“At that time in New York things were really wild,” Emily Armstrong recalled of the ’70s punk scene. She and her partner, Pat Ivers, are…
Olek Says She Has a ‘Crazy and Twisted’ Mind, And She Isn’t Stringing You Along
Olek is the prolific crochet artist known best for disrupting public spaces by swathing dull stone, concrete, and brick with enormous, sometimes intricate yarn hoods. While she’s…
Bruce High Quality Foundation Leaving East Village, Shows Off Brooklyn Base
Last night the mask-wielding artists of the Bruce High Quality Foundation opened up the doors of their epic new studio space in Sunset Park. The excuses were a party and…
A New Gallery With Epic Views of Shit Creek Will Host the Next Wild Torus Event
I’m not gonna lie, when I heard Wild Torus— the aggressively psychedelic Bushwick performance art duo– would be hosting their “most ambitious event yet” this…
Up Now: Artwork the Late Mayor of Williamsburg Kept Close By
There’s plenty to see and do at the third annual Motorcycle Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday. Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds are playing…
How the ‘Fuck Paintings’ of Betty Tompkins Landed in Art Jail
Betty Tompkins spent decades working as, in her own words, “your typical rejected artist.” On and off again since 1969, she’s painted up-close-and-personal images of…
Royal Young Taps into Death, the Damned, and ‘Lost Generation’ for Lush Doom
Royal Young is currently living in his grandparents’ attic in Long Island. While that may not sound like the most inspiring place for a 30-year-old writer and…
Founder of Bushwick Art Crit Group to Open Gallery Dedicated to ‘Subversive’ Art
“This gallery is my baby,” explained Christopher Stout, founder of the Bushwick Art Crit Group. This fall, Stout will host his inaugural exhibition as a…
Abdul Abdullah Spent Two Hours With Airport Security to Bring You This Show
Looking at Abdul Abdullah‘s work alone might not give you every hint necessary to guess immediately where the 29-year-old artist is from. And seeing him in the…
Penelope Gazin Draws Monstrous Broads and Alien Goddesses as If She Were ‘Living in a Cave’
We’re guessing the world would look a whole lot different if bad ass women like Penelope Gazin had been well-represented in animation and comics from the…