#12 How & Nosm: 12 Wishes for 2012
For twelve days we've presented twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who...

EVOCA1 Addresses Addiction in Providence, RI
“Addiction is a hard battle, and even when sober, the next fix is always lurking around the corner tempting you to fall back into that pit,” says Nicholas of INOPERAbLE Gallery, as he looks at this ne...

Troy OTHER Lovegates - "A Journey Of Stories" in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Canadian boxcar rider and artist Troy Lovegates (OTHER) has traveled the world on freights and foot from town to city many times in the last three decades, sleeping where he collapses, drawing where h...

Trash Talk: Bordalo II in His Hometown
Just as we started 2018 we had the fortune to spend one week in the enchanting city of Lisbon, Portugal as ambassadors for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art (UN). Lisbon is home to some g...

Guido Van Helten, Mr. Estes, and Changing "The Nations" in Nashville
The great irony of painting a mural about the evils of gentrification is that you may indirectly aid gentrification in the process. Guido Van Helten for Nashville Walls Project. Nashville, TN. June...