Art
Over 400 Artists Show Their Works and Spaces at Greenpoint Open Studios
On June 3 and 4, visit and talk with artists working in every corner of the North Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Eleven Art Spaces Stay Open Late for Greenpoint Gallery Night
On April 28, there are 11 participating art spaces extending their hours late, with several launching exhibitions for the occasion.
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Celebrate 150 Years of Brooklyn's Prospect Park with 19th-Century Stereograms
Contrast the 19th century to the present day through stereoscopic photographs of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, which opened in 1867 and is celebrating its 150th birthday.
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The Photographer Who Shot Truman Capote’s Brooklyn
Before Truman Capote's society girl Holly Golightly appeared in the November 1958 issue of Esquire, the author was in a heated argument with his editor over visuals.
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At Greenpoint Open Studios, Facing Many Closed Doors
Bankers talk about art and artists talk about money, according to Oscar Wilde.
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Darkly Funny Paintings Mash Up Comix and Cubism
Lucia Love is a talented, Brooklyn-based artist, but if you Google her name you'll probably find a different Lucia Love — a British hardcore porn star.
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The Historic Painted Panels That Exposed the Hell of Hiroshima
After the atomic bomb that led to the deaths of over 100,000 people exploded in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, artists Iri and Toshi Maruki entered the destroyed city
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Photos of Brooklyn's Waterfront Show a Century of Change
The Brooklyn waterfront is radically changing.
Announcement
Greenpoint Gallery Night Is Happening This Friday
Greenpoint Gallery Night returns to North Brooklyn this Friday. The neighborhood galleries will be open late on September 18, from 7 to 10pm.
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Dissecting and Detecting Stories in Found Objects and Remnants
Contemporary art's storytelling power has been the subject of numerous shows of late, from Gowanus to the Guggenheim, and Story of a Story at Brooklyn nonprofit Smack Mellon offers still more evidence of the novel forms narratives can take.
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Publicly Shaming the US’s Top Surveillance Officials with Street Art
New York-based artist Paolo Cirio is chastening key NSA, CIA, and FBI officials involved in the agencies' surveillance programs by finding and disseminating across the world snapshots of them in informal or intimate contexts.
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Queering Contemporary Portraiture with 19th-Century Photo Techniques
Robyn Renee Hasty is an artist who is drawn to the challenges presented by obsolete technologies.