bookmobile (the ones who printed our Small Victories book), Artmobile allows you to sell online without the hassle of obtaining an ISBN, figuring out shopping cart software, or creating an Amazon seller account. A full-service […]

BLU: Tauró Del Carmel Mural – Reinterpreted

Blue re-creates his mural from 2009 and gives the neighborhood of Carmel, in Barcelona, Spain reasons to be overwhelmed with joy. The internationally known and respected muralist, street artist and activist, Italian painter BLU worked intensely for one month with the producer, B-Murlas of this 70 meters mural (about 230 feet) to paint his new Tauró del Carmel mural on […]

BLU: Tauró Del Carmel Mural – Reinterpreted

Blue re-creates his mural from 2009 and gives the neighborhood of Carmel, in Barcelona, Spain reasons to be overwhelmed with joy. The internationally known and respected muralist, street artist and activist, Italian painter BLU worked intensely for one month with the producer, B-Murlas of this 70 meters mural (about 230 feet) to paint his new Tauró del Carmel mural on […]

“Quicker than Coal Ash” by Photographer Will Warasila

In his recently published photobook, “Quicker than Coal Ash” (Gnomic Book), photographer Will Warasila (previously featured here) confronts the toxic reverberations of the coal industry in small town America. Over the course of a year and a half, Warasila came to know the residents, the landscape, and the structures of energy and power in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. Living in […]

Chihuahua Dispatch 2: A Thriving Graffiti and Street Art Scene

March 29, 2023 Artists Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico has what may be called a thriving graffiti and street art scene – growing significantly over the past decade. Many local and international artists have gained recognition and support from local authorities, who have sponsored large-scale murals and other public art projects throughout the city. Mode-AWC and Erik Barraza pay tribute to the […]

Chihuahua Dispatch 2: A Thriving Graffiti and Street Art Scene

March 29, 2023 Artists Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico has what may be called a thriving graffiti and street art scene – growing significantly over the past decade. Many local and international artists have gained recognition and support from local authorities, who have sponsored large-scale murals and other public art projects throughout the city. Mode-AWC and Erik Barraza pay tribute to the […]

“When I leave, give me no flowers” by Photographer Guanling Chen

Shanghai-based photographer Guanling Chen explores themes of love, loss, vulnerability, and the romance of human relationships in her series, “When I leave, give me flowers.” Focusing her gaze on people, objects, and landscapes, Chen attempts to capture her memories of the past, traces of life, or images of what the future may hold in the series, which expresses her “restrained […]