2013 was a momentous year for art in Bushwick. While the New York art world in itself saw tremendous growth and lavishness, Bushwick, too, was home to a many new galleries, levity, and even revelry. As the buzz and dare I say hype continues to grow for the art scene in Bushwick, here’s a look at the stories that we here at Bushwick Daily see as the markers of some great things that have come and will foresee to come in our neighborhood’s artistic future. In no particular order, here are the top ten art goings of Bushwick 2013. I can’t wait to see what 2014 will bring! Cheers!
#1 The Graces of Grace Exhibition Space
While Grace Exhibition Space remains an important fixture in Bushwick, they proved themselves time and again this year as an international performance art residency and venue. From their epic summer series of world renowned performances with the likes of La Pocha Nostra, to the more recent and energetic Non Grata performances, the unassuming Bushwick nonprofit along the Broadway stretch of the JMZ track on Broadway continually brought incredible and world-class performance art to Bushwick. While Marina and Lady G have their centers and crystals, we here in Bushwick love our performance art raw, unexpected, and never ordinary!
#2 Banksy Stalking!
2013 shall be remembered as the year of Bansky! As the famed British street artist made fools of the (art) world as we all shamelessly followed his every move (yes, even you Hyperallergic!) While thousands flocked to far corners of New York City, we in Bushwick got hit and hit again, culminating in what I think was a most poignant cartoon by our very own Jeremy Nguyen.
