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Keepsakers Group Exhibition
Tension between figure or object and the surrounding dense block of bold color and texture brings the three very different artists work together in this vibrant group exhibition- with works […]
Neighborhoods
East Village
Lit Nerd Wednesday! “A sad park of Autumn, late Saturday afternoon — leaves by now so dry they make a general rattle and a little girl in a green knit […]
Isamu Noguchi- Red Cube
Isamu Noguchi’s prolific career spanned from the 1920s until his death in 1988. Raised in Japan by his American mother (he is the illegitimate son of Japanese poet Yone Noguchi), […]
McSorley’s
LitNerd Wednesday! Lets get the bad out of the way — McSorley’s has this funky stale onion and beer smell and there’s no bigger display of douchebaggery than on weekend […]
Kettle of Fish
What is now Esperanto Café was once the original home of Kettle of Fish bar. In the 1960s the Beat writers and Warhol crowd hung here. Edie Sedgwick met Bob […]
Marc Chagall’s Apartment
Marc Chagall has left his mark on New York City – Lincoln Center’s gorgeous Chagall murals are as famous as the Metropolitan Opera itself, and the United Nations building boasts […]
Frank Stella’s Sack
The giant Salto nel Mio Sacco by Stella literally translates to “Jump into my Sack”. It hangs in the giant lobby of CitiCorp Center, which is enclosed in glass windows and […]
Otterness Mama Bear
I’m a fair person, so I’ve accepted the fact that some of you like Tom Otterness. So, I guess I’ll let you know that one of his newer, cuter bronzes […]
Club 57
Long before St. Marks turned into a smattering of random Asian places (it was all over the day Coney Island High closed and SUPERCUTS opened up- I’m still upset), it […]
KENNY SCHARF’S COSMIC CAVERN
We’re so sad this place is packed up and gone. If you were lucky enough to be invited to a party at the iconic artist’s East Williamsburg basement, make sure […]
Subway Map Floating on a NY Sidewalk
The late Tony Goldman’s headquarters in Soho is chock full of art, from Henry Chalfant and Swoons in the lobby, to every inch of each tenants’ spaces on every floor. […]
The Mercer Street Store
Before he opened the epic Fashion Moda, which connected the culture of the South Bronx to the art world, Stefan Eins ran the downtown alternative art space The Mercer Street […]
Studio of Jasper Johns
Built in 1912, the neo-classical gem on the corner of Essex and Houston was originally the Provident Loan Society, long before becoming the long time studio space of famed painter […]
Booze Books + Art
You probably know The Library bar as the place to get cheap drinks strong enough to take paint off cars, tall boy Tecates, or the only place playing NOFX and […]
An Artist-dedicated Playground With No Art
Augustus Saint Gaudens is known as the premier sculptor of the Gilded Age. Probably his most popular piece is the sparkly gilded statue of William Tecumseh Sherman that glitters in […]
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