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Icons of Bronx History Are Honored in Rico Gatson's New York Subway Murals
Figures like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou's take center stage in the artist's new MTA mosaics for the 167th Street station.
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New Media Artists Mourn Tekserve, a Tech Oasis in New York
Many New Yorkers were sad to hear of Tekserve’s imminent closing, especially artists who work in new media, video, or otherwise incorporate the use of Apple products into their practices.
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The Story of 13 Artists Who Sat Down at a Communal Table
One of the group shows I was most anticipating during the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios was Communal Table, a group show curated by artist Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, and last night I attended the early opening to discover that it was most certainly worth the wait.
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Video Program for Lost Lectures Features Rico Gatson, Chelsea Knight, Serkan Özkaya, Zefrey Throwell, and Saya Woolfalk
This Friday's inaugural Lost Lectures event in New York will feature not only an impressive lineup of performers and speakers, but a video program that will play throughout the evening on a large screen.
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The Many Faces of Abstraction
Recently I was talking to a sculptor friend and made a flippant remark that it seemed to me as if “abstract painting is back.” A seasoned 65 to my slight 27, he smiled as he asked: “Again?”
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Bushwick's Northern Neighbor Is Getting Art-ified
Even if your bohemian dolce vita in Bushwick is all you ever wanted, sometimes it’s necessary to (temporarily) leave this blooming neighborhood, and visit Ridgewood, another neighborhood emerging as part of the city's art geography.
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Miami's Seven Art Fair Goes Indie
The buzz [http://www.artfagcity.com/2010/11/23/a-map-and-itinerary-for-the-miami-fairs/] before Miami was that Seven Art Fair [http://www.seven-miami.com/] was going to be one to watch and that is certainly the case. This indie fair of seven galleries with solid programs — and some art stars among t
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Tunneling Through Famous Accountants
Curator and artist Will Pappenheimer’s Tunneling at the underground Bushwick space Famous Accountants is a densely layered exhibition heavy on technology and illusion. While the group exhibition aligns perfectly with the gallery’s affection for mind-altering art, Pappenheimer’s curation fits perfect
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The Brucennial in Photos
It was a cold, snowy and slushy night in SoHo when the Brucennial opened. People were long anticipating the Bruce High Quality Foundation’s latest project which appropriated the Whitney Museum’s branding, packed a storefront retail space on West Broadway with a truckload of art, and placed almost ev
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The Brucennial: Piece By Piece (Part 2 of 5)
A continuation of the seemingly impossible task of reviewing the ENTIRE Brucennial art exhibition: 51. Sam Hayes - Reminding me of the Sharon Olds poem, The Pope's Penis; 52. Unknown - Hula Hoop art. I have no objectivity. ROCKS! …