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
With his photo book In Time of Plague, Brian Rose documents a previous devastation made more visible by a more present one.
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Williamsburg Warehouse Fire Leaves Artists in the Cold
The fire that consumed a file storage warehouse on the Williamsburg waterfront a week and a half ago has left artists in the building next door reeling.
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Williamsburg Waterfront Fire Could Reignite Park Plans, Including Museum
The warehouse still smoldering on the Williamsburg waterfront may draw new attention to this East River–aligned stretch of Brooklyn, where city officials have long planned for an extensive park and small museum.
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Meet Moiety, North Williamsburg’s Newest Gallery
Has Williamsburg’s supercharged gentrification cycle come full circle and spurred a new influx of galleries? How else to explain the opening of two new art galleries in the neighborhood in the last two months?