Rats are no longer happy suckling at the rim of a cast-off PBR can. Like all discerning New Yorkers, today’s vermin demand a boutique experience. Hence the “squeakeasies”…
Art This Week: Printmaking in Protest, Robots Will Kill, Mexico + Staten Island
Center for Book Arts Summer Exhibitions Opening Wednesday, July 12 at Center for Book Arts, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through September 23.…
Sneak Peek: Hanksy Brings Art Show to Abandoned Lowline Space For One Weekend Only
Opening tonight: a three-nights-only popup art installation in an abandoned, soon-to-be-demolished Lower East Side market hall, organized by the cult New York street artist Hanksy.…
Art Show Delights in Rapper’s Legacy, for 20 Years Biggie’s Reach Only Got Bigger
Deathdays aren’t usually cause for celebration, but in the case of Christopher Wallace– better known as Biggie Smalls– it only makes sense to organize an…
Women’s Day Art, Global Peace in Williamsburg, and More Art Goings-On
BYO Art for International Women’s Day Opening Wednesday March 8 at The Living Gallery, 9 pm. One night only. If you’re a woman creator, walk…
Henry Chalfant’s Golden Age ‘Graf Writers’ Speak
Long before Gordon Gekko’s bimbo cousin was inaugurated in January (no doubt aided by doing the best impression of Ronald Reagan he could muster), trend pieces…
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…
‘Style Wars’ Producer Henry Chalfant Offers Panoramic Views of Graffiti’s ‘Golden Age’
Since Thursday, the white walls at Eric Firestone Gallery have been wholly devoted to just a small portion of Henry Chalfant’s archive of “subway photographs.”…
The People Have Spoken: ‘Small Hands’ and Trump Visits Union Square, Sans Balls
Oh Trump! The presidential hopeful continues to be a never-ending repository of hilarity, amazement, disgust, and abject terror. His bravado, swagger, and blatant disregard for…
Fire Hydrants Flowin’, Vegan Feasts, Beating that Heat: Last Weekend on Insta
Soaring temperatures, brunch plans, hangovers of various kinds, cute outfits, and sundry pictures of food and iced beverages: if you had an awesome weekend but…