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Bushwick Occult Studios: Proof that Art is Alchemy

Bushwick Occult Studios: Proof that Art is Alchemy

There are a lot of theories about the ways that art and alchemy cross paths

6 New Art Shows To See Before Bushwick Open Studios Hits Next Weekend

6 New Art Shows To See Before Bushwick Open Studios Hits Next Weekend

As time would have it, Bushwick Open Studios 2015 is NEXT weekend and there will be more than enough to see as our neighborhood transforms into the ultimate art mecca of NYC

Totally Surreal: A 9-Story Hotel Coming to Stewart and Flushing Aves

Totally Surreal: A 9-Story Hotel Coming to Stewart and Flushing Aves

You may not immediately recall what’s at 25 Stewart Ave (corner Flushing Ave) but if you ever went to see art at The Active Space or Brooklyn Brush Studios, you likely remember stepping on a oily sidewalks as passing by an incredibly raw sight of a functioning scrap metal recycling facility

A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)

A Newbie’s Guide to the Bushwick Art Scene (Select Galleries, Studios, Who is Who, and Where To Submit)

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Temperatures Rising: Top Art Picks Heating Up the Weekend

Temperatures Rising: Top Art Picks Heating Up the Weekend

Last week’s openings got us all hot and bothered, literally. Summer weather came back just as it was expected to end—and it’s due to the Bushwick art scene heating up (so it’s not just global warming, guys).  From Valentine Gallery to Schema Projects and onto Outlet, as the temperature gets ready to fall, the suart heats […]

No, It’s Not Over Yet! Six Art Events to Get you Through the End of August

No, It’s Not Over Yet! Six Art Events to Get you Through the End of August

[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”w6h9DVawY43A1VqlWd6iCzfgzcls5oB5″] it’sover The next two weeks are pretty much my favorite time to be in the city. Everyone’s on vacation, tourists are concentrated into a couple of areas that I never go to anyway, and I can usually get a seat on the subway in the morning! August is also the time when Bushwick […]

Material Selections: In the Studio with Christian Berman

Material Selections: In the Studio with Christian Berman

When you walk into Christian Berman’s second-floor studio inside The Active Space you might feel an intrinsic pull toward one side of the room over the other, it depends on your preference—Mexican symbolism or Native American iconography. Speaking through material selections and natural forms, Christian explores the role of the tribal, the communal, and the […]

Carpe Your Diem with These Art Events This Weekend!

Carpe Your Diem with These Art Events This Weekend!

Seize the moment this weekend- the first official full weekend of summer! While some might already be in lazy vacation mode, counting down the days ’til their ticket out of the city, their are several reasons to hold back and stick around Bushwick! This weekend’s offerings not only include some incredible performance and video, but there are also some stellar exhibitions that are closing and not to be missed! As my sister likes to tell me on days that I’d rather sleep-in than venture out into the world, “carpe the shit out of your diem!”

Fashion in Art: Check Out These Stylish Works from BOS

Fashion in Art: Check Out These Stylish Works from BOS

Design is art

Artist Flashcards: Rebecca Norton’s Dynamic Transformations

Artist Flashcards: Rebecca Norton’s Dynamic Transformations

Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know. Featuring both new and old faces, our goal is to encourage the growth of art scene and to appreciate wonderful talent in our hood! If you know of an artist you would like to suggest for Artist FlashCards, […]

Artist FlashCard: Jen Hitchings Captures The Potential in a Fleeting Moment

Artist FlashCard: Jen Hitchings Captures The Potential in a Fleeting Moment

Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard, introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know

Artist FlashCards: Why Katie Bell is Boss

Artist FlashCards: Why Katie Bell is Boss

Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard, introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know

For Bushwick Eyes Only: 6 Art Events to Remind You How Awesome Bushwick Is

For Bushwick Eyes Only: 6 Art Events to Remind You How Awesome Bushwick Is

Armory Arts Week may have come and gone in New York, but there’s still loads going on in Bushwick! Always keeping pace, we here at Bushwick Daily know that the Armory was sooo last week! With the promise of spring in the air, inspiration is abounding and Bushwick galleries are alive with new shows, discussions and performance

Conversation of Change: Transitions V.2 at Associated Gallery

Conversation of Change: Transitions V.2 at Associated Gallery

A cozy room houses eight artists of multiple mediums but of similar concerns

The Boys Are Back in Town! Best Bushwick Art after Miami Basel This Weekend

The Boys Are Back in Town! Best Bushwick Art after Miami Basel This Weekend

While stories from the comedic to scandalous are whizzing around the art world a week after the Miami Art Basel Spring Break of the art world (and artists and gallerists alike continue to nurse epic hangovers), one would think that this would send the New York art world into a full-on art coma

Apps Activate The Active Space with New Exhibition “Twice Removed”

