Prospect Heights’ FiveMyles Gallery is hosting the artwork of five graffiti legends in an exhibit that will open later this week. The gallery, which will display 7-10 creations by each artist, is called “Street Art Legends Collective.” The featured artists include Albert Mercado, known as Lava Iⅈ Jaime Ramirez, aka MICO; Richie Admiral, or Bama,…
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Controversy Surrounding Gowanus-Sculptor Tom Otterness
It’s an interesting and complicated situation for Gowanus-based sculptor Tom Otterness. In 1977, he shot a short film in which he shot and killed a dog. Three decades later, he is still paying for this shocking action. In May, he made a very public apology, but it may not be enough. In his apology he…
Captain Brooklyn Coming to a Shop Near You
You may have to see it to believe it, but it’s really true. Brooklyn is soon going to get its very own superhero – in the form of Captain Brooklyn. According to the insider scoop from an article in The New York Post, Captain Brooklyn has superpowers from time spent in the Gowanus Canal, and…
Naked Group Descends on Wall Street
Wall Street got a bit more exciting on Monday morning. That’s because dozens of people showed up…with nothing on! As part of a performance art project, dozens of people arrived on Wall Street to show their stuff. A New Face to New York Street vendor Ali Wafaa said to the New York Daily News, “It…
Glass Lamps from Brooklyn on Display in the Met
Pier Glass, an art glass firm in Red Hook, Brooklyn has undertaken the task of creating 16 glass lamps for the new Islamic wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The lamps are meant to recreate the look and feel of traditional Islamic lamps, which are generally ceramic. Four Years in the Making The project…
Christina-Taylor Remembered with Beam from WTC
Christina-Taylor Green was born on September 11, 2001, the infamous day when New York’s World Trade Center was destroyed, the Pentagon in Washington DC was targeted and damaged, and a third terrorist attack was thwarted when the passengers on-board United Airlines Flight 93 tried to retake control of the hijacked plane and crashed near Shanksville,…
NY City Center to Release New iPhone App
New York City Center has developed a new iPhone app that enables users to access performance information as well as purchase tickets. “By simplifying the ticket buying process and providing interesting and informative details about our performances and artists, City Center continues to make the performing arts accessible and welcoming to new and existing audiences,”…
Cuban Arts Festival To Take Place In NYC
Cultural relations between the US and Cuba seem to be improving. A festival celebrating and presenting Cuban arts is soon to take place in New York City, and it will go on for two months. Starting on March 31st, the festival includes performances from the Cuban rumba and dance group Los Munequitos de Matanzas and…
Master Drawings New York of 2011
This week, Master Drawings New York of 2011 took place in Manhattan. This was the fifth annual event since the first in 2007. For an entire week, galleries joined forces to display unique works of art and present their specialism to at least twenty five dealers. The event was inspired by the London Master Drawings…
“Tibetan Artists Respond” Moves to Dartmouth College
“Tibetan Artists Respond” is an exhibition featuring eight artists from India, Nepal and Tibet. The exhibit recently moved from the Rubin Museum in New York to Dartmouth’s Hood Museum, and will be on display there until March 13th. Juliette Bianco, associate director of the Hood, says that hosting the exhibit it a tremendous opportunity for…
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