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A New Gallery in Williamsburg Is Betting on Art, Furniture, and Prayer

by Hakim Bishara March 28, 2022April 1, 2022

Run by two recent college graduates, HNH Gallery opened on a 3,000-square-foot space in the buzzing heart of the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood.

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Rare 19th-century Navajo Chief’s Blanket Donated to Colonial Williamsburg

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

The piece is attributed to “anonymous Navajo women,” working on handlooms.

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Jen Stark’s Colorful World Comes to Life in Brooklyn

by Art Market Productions September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

Visitors to the William Vale Hotel can experience interactive, mind-bending projections and more at the immersive exhibition Cascade, on view through October 24.

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Williamsburg Gets Its First Hasidic Art Gallery

by Hakim Bishara June 23, 2021December 30, 2021

The lively opening of Shtetl Gallery signals shifting perceptions around Hasidic art in the local community.

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Williamsburg’s Wave of Gentrification Becomes More Visible During the Pandemic

by Seph Rodney June 8, 2020November 5, 2020

With his photo book In Time of Plague, Brian Rose documents a previous devastation made more visible by a more present one.

Shepard Fairey billboard in Los Angeles in 2015 (via obeygiant.com)
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court

by Zoe Mendelson August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

In 2014, the renowned street artist created a mural in Williamsburg that was very similar to a record cover he designed for Interpol. The resulting legal dispute recently spawned its third appeal.

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Bushwick After Dark

by Mara Catalán August 3, 2017September 8, 2017

As I went deeper into photographing my subjects I found a common thread between performers and spectators: they would give themselves over to both sexual and visual ways of participating.

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A Roving Typewriter Records the Subconscious of New York City

by Allison Meier July 5, 2016July 6, 2016

Inside a wooden shack installed at North 12th Street and Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, anyone can sit down at a typewriter and contribute to a collaborative poem unfolding over a 100-foot paper scroll.

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A Hellish L Train Commute Inspires a Graphic Novel History of Williamsburg

by Carey Dunne May 24, 2016

Here’s one way to deal with a hellish subway commute: stare at your fellow passengers, draw their portraits, and turn them into characters in a graphic novel.

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A New Independent Radio Station Broadcasts from a Brooklyn Shipping Container

by Claire Voon March 29, 2016March 30, 2016

A sliver of land lying on the Williamsburg-Greenpoint border, long a neighborhood mystery home to a lone and enigmatic RV, now hosts a tiny independent radio station broadcasting music to listeners around the world.

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From Duchamp to Hipsters, the Art of Selling Air

by Claire Voon July 9, 2015July 12, 2015

Are you tired of your local air? If so, a bag of atmospheric gases from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, could be yours if you have thousands of dollars to burn.

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Dawn Clements and the Distinctness of Vision

by Hrag Vartanian March 28, 2015June 15, 2015

The Italian director Matarazzo Raffaello was the king of melodrama. He was a populist filmmaker who embraced his audience without contempt.

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