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Bushwick Gets Lit with a Show of Sculptural Lamps

by Claire Voon April 6, 2016April 5, 2016

Once actually home to a 99-cent store, 99¢ Plus Gallery currently resembles a business in the lighting district on the Bowery — one that would take the cake for the most eccentric wares along that electrified stretch.

Posted inArt

Glenn Ligon Deconstructs Richard Pryor’s Stand-Up

by Jason Bailey April 4, 2016April 9, 2016

When Richard Pryor strode through an audience of fans and celebrities at the Hollywood Palladium on December 9, 1981, the comedian — always renowned for his candor and vulnerability — was exposed in an altogether new way.

Posted inPerformance

An Immersive Theater Trip to a 1970s Tropical Paradise

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 21, 2016March 21, 2016

Only minutes after walking through a hallway painted like the cabin of an airplane and handing my mock boarding pass to a charming man in a Hawaiian shirt, who greeted me with a lei, I was in a secret room getting a tarot reading.

Posted inArt

An Exhibition to Mark the Canonization of Saint Bowie

by Christine Colby March 10, 2016March 31, 2016

There has been a David Bowie-shaped void in the souls of many since January 10.

Posted inNews

Bye-bye Brands, Hello Art? Bushwick Open Studios Is Moving from June to October

by Robin Grearson February 25, 2016February 25, 2016

Arts in Bushwick surprised artists last week with an understated email announcing “a few changes to our programming dates.”

Posted inNews

Activists and Residents Light Up Bushwick with Anti-Gentrification Signs

by Claire Voon December 31, 2015

Since Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season.

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Artist Will Remove Bushwick Crochet Mural that Sparked Community Protest

by Claire Voon September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

A 15-foot-tall crocheted mural that appeared, unauthorized, on the side of a private Bushwick residence and has since stirred debate about gentrification and street art is coming down today.

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New Bushwick Gallery Promises to Exhibit “Subversive and Difficult Art”

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 7, 2015

A new gallery is opening on Meserole Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, next month, and according to its eponymous director, Christopher Stout, it will have a “program of showing subversive and difficult art.”

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Artworks Cobbled Together from Immigrant Experiences

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton July 30, 2015

Art about identity politics, personal history, and cultural heritage is seen all too rarely in Bushwick galleries, where formal and material concerns tend to dominate.

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Favorites for Every Taste from the Bushwick Art Book and Zine Fair

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty July 11, 2015

Whether you’re interested in limited edition screenprints, Xerox zines, or full color photo books, there is something for everyone at Blonde Art Books’s Bushwick Art Book and Zine Fair this weekend.

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In Bushwick, Street Art Comes with a Copious Side of Advertising Billboards

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton July 9, 2015July 12, 2015

The latest additions to the Bushwick Collective, the street art project founded and curated by Joe Ficalora around the intersection of Troutman Street and St Nicholas Avenue in Brooklyn, are a number of big, garish billboards.

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A Crucial First Step to Bringing Artists Together to Stay in New York

by Robin Grearson June 30, 2015July 4, 2015

Life in New York is shaped by relationship to property.

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