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One of our favourite magazines VNA (Very Nearly Almost) has just arrived through the door at Fat Buddha Store. Issue 21 is packed with great features including a cover shot of Miss Van doing what she does best, yip you guessed it, painting. This issue also features Inkie, DAL & Faith47, Rone and much more. For anyone not familiar with the magazine, VNA is a UK-based independent magazine printed quarterly which features interviews with some of the world’s best urban artists, illustrators and photographers. Launched in 2006, VNA tracks everything from the wheatpastes, paint and stencils out there on the streets through to gallery shows and events that bring together artists from around the world. Each issue brings you in-depth feature articles and interviews with the biggest names on the scene, as well as up and coming artists. Previous cover artists include Shepard Fairey, Retna, Invader, Eine, Sickboy, ROA, Insa, Anthony Lister, Conor Harrington, The London Police...

The Recoat Gallery in Glasgow's West End will be three, this coming Friday, and to celebrate they are having the launch night for their latest exhibition, Hat Trick. Featuring work from there latest expedition around Europe, Fools Gold, and including artists, illustrators and designers from each of the countries they visited. They will have the first viewing of Inkie and Insa's new mural in the archway next to the gallery (previously filled by the abstract stylings of She One ) and the exhibition will have painting, prints, custom kicks and the premier of their tour documentary. Syrkus and Rekor have brought some of the hottest graffiti artists, illustrators and muralists to Glasgow in their three formative years and have built a reputation for exceeding the expectations of many. Get yourself down there on Friday (or visit the exhibition until the end of August) and support local, independant business in Glasgow . Good luck to Recoat and here's to the next three year...