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The Psychedelic Pollution Floating in the Gowanus Canal

by Allison Meier February 28, 2017February 28, 2017

Steven Hirsch’s photographs capture unexpected beauty in one of America’s most polluted waterways.

Posted inArt

The Improbable Nature of the Gowanus Canal, Photographed at Night

by Allison Meier February 7, 2017February 22, 2017

Since 2012, photographer Miska Draskoczy has explored the urban ecology of the toxic yet gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood.

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Figures in the Industrial Landscape at Gowanus Open Studios 2016

by Benjamin Sutton October 17, 2016October 21, 2016

There was a palpable prevalence of work dealing, unconventionally, with human figures and more or less natural landscapes at this weekend’s open studios event in Gowanus.

Posted inArt

The History of Gowanus Cemented in Sculpture

by Benjamin Sutton October 14, 2016

A collaboration between artist Christina Kelly and author Amy Sohn pairs cast concrete objects with true stories about long-ago Gowanus residents.

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Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016

by Benjamin Sutton October 13, 2016October 14, 2016

In which we try to help you make sense of the more than 320 artists’ studios and spaces in Gowanus that will be open to the public this weekend.

Posted inNews

Gowanus Artists Are Evicted from Building, and Trash Pickup Suddenly Halts [UPDATED]

by Benjamin Sutton September 22, 2016September 27, 2016

Garbage has been piling up for weeks in the halls of 112 2nd Avenue.

Posted inArt

“When You Tell Someone You’re an Artist that Is Native, They Tell You Who You Should Be”

by Christopher Green June 9, 2016June 9, 2016

Wife and husband duo Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan investigate the question of how to unmoor markers of identity from essentialized contexts while maintaining cultural heritage as a central part of one’s art practice.

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Glimpsing Gowanus in a Loft-Sized Camera Obscura

by Allison Meier February 22, 2016February 23, 2016

In the 19th century, a seaside resort vacation wasn’t complete until you visited the local camera obscura and marveled at the surrounding beach and ocean projected through a pinhole.

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“We Are Experiencing Hyper-Gentrification”: Gowanus Art Community Sizes Up Its Future

by Robin Grearson October 27, 2015October 28, 2015

As Arts Gowanus organized a rally for artists displaced from 94 9th Street and adjacent, connected buildings earlier this month, some 350 artists and local businesses were preparing for Gowanus Open Studios (GOS)

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From Giant Steel Angels to Titillating Collages, Favorites from Gowanus Open Studios 2015

by Benjamin Sutton October 20, 2015

As the neighborhood reeled from the news that hundreds of artists are being forced to leave one of its biggest studio complexes, Gowanus became a hotbed of activity this past weekend during Gowanus Open Studios.

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Gowanus Rallies to Support Artists Losing Affordable Workspaces

by Robin Grearson October 18, 2015October 21, 2015

Arts Gowanus gathered its community on the morning of Saturday, October 18, for a rally to support artists who are being pushed out of a block-long group of buildings on 9th Street in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood.

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Gowanus Open Studios Returns This Weekend, October 16–18

by Sponsor October 14, 2015October 4, 2018

The 19th annual edition of Gowanus Open Studios takes place this weekend, October 16 to 18, 2015.

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