Art

02 Jun 2011

Creep for Free at Bushwick Open Studios

I am fascinated by other people’s homes.  It’s like looking in someone’s medicine cabinet on a grander, way more obvious scale that sometimes involves deciphering magnetic poetry or discovering a secret My Little Pony collection. And or once, and it’s nice not to have to feel like a creeper about

Jill S. 0
30 Apr 2011

Open Bar at Morgan Fine Arts Open House

Gallery receptions can sometimes be a tiresome affair. Usually confined to a small space, everyone is constantly elbowing each other out of the way to get a good look at the actual art and to drain the open bar of its spirits.  Well luckily art lovers and open bar aficionados

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
19 Apr 2011

FREE Picasso Exhibit

Commonly known facts about Picasso: cubism, Guernica and the blue period. (Slightly) lesser known Picasso fact: he went through ladies as quickly as he did paint. And he frequently turned his mistresses into muses. One of his longest running affairs started with a barely legal French girl when he was 46. Right now, the Gagosian

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
22 Mar 2011

FREE Art Show: Fawad Khan at Lu Magnus Art Lab & Salon

It’s nearly impossible to get to see and be up to date on all the best new art in this city, so consider this your major tip– if you only go to one art show this year, make it Fawad Khan’s solo show, FRACTURED REVERIE, at the Lu Magnus Art

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
19 Feb 2011

The Party’s Still in LIC: PS1 Saturday Sessions

Among many things, PS1 is well-known for convincing Manhattanites to take the 7 train for over 10 years. You can tell something big is going on: the nervous energy on the subway platform is palpable and fingers trace the purple line on the map to count the stops. They descend

Jill S. 0
19 Jan 2011

FREE Suckadelic Toy Universe Show

Right now, I’m sure you’re looking at any GI Joe, Storm Trooper or Transformer action figures you have and thinking “You’d look so much better on a tiny plastic turn table.” SUCKLORD, a local artist, had thought that too, and actually brought it to fruition for a show at Boo-Hooray

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
18 Jan 2011

Hey Williamsburg: What The Hell Is That Place?

Have you ever walked down the street in Williamsburg, for example, and been like: what the hell is that place? Those paper mache horses in the window and unwieldy name seem to indicate that it’s an art gallery, etc etc. Most of the time the answer IS art gallery, but

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0