Apps Activate The Active Space with New Exhibition “Twice Removed”

The first thing that caught my eye as I entered Twice Removed , the multimedia exhibition at the Active Space, was a group of people aiming their smartphones at sculptures and drawings along the gallery walls

Quality v Quality: Art in Bushwick This Week

Quality v Quality: Art in Bushwick This Week

This week the Bushwick art scene settles down slightly, giving us a little bit of a breather after the nonstop openings and art crawls of the fall

Turn and Face the Strange: 6 Art Shows for the Changin’ Season

Turn and Face the Strange: 6 Art Shows for the Changin’ Season

This weekend, the September Equinox is upon us, shifting the seasons and bringing us into a new autumn season

6 Things to Do on Sunday That Are Better than the VMAs (NSFW Gifs)

6 Things to Do on Sunday That Are Better than the VMAs (NSFW Gifs)

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Star-Spangled Art: Four Shows that Inspire, Inquire, and Celebrate

Star-Spangled Art: Four Shows that Inspire, Inquire, and Celebrate

In the midst of summer, just when we feel our thermometers might break from heat and we are busting out our grills, sparklers, and beach-wear, the art world goes a little bit quiet

Exploring the Land of 3D Printed Sculptures through Google Glasses of Ashley Zelinskie

Exploring the Land of 3D Printed Sculptures through Google Glasses of Ashley Zelinskie

Making the impossible into a reality – Ashley’s daily bread

Top 5 Art(ish) Events for Sleepy Bushwick This Week!

Top 5 Art(ish) Events for Sleepy Bushwick This Week!

With Bushwick Open Studios a mere 10 days away, many galleries are preparing for openings set for that wild weekend

15 Things to Look Out for at Bushwick/Ridgewood Gallery Frieze Night

15 Things to Look Out for at Bushwick/Ridgewood Gallery Frieze Night

By Allison Galgiani & Katarina Hybenova

Bushwick Top 5 Art Events This Week: BYO Art, Dancers in Photographs & More!

Bushwick Top 5 Art Events This Week: BYO Art, Dancers in Photographs & More!

While I am always waiting with bated breath for the weekend to awaken me from my weekly doldrums, I am especially antsy due to the upcoming deluge of amazing art openings happening in Bushwick this week and next! As with the first buds of spring popping up along Knickerbocker, many galleries lie in wait for the spring exhibition season to hit and they have brought the goods with them this time

20 Painters to Take Down Active Space in a Bob Ross Competition This Sunday

20 Painters to Take Down Active Space in a Bob Ross Competition This Sunday

Interested in spicing up your Sunday night with something totally different that also benefits charity? Look no further than The Painting Takedown presented by Matt Timms

Top Picks from Bushwick Gallery Armory Late Night

Top Picks from Bushwick Gallery Armory Late Night

By Allison Galgiani and Katarina Hybenova

5 Bushwick Art Openings That Are Worth the Train Ride

5 Bushwick Art Openings That Are Worth the Train Ride

“What is it about Bushwick?” I keep hearing this question from out-of-towners

The Quantum Effect at The Active Space Brings a Touch of Mystery

The Quantum Effect at The Active Space Brings a Touch of Mystery

The gallery of The Active Space is large and unusual

10 Awesome Events for This Week!

10 Awesome Events for This Week!

Bushwick, embrace yourself for jingles, Christmas trees, carols and awesomely tacky lights that every proper Bushwick house hold should have installed by now! Holidays are around the corner and that means an influx of holiday parties, craft markets and whiskey blended egg nog

Lovingly selected art openings for tonight!

Lovingly selected art openings for tonight!

Put that bow tie on and get ready to sip some cheap beer while intellectually discussing art! Friday in Bushwick means A LOT of art openings,  and here are four of them you should definitely pencil into your social diary!

Playfully Explore Telepathy Between Twins Tonight

Playfully Explore Telepathy Between Twins Tonight

Do you believe that twins are telepathically connected? You have a chance to find out at The Active Space art show Game On, which opens tonight 7-10pm

Art Openings This Week (Brand New Galleries + After Party Tips)

Art Openings This Week (Brand New Galleries + After Party Tips)

By Katarina Hybenova

Top 15 Studios to See During #BOS2012 off Jefferson

Top 15 Studios to See During #BOS2012 off Jefferson

By Katarina Hybenova

5 Only-In-Bushwick Events this Weekend

5 Only-In-Bushwick Events this Weekend

What makes us REALLY obsessed with Bushwick, are the only-in-Bushwick type of events

Exclusive Photos of Brand New Gallery at The Active Space

Exclusive Photos of Brand New Gallery at The Active Space

By Katarina Hybenova

The Nite that Beats! [Photos]

The Nite that Beats! [Photos]

By Katarina Hybenova