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4 Crowdfunded Art Projects You Should Support
Crowdfunding has helped artists and curators realize their visions like never before- without having to deal with the politics (and sometimes snobbery) of the gallery world. No one understands this [...]
The Standard Gets Scary
It’s a Kenny kinda day. You can hang with Scharf’s Red Scary Guy, originally shown at Paul Kasmin Gallery, while sipping cocktails outside of the Standard High Line until the [...]
Neighborhoods
Kenny’s Sunshine
A ray of sunshine amidst the sadness that can be at a hospital for kids, is Kenny Scharf’s smiling flowers and butterflies. Painted across a sprawling rotunda in 2011, Scharf’s [...]
Dancin’ With Dali
Sometimes I try to imagine what it would be like minding my own business on the dance floor (while werkin’ it of course), and running into the likes of Salvador [...]
Jackson Pollock’s “Penthouse”
In 2011, the apartment of art history’s favorite alcoholic, Jackson Pollock, came up for sale on Carmine Street. Billed a “penthouse,” the smallish 800 square foot apartment is more like [...]
Salmagundi Club
Originally on the edge of Greenwich Village, the Salmagundi Art Club was founded way back in 1871, and has been consistently hosting artists and exhibitions since. The club, originally called [...]
Joie de Vivre
Mark Di Suvero’s Joie de Vivre was pretty much totally off my radar for a long time. I’ve passed it a zillion times, and just couldn’t get into it. His [...]
Gracie Mansion Gallery site
The artistic spirit of the East Village of the 1980s was one I dream about, and live through movies like “Downtown 81”, “Slaves of New York” and modern period movies [...]
Nara n Niagara
The closest that I’ll probably get to a real Yoshitomo Nara piece is at a bar in the East Village- only a thin layer of plastic separates my grubby hands [...]
Huys House
The new Huys building on Park Avenue South adds even more luxury condos to the area. But the Dutch-designed building is giving something back to the culture of the area, [...]
5 in 1
Of all of Tony Rosenthal’s sculptures around New York, the saddest is “5 in 1,” which has definitely seen better days. Hidden behind 1 Police Plaza near City Hall, the [...]
The Fuse is Lit
It is no secret that Lit Lounge is one of my least favorite places in New York. I used to be forced to go there all the time by my [...]
7,100 lb Street Art
Street art schmeet art. Don’t get me wrong, I like it, but I’m used to it being everywhere, from tags to wheat paste, its so common nowadays that it almost [...]
Snug as a Bug
I really never thought I’d go to Staten Island. I’m not even sure why- I’ve been to Governor’s Island plenty of times. But after visiting Snug Harbor Cultural Center, I’m [...]
Day’s End by Gordon Matta-Clark
What is today the parking lot for the Department of Sanitation, was once the site of Pier 52. The abandoned piers along the Hudson River were remnants of various industrial eras [...]
A Calder Not For Your Eyes
I’m your private Calder, a Calder for money, do what you want me to do… Sing it Tina, or rather Janey Waney. The oversized mobile sculpture by Alexander Calder in [...]
