Things are speeding up around here and with Bushwick Open Studios getting nearer (oh so near!) they aren’t slowing down
Editor’s note: Brunch and art are two of the things that Bushwick does best, and this weekend, we think you should earn your eggs ‘n mimosas by getting some culture first! Our lovely arts writer, Danielle Kalamaras, give us an example of a perfect weekend outing, Bushwick style! So tomorrow, sleep in, relax, and eat your art out!
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Now that Earth Day is here, and NYC has finally sprung into full Spring mode, let us rejoice by putting on a floral ensemble or cut off jeans to hit up the outdoors for some much needed sunshine
Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know
The Bushwick Art Crit Group (BACG) celebrated its 1 year anniversary in March where we saw brave ranges in sculpture and politics, photography and poetry, painting and erotica, and more. One artist impressed us with a combination of seriousness and playfulness, while another bravely revealed just how much goes on underneath the (canvas) surface. An inquisitive […]
Performance art is moody, finding its power in a volatile vortex of actions and references on the semiotic scale of art
A day trip to Dia:Beacon one early autumn afternoon unearthed from my art historical vault 1960s era Minimalism that conceptually critiqued the commodified art world
Beat Nite 10 boasted an artful evening any art lover would envy
Art today is so much about the process over the product
Be twenty something
A cozy room houses eight artists of multiple mediums but of similar concerns
Christopher Moss painting installation at THEODORE:Art All photos by Danielle Kalamaras for Bushwick Daily unless otherwise stated Art is not polite. Its expanding metamorphosis in painting, sculpture, sound, video, and installation no longer gives distance for quiet contemplation and instead demands justification on its own terms. Trending this January in the Bushwick scene is art […]
Last Friday SIGNAL held an opening reception for their group show, This Is the Prism the Spider Dreams of as It Weaves Its Web, featuring works by Eric Mack, Ryan Chin, Kristina Lee, Katie Loselle, Andrew Ross, Jennifer Packer, and Marley Freeman, and curated by the artist Benjamin Horns
Live streaming video by Ustream
Can you believe
By Scarlett North-Cavanaugh and Emilie Ruscoe
Not too long ago DNAinfo praised Bushwick for its bookshop greatness, even going so far as to call Bushwick a literary mecca (ooh lala, well thank you!)
We gotta hand it to you, Bushwick – when it comes to your Craigslist presence, you definitely do not disappoint
Neither man nor woman can live solely in Bushwick
This past Saturday and for the fourth year running, the Bushwick Block Party took over Morgantown’s Moore Street for a free afternoon and evening of music, skateboarding, dancing, food trucks, drinking and other sweaty fun
Historically, there has been a distinct separation between media and genres of art – the beaux arts tradition imported from the Grande Academie of Paris, from which American art institutions were derived, maintained clear boundaries between the plastic, performing, and literary arts – whoa, I’ll stop there before I go off on an art historical tangent! While these boundaries have been questioned, challenged and straight up abolished during multiple decades and artistic movements, no better example of the line being blurred could be found than in Bushwick’s art events this week
Sunshine, friends, bikes, trucks, lots of booze and art everywhere! Bushwick Open Studios weekend might easily be proclaimed as the time of the year to spend out in the open
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It’s been ages since Armory Week ended (ok, not really ages, only like 5 days), but if you’re a proper art junkie just like us, you’re already anxiously planning your art weekend in the Bushwick area
A couple of weeks ago a remarkable photography exhibition by Petros Chrisostomou opened at Fuchs Projects
We reported a few weeks ago about the long-awaited return of Rubulad, a notorious Brooklyn underground party, in their enormous new space at the Knockdown Center
It is not too early to start thinking of June! Especially if you want to make the most out of your Bushwick Open Studios 2013 experience as a volunteer, venue or artist
By Jen Hitchings
By Terri Ciccone
By Katarina Hybenova
The long version Bushwick Open Studios 2012
Text by Sean Alday