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The Quietly Gripping Art of Peter Hujar

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Four captivating examples of the artist’s photographs, taken between 1973 and 1984, will be auctioned in August as part of Swann’s fourth annual LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture, and History sale.

Posted inNews

Massive NYC Gallery Opening Draws Crowds and Cops in “Fuck-You” to Landlords

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia July 19, 2022July 25, 2022

The artist-run East Village gallery O’Flaherty’s exhibited all 700+ artists who submitted work for its final show.

Posted inNews

In NYC, a Latinx Arts Center Dissolves Its Membership Program for a New Start

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 30, 2020November 5, 2020

For nearly two decades, the Clemente Center has been divided about control over the building’s 42 subsidized artist studios, four theaters, and two galleries.

Posted inIn Brief

Developer Planning Luxury Towers Atop Senior Housing in Chinatown Halted Again

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 18, 2019

Developers looking to build their 100-story waterfront skyscraper are up against a grassroots community effort to stop their project that just scored a major win.

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The Tenement Museum Maps a Century of Deadly Diseases and Their Human Stories

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 14, 2018

In a new tour, the Tenement Museum explores New York’s contagious history, from tuberculosis to the AIDS crisis, through three families.

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Another Wave of Gentrification Hits the Lower East Side

Avatar photo by Zachary Small October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

Hundreds of LES residents voiced their opposition to the proposed luxury high-rises in the area mainly populated by low-income people of color.

Posted inArt

9 New Galleries That Opened in New York City in 2017

by Elena Goukassian January 11, 2018March 4, 2018

Don’t focus on the closings. Three cheers for new galleries!

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Photographing the Lower East Side’s Fading Jewish Culture

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 3, 2017July 29, 2022

For Remnants, Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum photographed the synagogues, knisheries, delicatessens, and other survivors of Jewish heritage on New York’s Lower East Side.

BKFOXX mural in progress at Market Surplus
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Artists Fill a Lower East Side Building with Murals Before It’s Demolished

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 23, 2017

Before it’s razed, 140 Essex Street is hosting a one-weekend exhibition featuring 10 murals by 10 artists.

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Looking and Being Looked At in the New International Center of Photography

by Elyssa Goodman June 28, 2016June 27, 2016

I expected to stare at many things at the International Center of Photography’s new 250 Bowery location, but my own image was not one of them.

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Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 27, 2016April 27, 2016

Edra Soto attempts architectural transplants the way a doctor might replace skin, seeing if an unfamiliar addition will take.

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The Koch Brothers Loom Large in Lower East Side Mural

by Claire Voon March 8, 2016March 9, 2016

If you’re strolling through the Lower East Side, you may just run into the Koch Brothers — or specifically, a new mural that plasters their mugs on a wall on the corner of Rivington and Suffolk streets.

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