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Bushwick Film Festival Returns With 100+ Independent Films
Films by local and international directors will play at Williamsburg Cinemas, accompanied by live events and an awards ceremony.
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Wait, Does This Gowanus Mural Actually Say “GO ANUS”?
The mural became the butt of the joke when people began noticing that it would spell “GO ANUS” if a gate on the “W” were lifted.
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The affordable graduate program emphasizes a multidisciplinary course of study, marrying art and tech with mentoring by professors in art, film, music, and theater.
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Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement Concerns
Many Gowanus artists said they cherish the ability to work off the beaten path in an area conducive to creative labor — and they hope it remains as such.
Art
Six Artists I Discovered at Gowanus Open Studios
Amid an endless visual feast of colorful wall art, some of this year’s artists showed up with personal ruminations of intimacy and dark reflections on societal norms.
Art
Affordable for Now, Sunset Park Rises as a Buzzing NYC Arts Hub
Participants of Sunset Park’s open studios this weekend told Hyperallergic why they’ve shifted gears and joined the up-and-coming community.
Art
NYC Exhibition Celebrates Black and Brown Lives Taken by Police
At 1-800 Happy Birthday, payphones ring periodically with loving voicemails from families and strangers, and all the dates in the show are birthdays — “there are no deathdates.”
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Gowanus Open Studios Returns for Its 26th Year
Nearly 100 venues are participating in Brooklyn’s largest celebration of local arts and artists on October 15 and 16. Hosted by Arts Gowanus.
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"You Can't Eat Prestige": Brooklyn Museum Workers Demand Better Wages
Union members called for salary increases and pledged to hold the museum accountable to “its lip-service to social justice.”
Art
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.
Art
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.
Art
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.