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When an Artist-Couple Conceives a Joint Exhibition
Longtime Brooklyn artists Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher, who decamped upstate in 2016 to co-direct LABspace, are reunited with New York City in their first joint exhibition.
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A Rural Artist-Run Gallery in Upstate New York Works to Start a Scene
Julie Torres was a Brooklyn artist, but then one day she and her partner, artist Ellen Letcher, decided to leave it all and head upstate.
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In a Bushwick Park, the Artworks Are Growing on Trees
On Saturday evening about 300 people descended on the tiny People's Garden under the elevated J and Z tracks in Bushwick for the opening of Paintings in Trees, a group show of paintings, drawings, and sculptures installed in every available space in the park, including the trees.
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Art Is Free …Sometimes
There are many an artist who dedicate themselves to subverting the commodification of their own work and the current exhibition at Nurture Art, Is This Free?, addresses the topic with a three-part summer exhibition.
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In the Middle of an Art Marathon
It was only a couple of minutes before midnight, when one of the last of the 13 artists arrived at Camel Art Space in East Williamsburg for the show 48 HRS. It was Rebecca Goyette, encumbered with a large bag, sawing machine and a folding table. “I can’t believe I’m doing this,” she said, laughing a
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A Hot and Colorful Day on the Northside
This year's Northside Open Studios (formerly Greenpoint Open Studios) benefited from the publicity associated with the major north Brooklyn art, film and music festival, but what it didn't have was the art world buzz that the Bushwick Open Studios enjoys after years of promotion. I personally think
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What to Do During Northside Open Studios
This Friday kicks off a pretty epic weekend in Williamsburg. Along with the Northside Festival, Northside Open Studios will showcase our neighborhood's art community, from artist's studios to gallery shows and guerrilla events. Here are our picks for what not to miss.
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45 Artists are So Happy Together
Artist Julie Torres hosted two months of collaborative drawing nights at Hyperallergic HQ in February and March of this year. The project generated 100 drawings that are currently on display at Norte Maar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The resulting show, titled So Happy Together: Forty-five Artists and The
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Your Guide to This Weekend's Bushwick Open Studios
The L Train may not be running, but that doesn't mean we won't be partying it up at Bushwick Open Studios this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here are Hyperallergic staff (and intern) picks for the best things to do for the open studio weekend, from artist studio visits to impromptu exhibitions
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Open 24 Hours: Julie Torres Transforms Hyperallergic HQ into a One-Day Exhibition
Over the 24 hours of May 1, 2011, artist Julie Torres transformed our Williamsburg office into a project called “Open 24 Hours,” with a plan to paint 100 distinct paintings in that limited period of time. Julie's first 12 hours was all painting, finishing one 9 by 12 inch work on paper, putting it u
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Breaking: Great News For "Watercolor Graffiti" Artist
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Being Telepresent
For #TheSocialGraph, I proposed a look at the next step in social media — telepresence, which, in its simplest form is a large-scale video chat meant to mimic the presence of someone in the room, and at its most complex can take the form of a roving, camera-enabled robot. Since almost as early as th