Aaron Short is a Brooklyn-based journalist covering politics, criminal justice, real estate, the environment, and the arts.
Feature
A decade since Sara Maria Salamone and Tyler Lafreniere found their storefront space on Craigslist, the gallery presents a rotating anniversary show that channels its evolving nature.
Features
An anniversary exhibition spotlights the artists who’ve made the gallery one of Lower Manhattan’s most adventurous success stories.
Open Studios
At the Brooklyn neighborhood's Open Studios festival, artists showed off the works they make in converted factories, warehouses, and three-story walk-ups
Open Studios
Dispelling fears that last year's blaze pushed artists away for good, this year's edition proved that the Brooklyn neighborhood’s artistic community is as strong as ever.
Art Fairs
If collectors had any concerns about the wars or inflation, they did not seem to share them at the New York fair, where the mood was almost too serene.
News
The organization will lose half of its studio spaces to a tenant who wants to expand their footprint in the Brooklyn Army Terminal building.
Feature
The late artist and athlete who rendered joyous scenes of Black life, dance, and motion is the subject of renewed institutional attention as his daughter, Erin Barnes, works to conserve his studio practice.
Obituary
“My inspiration for art doesn’t really come from the history of painting,” the artist told Hyperallergic in a 2013 interview, “it comes from the community of art as it is now.”
Feature
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's inaugural decennial exhibition showcases works by 40 artists in the state, all made in the last decade.
Feature
At the Church Avenue station, Christopher Myers’s glass-tiled panels explore the rich legacy of vaudeville and Afro-Caribbean carnival culture.
News
Linda Ganjian worked to salvage pieces from water damage after a blaze erupted in the Long Island City building where she and Ilan Averbach had studios.
Feature
The annual festival, which went on hiatus during the pandemic, welcomed visitors into the workspaces of over 250 artists in the Brooklyn neighborhood.