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Olek Says She Has a ‘Crazy and Twisted’ Mind, And She Isn’t Stringing You Along

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Nicole Disser

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…

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Photos + Video: At Moth Ball, Louis C.K. Talks About Finding Himself in Moscow

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Lindsey Smith

Last night, Supermans, Batmans, and many Gothamites in sequined capes filled Capitale for The Moth’s superhero-themed gala. In its fourteenth year, The Moth Ball celebrated storytellers…

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The Brooklyn Artists Ball Had It All: Crocheted Skulls, Foam Butts, and Padma

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Allyson Shiffman

“Doesn’t every day celebrate Brooklyn artists?” joked Manhattan-based artist John Gordon Gould at yesterday evening’s Brooklyn Artist Ball. Be that as it may, the decadent…

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Olek Swaddled a Car in Yarn, and That Was Really Just the Beginning of Open Canvas

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Emily Colucci

This past weekend, North 6th Street exploded with energy as more than 20 artists chosen by Absolut’s Open Canvas Initiative transformed a Williamsburg block of…

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