A new art show opening this week is just the sort of hopeful omen we need really, really need right now, just one week before…
The Theater That Was a ‘Weapon in the Class Struggle’
This week, we continue with our series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. In June 1931, with America’s working class still deep in the…
RAE BK Had an Old-School Art Party With DJ Kool Herc and It Went Like This
The last time I saw a bunch of RAE BK‘s work all in one place was in 2015, just after the street artist and Brooklyn-native…
3 Ways to Lend a Small but Helping Hand to those Impacted by Oakland Fire
Whenever someone compares Brooklyn to Oakland, an angel loses its wings, and is sent plunging straight down to hell where the sexless being is reborn…
Secret Project Robot Will Return, Rewind Time to When ‘All Parties Used to Be Art Parties’
No matter how much you love your favorite DIY venue, there’s no sense in getting too attached– as anyone who’s been in the game for…
Join a Community Arts Dialogue, See Queer Latinx Art, and More Before the Clock Strikes 2017
Art Start Up! Tuesday, December 27, 7 pm to 10 pm at Theater for the New City, RSVP by Email info@theaterforthenewcity.net to RSVP This Tuesday,…
Was this Performance Art Show Calling Out Hate Groups Too Real?
The results of the election have churned up a tsunami of cultural backlash aimed at the incoming Trump administration’s rhetoric of hatred and intolerance (or,…
BRUJAS Gather Around a Caldron of ‘Tricky, Politically-Incorrect Ideas’
On a chilly but pleasant afternoon, a group of people sat at tables in Soho art space Recess, poring over strips of film. One person…
‘Here’s to Cyborgs!’ 10 Things We Learned at Rhizome + New Museum’s Tech Summit
Last Saturday, several groups of artists, scholars, entrepreneurs, writers, and more gathered in the basement of the New Museum for the second annual Open Score…
Wake Up and Smell the Poppins at Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious
Tackling the topic of feminism is a monumental task for any art exhibition, let alone one that fits inside a downtown art space called White…