Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Deitch Projects in SoHo is busy with one of its final gallery events before an anticipated June closure.  Dubbed Bowery Boys, the exhibition features new paintings by Rosson Crow, and will run though March 27.  And, as reported a couple months ago, the concrete canvas that they maintain at the corner of Bowery and East [...]

A recent L Magazine story about the upcoming closure of Deitch Projects in SoHo (June 1 deadline) uncovers intel regarding a new mural to replace Os Gêmeos at the corner of Houston and Bowery.  It seems Shepard Fairey was given the nod to put his official stamp on the neighborhood.

Birds on a (razor) wire.  Just chillin’ beside the colorful Os Gêmeos mural at the corner of Bowery and East Houston.

Last night, a jubilant group of cheerleaders was dispatched along East Houston to celebrate the materialistic neighborhood crawl that was Fashion’s Night Out.  Dressed in patriotic colors and carrying pom-poms, the squad of participants, part of the volunteer LGBTS Cheer New York organization, advanced along the sidewalk while chanting some motivational nonsense.  Upon reaching [...]

Yesterday, Animal New York reported on the erasure of the Keith Haring tribute mural at the corner of Bowery and Houston. When we walked past later in the evening, two artists were busy spray-painting the fresh white slab of concrete. Neither would divulge any information on the replacement art project, just that it [...]