Attending an art opening usually means agreeing to a trade-off: in exchange for free booze and the company of other humans, you won’t be seeing much,…
Betty Tompkins’s ‘Green Dicks’ Is No Limp Attempt at Smushing the Patriarchy
A new art show at the Fortnight Institute is flipping the script on a persistent imbalance in the art world. While men still dominate the major museums, massive…
Greenpoint Gets a New Gallery For ‘Old Timers’ and New Blood Alike
For the most part, Greenpoint artists fly under the radar, and they seem to prefer it that way. Walking along Franklin Avenue last night, a…
A ‘Crazy, Vampire-Eating Insane Festival’ Is Coming to Bushwick
Not too long ago, Michael Alan, the multimedia artist of Nude Thrift Shop notoriety, hosted an event at Bowery venue Teatro IATI and “really fucked up,”…
Art Show ‘Fatter IRL’ Embraces Big Work By Fat Creators
The former Pfizer plant at 630 Flushing Avenue on the Bushwick/Bed-Stuy/Williamsburg border is odd and massive, a veritable maze sporting a slew of office culture…
Presidential Porn Portraits Are Just the Start of ‘Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump’
Last week’s video of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault threw a giant dildo into a campaign that seemed impervious to shame, just as the candidate had…
Get to Know ‘AfroHouse’ at Rhythm of Afrika, a Diaspora Dance Party Here to Stay
It’s rare when a music trend hits at all levels of the listener spectrum, but right now African music is resonating with everyone from pop…
This Occultish ‘Rave for Adults’ is Using ‘Radical Intimacy’ to Find Realness in Art
If you’ve been to Wild Torus events before, it’s likely you know all about their marathon performance-art benders and messy parties. Guests are necessarily a…
Juicy Exhibit Shows Pulp’s ‘Unique Power’ to Explore Black Identity
I’m ashamed to say, The International Print Center New York, or IPCNY always gets tangled up in my brain with ICP– as in, yes, the Insane…
Your Near Future in Music: A Vulture Rises + Duchess Says Get Spooky
Duchess Says Friday October 14, 8 pm at Shea Stadium: $8 Saturday October 15, 8 pm at Elvis Guesthouse: $10 – $12 Duchess Says is the ’80s…