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Good Food in the Microhood: Polk Gulch Errands, Art and Tea
Digital painting/collage of afternoon tea in Polk Gulch San Francisco is a city of neighborhoods, each with its unique set of characters, cafés, dress codes, and amenities. Noe Valley is filled with...
View ArticleOn Location with Painter David Foox at Saks
As part of Women’s Contemporary Week, artist David Foox has been painting a mural live on the fifth floor of Saks Fifth Avenue. From March 29 to April 1, shoppers got an exciting chance to watch Foox...
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Artist Spotlight: Patrick Keefer
Patrick Keefer creates paintings with incredible depth and detail with only stencils and layers of spray paint. Despite working 60+ hour weeks recently (on top of preparing for his May wedding),...
View Article“The Air Is So Thin Between Here and There”: David Foox’s Show at MINY Gallery
Here at Untapped New York, we’ve been following what the always exciting artist David Foox. After seeing him paint live at Saks Fifth Avenue and checking out his post-apocalyptic Wall Street...
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Artist Spotlight: Brendan Higgins
This week we’d like to introduce artist Brendan Higgins. Originally from Ireland, he ended up in New York via Leeds in England and Paris. He works full time as a landscape architect and paints in...
View ArticleBack to Basics: A New Mural for the Soho House
When one spends a certain amount of time sitting in a hotel stairwell, you inevitably see an interesting selection of people moving between the floors. In a way there is a sense of mystery to it....
View ArticleA Modern Day “Le Salon d’ Art”
Outside Le Salon d’ Art, 90 Stanton Street An art show IN a hair salon?! I guess anything is possible in New York City… right? On a perfect spring evening, I found myself on the way to the June art...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with the Downtown Doodler
Next week our very own Downtown Doodler will be featured in a group exhibition in Newark, NJ. She takes us behind the scenes for an Untapped Exclusive and shows us the painting from start to finish,...
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Underground Artists in La Paz – Casa de Arte Abierta
On a recent trip to Bolivia, I was invited to a very special event in La Paz. The Casa de Arte Abierta (Art Open House) is a popular exhibition of underground Bolivian artists’ work, including...
View ArticlePepe Vives: New Paintings at Joy Wai Gallery
Pepe Vives, Untitled #12, 2012. All Images Courtesy of Cole Harrell at Joy Wai Gallery. Joy Wai Gallery’s latest exhibition of Pepe Vives New Paintings continues to address the theme of communicative...
View ArticleTop 5 Museums that Used to Be Artist Studios
My French friends used to say that Parisians go to museums as frequently as they go to the bathroom. And with good reason. Museums are as ubiquitous in Paris as taxis are in New York. And not just the...
View ArticleLa Biennale des Antiquaires 2012
The Biennale des Antiquaires of Paris is perhaps the most renowned event of its kind, and this year, the 26th edition is the conclusion of an international, 13-city tour of an assembly of the most...
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Arles: Van Gogh’s City of Light in Provence
In the winter of 1888, Vincent Van Gogh came to the conclusion that he could no longer live and paint in Paris. Writing to his brother, he lamented: It seems to me almost impossible to be able to work...
View ArticleNo Longer Empty: Interview with Ghost of a Dream
Courtesy of the Artist – “The Price of Happiness” Ghost of a Dream is an art duo comprised of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom. Their “Price of Happiness” piece was recently featured in No Longer Empty’s...
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An Impressionist Guide to La Grande Jatte in Paris: Georges Seurat, Van Gogh,...
One of the iconic paintings of the Impressionist movement, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte in Paris by Georges Seurat, is often shown as the quintessential example of the “Pointillism” style, which is...
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Rappers Painted as Royalty at Brooklyn’s Cotton Candy Machine
Jigga with a Feather Hat by Amar Stewart (Instagram photo via Cotton Candy Machine) Tomorrow night, Cotton Candy Machine, an art boutique in Williamsburg run by Sean Leonard and artist Tara McPherson,...
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Urban Profile: Amar Stewart, the Artist Painting NYC Rappers as Royalty
British artist Amar Stewart is the man behind the amazing paintings of NYC’s most important MC’s in the guise of 17th century Dutch royals and noblemen. Hailing from London, Stewart came to NYC to do...
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Mapping Cities Through Watercolor and Google: Interview with Summit Ridge...
Through a chance encounter on Airbnb, Untapped Cities came in touch with Denver artist Anne McGraw. Her self-funded project, Summit Ridge Studio, consists almost entirely of hand-painted maps that she...
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Good Food in the Microhood: Polk Gulch Errands, Art and Tea
Wedged between the Tenderloin, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, and the Van Ness corridor, the mercurial microhood of Polk Gulch contains a number of easy-to-miss, yet thriving businesses. The post Good Food in...
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On Location with Painter David Foox at Saks
Artist David Foox talks about the symbolism behind his paintings and his inspiration during a painting performance in Saks Fifth Avenue. The post On Location with Painter David Foox at Saks appeared...
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