Lucas Walters, a co-owner of Tutu’s bar, experienced quite the unpleasant surprise when he came to work a couple of days ago. At night, somebody had hung a huge billboard just above the mural he has been co-curating with Beth Tully, famed producer of Fountain Art Fair. The mural on the Varet Street side of the Tutu’s building was created by Austrian street artist Nychos and features a whale so amazing and complex you could stare at it for hours. No wonder the mural quickly became one of the most photographed walls in Bushwick, occupying “the front pages of the Internet”- Reddit for days. “We wanted to create a Bushwick version of Bowery/Houston graffiti mural, and to bring world-class artists here ” explained Beth Tully, who was outraged about the uninvited guest to this party: a black and white rectangular photograph with a distinct Uncategorized.com sign underneath it.
