Union members called for salary increases and pledged to hold the museum accountable to “its lip-service to social justice.”
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Bushwick Open Studios Returned, But the Artists Didn’t Know
Several artists told Hyperallergic that they had to learn about the event just a day before it opened.
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Fred Wilson Summons Ghosts of the Past to Confront the Racism of the Present
Wilson’s installation challenges not just outwardly violent historical figures but subtle colonial aesthetics still embedded in the city’s more liberal public monuments.
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Who Gets to Enjoy Green Spaces in NYC?
Artist Mona Chalabi’s site-specific installation at the entrance to the Brooklyn Museum foregrounds the importance of urban vegetation and its inequities.
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Powerhouse Arts Relaunches Fabrication Program in New Purpose-Built Facility
The Brooklyn organization is now accepting new project inquiries for its fee-based fabrication services in printmaking, ceramics, and large-scale public art.
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Brooklyn Public Library Is Inviting You to Borrow From Its Vinyl Collection
Patrons can listen to a collection of 400 titles at the library and borrow them for up to three weeks.
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Dancing to the Borscht Beat
Aaron Bendich draws from his massive collection of Yiddish records to share an hour of otherwise hidden music on his radio show Borscht Beat. Recently, he also launched an independent Yiddish record label.
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$2M Gold Tabernacle Stolen From Brooklyn Church
Also, an angel statue was decapitated and the eucharist thrown over the altar.
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Artists and Activists March Over Brooklyn Bridge for Abortion Rights
Protesters held signs that read “If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion at an ATM” and “Abolish SCOTUS, Not Abortions!”
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Apply for Affordable Studio Space in Brooklyn Through Two Trees’s Cultural Space Subsidy Program
Emerging and mid-career artists with a strong exhibition history or community-focused practice can apply for reduced-rent studios in New York City’s DUMBO neighborhood.
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A New Gallery in Williamsburg Is Betting on Art, Furniture, and Prayer
Run by two recent college graduates, HNH Gallery opened on a 3,000-square-foot space in the buzzing heart of the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Afro-Canadian Artist Sharon Norwood’s Drawing Room Opens at ISCP
Norwood’s first solo exhibition in New York explores decoration, Black craft histories, and the politics of beauty, labor, and race.