What do you think of when I say fine art? Is it white, sterile walls housing low on the nose glasses and red wine teeth? Or maybe heavy, intimidating doors that say, “Hey Mr. Broke, keep it moving?”
If so, don’t feel alone. These sentiments are nothing new, and it’s often the reason that some of art’s most avant-garde feels stuck under lock and key.
That is, until U-Haul Gallery pulled up and put that shit in park.
Operated by two friends, James Sundquist and Jack Chase, this gallery on wheels is fighting against the fine art stigmas. They rent U-Haul box trucks around the country, build them out to loosely resemble art galleries, and host artists in spaces otherwise completely inaccessible and unaffordable.
It’s a radical method of bringing art to the masses, one that breaks down all barriers to entry, and because of this I wanted to see what goes into the operation.
Parked outside of the famous Spring/Lafayette curbs in busy SoHo, Manhattan, we spent the day talking art, engaging the public, and skating a special Stunt collaboration obstacle that I’ll tell you more about in the video.
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September 18, 2025 3:35 pm
This is amazing on so many levels. Art needs to be free for all, things like this change lives. All the best.
September 18, 2025 9:35 pm
Oooooo, thank you for posting this! I love the idea of a renegade, mobile art gallery!