NEWARK — New Jersey’s image is calcified with tired cultural signifiers. It’s old hat. So it was lovely to encounter the Newark Museum’s latest exhibition, Ready or Not: 2014 New Jersey Arts Annual, a show displaying works by 40 contemporary artists based in the state.
Sharon Adarlo
Sharon Adarlo is a freelance writer and artist based in Newark, NJ. She used to cover crime in Newark for the Star-Ledger. Her writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America, the Awl, and other fine publications. She can be found at www.sharonadarlo.com and her daily mutterings at @sharonadarlo1.
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An Abandoned Cubicle Complex Filled with Art
NEWARK, NJ — I’ve been to so many art gallery shows in the New York City area that they start to blur. But the latest show in the Gateway Project, a series of pop-up group exhibitions in downtown Newark, NJ, put a jolt in my step.
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Greenpoint Gallery Night: A Laid-Back Antidote to Frieze
Were you as exhausted by the frenzy that surrounded New York’s Frieze Week as I was? Taking a break from the monied and crushing crowds, I took my antidote on Friday evening via Greenpoint Gallery Night, a low-key, casual affair featuring more than a dozen local galleries in the Brooklyn neighborhood.