Clik here to view.
Brooklyn Lyceum Arts Venue on the Auction Block With an Uncertain Future
Brooklyn Lyceum (photograph by David Boyle/Flickr user) Anyone on the mailing list for the Brooklyn Lyceum, the arts venue on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus at Fourth Avenue and President Street,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Radical Archive Offers a Hands-on Approach to Activist Art
“Rebel Newsprint: The Underground Press” at Interference Archive (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The intensified activism of the 1960s fueled by the Vietnam War and struggles over class...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All Systems Go at Gowanus Open Studios 2014
Installation view of a pop-up show at 610 Smith Street, including a large tapestry by Shura Skaya at far left (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Over the weekend, more than 300 artists opened...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With a Bridge for a Screen, Artists Bring a Rainbow to Brooklyn
Colin Bowring and George Del Barrio’s “Spectrum II” (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Most days the underside of the Smith-9th Street subway bridge over the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Women Fought Nukes with Anarchy and Won
Susan Kleckner, “Untitled (At Emerald Gate…),” Greenham Common Silver Print Series (1984) (courtesy of the Susan Kleckner Archive, Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tightly Bound and Bursting with Texture
Installation view of Amy Giovanna Rinaldi’s ‘New Objects’ at Sushi Bar Gallery (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Amy Giovanna Rinaldi‘s sculptures look like they’re frozen mid-metamorphosis....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making Sense of Paintings That Tell Snippets of Stories
Katherine Bradford, “Studio Bath” (2011–14) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The narrative impulse in painting is nothing new. From centuries of art history to the resurgence of figurative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Gowanus Landlord Kicks Dozens of Artists Out of Their Studios
A view of the buildings on 10th Street, with Maserati Realty’s logo on the water tower in the background (photo by Mahalia Stines for Arts Gowanus) It’s two weeks before Gowanus Open Studios (GOS), an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beat Nite 13: Art Spaces and Galleries Stay Open Late in Gowanus
(poster by Chris Lucius) Norte Maar reimagines the Beat Nite! For its 13th edition, Beat Nite sets its sights on a different part of Brooklyn, highlighting the artistic community of Gowanus. Beat Nite...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gowanus Open Studios Returns This Weekend, October 16–18
The 19th annual edition of Gowanus Open Studios takes place this weekend, October 16 to 18, 2015. For one weekend each year, artists working in the former factories, warehouses, and studio buildings...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gowanus Rallies to Support Artists Losing Affordable Workspaces
Protesters in Gowanus on the morning of Saturday, October 17, 2015 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Arts Gowanus gathered its community on the morning of Saturday, October 18, for a rally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Giant Steel Angels to Titillating Collages, Favorites from Gowanus Open...
A work of art (or “Not Art”?) in the hallway of 62 18th Street during Gowanus Open Studios (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) As the neighborhood reeled from the news that hundreds of artists...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“We Are Experiencing Hyper-Gentrification”: Gowanus Art Community Sizes Up...
A chalk mural on the exterior of 94 9th Street (all photos by Erika Sequeira for Hyperallergic) As Arts Gowanus organized a rally for artists displaced from 94 9th Street and adjacent, connected...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glimpsing Gowanus in a Loft-Sized Camera Obscura
‘Camera Obscura/Gowanus’ at Gowanus Loft (gif by the author, via The Vanderbilt Republic/Vimeo) In the 19th century, a seaside resort vacation wasn’t complete until you visited the local camera obscura...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“When You Tell Someone You’re an Artist that Is Native, They Tell You Who You...
Installation view of ‘free play’ at Trestle Projects (unless noted, all images courtesy of the artists and Trestle Gallery) How can one unmoor markers of identity from essentialized contexts while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gowanus Artists Are Evicted from Building, and Trash Pickup Suddenly Halts...
Trash fills a hallway at 112 2nd Avenue in Gowanus (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Garbage has been piling up for weeks in the halls of 112 2nd Avenue. The industrial building, which sits...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016
(courtesy Arts Gowanus) Get set to trek around your favorite superfund site this weekend, as Gowanus Open Studios (GOS) returns. Over 320 artists and spaces are signed up to participate, spanning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The History of Gowanus Cemented in Sculpture
Christina Kelly and Amy Sohn, “Porthole” (2016), concrete cast of a porthole that was originally from a Navy rescue boat that was transformed temporarily into an art and sustainability boat on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Figures in the Industrial Landscape at Gowanus Open Studios 2016
The Gowanus Canal seen from the 3rd Street Bridge (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) This weekend was a great time to people-watch and see some unusual phenomena playing out on the banks of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Improbable Nature of the Gowanus Canal, Photographed at Night
Miska Draskoczy, photograph from Gowanus Wild (courtesy the artist) Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood is a rapidly gentrifying Superfund site, where the ecological disruption of over 150 years of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Psychedelic Pollution Floating in the Gowanus Canal
“Chronos” (2014), from Gowanus Waters by Steven Hirsch (courtesy the artist and Powerhouse Books) For his Gowanus Waters photographs, published last year in a monograph by Powerhouse Books, New Yorker...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gowanus Open Studios Returns for Its 26th Year
Nearly 100 venues are participating in Brooklyn’s largest celebration of local arts and artists on October 15 and 16. Hosted by Arts Gowanus.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement Concerns
Many Gowanus artists said they cherish the ability to work off the beaten path in an area conducive to creative labor — and they hope it remains as such.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wait, Does This Gowanus Mural Actually Say “GO ANUS”?
The mural became the butt of the joke when people began noticing that it would spell “GO ANUS” if a gate on the “W” were lifted.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heavy Rains Flood Dozens of Artist Studios in Brooklyn
Artists at a studio complex in Gowanus are scrambling to salvage damaged works and art materials.
View Article
