Plus a protest is held against the plan for a White Street jail; Amanda Church and John Franklin at Hionas Gallery; NYC Ferry analysis shows record subsidies. / 3 comments
H. writes: "Balloon Flower has gone missing for over a year. Any ideas? He's very tacky ... but I really miss it." / 3 comments
I’m so curious- do you know what this is? It is on the side of Pier 40. It started pretty recently and says “I Want To Thank You.” / 2 comments
Plus more mochi coming to Soho; ferry ticket seller sentenced in shooting; ferry service resumes to Jersey City at lunch; The Roxy hosts a Nordic film festival. / 16 comments
Governors Island and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council have opened a new gallery space on the island, and it has to have the most gorgeous views of any gallery in the city -- not to mention good art.
Plus local editor chats with Michael Chabon; Macao building is for sale; '70s politics seen in art; a knighted Canadian fashion designer takes a space on Leonard and Church.
The latest in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with local people in the arts: the screenwriter and television producer Brian Burns. / 1 comment
There's no coincidence: Janz is using his water drawings as a metaphor for aging. It's both brilliant and poignant. Anyone over 50, read with caution. / 10 comments
Plus a shout out to the new West Thames bridge; another gallery immigrant coming from Chelsea; a retail vacancy report from the comptroller's office blames city regs.
Diana Wege's Earth Requiem series takes a classic -- Hudson River School painter Frederic Church's Niagara Falls painting -- and defaces it, as we have done to nature with our carelessness. / 1 comment
Nancy Pantirer has been making art at 81 Leonard for 23 years, albeit with the curtains drawn. She and her partner have now opened a gallery in the space and pulled up the shades. / 5 comments
Plus how to get skin like Julianne Moore; Battery Park City was once a wheat field; Egg Collective is one to watch; District 2 council says keep gifted and talented programs. / 1 comment
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