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Wait, Does This Gowanus Mural Actually Say “GO ANUS”?

by Rhea Nayyar October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inArt

Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement Concerns

Avatar photo by Billie Anania October 17, 2022October 18, 2022

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.

Posted inSponsored

Gowanus Open Studios Returns for Its 26th Year

by Arts Gowanus October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Nearly 100 venues are participating in Brooklyn’s largest celebration of local arts and artists on October 15 and 16. Hosted by Arts Gowanus.

Posted inBooks

The Psychedelic Pollution Floating in the Gowanus Canal

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 28, 2017February 28, 2017

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

Posted inBooks

The Improbable Nature of the Gowanus Canal, Photographed at Night

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 7, 2017October 15, 2022

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

Posted inArt

Figures in the Industrial Landscape at Gowanus Open Studios 2016

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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.

Posted inArt

Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016

Avatar photo 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.

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

Avatar photo 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.

Posted inArt

Glimpsing Gowanus in a Loft-Sized Camera Obscura

Avatar photo 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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