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Report: Chalk Artist Hash Halper Dies After Jumping from Brooklyn Bridge
Posted June 17, 2021 at 5:06 am
A street artist known for drawing chalk hearts on the surfaces of downtown has died. The New York Post reports that pop art creative Hash Halper, aged 41, leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge last Friday. He did not survive the fall. The colorful hearts began in 2014, while the self-proclaimed “New York Romantic” worked at […]
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The Van Gogh Immersion on South Street
Last modified June 9, 2021 at 8:14 am
When I was fifteen, I was flipping through posters in my local music store at the mall, and I paused on a print of the most vibrant blues and yellows – a swirling night sky. It hit me – I didn’t know anything about art, the painting, or the painter, but I knew I was […]
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City Deploys Vaccine Bus to ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ Exhibit
Posted June 4, 2021 at 5:00 am
Today, the city is teaming up with the much anticipated exhibit, “Immersive Van Gogh,” in the name of vaccination. The show that is bringing the famous Dutch artist’s masterpieces to life via 500,000 cubic-feet projections at Pier 36, is hosting an on-site Mobile Vaccine Bus this weekend. It’s part of the City’s latest initiative, Youth […]
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Timothy Goodman Gets ‘New York’ with Rag & Bone Mural
Posted May 26, 2021 at 5:04 am
Designer and muralist, Timothy Goodman, wrapped his latest piece yesterday just off the Bowery. The Rag & Bone fashion boutique tapped Goodman to impart artwork on its Elizabeth Street facade. This latest scrawls “New York” in different typefaces more than a dozen times. And it’s his second outing at the wall in the last four […]
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Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Returns from COVID-19 Sidelines
Posted April 20, 2021 at 5:02 am
All the world’s a stage… To honor what would be the Bard’s 457th birthday, the ever-so-popular Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is back for a two night affair. Being the first performance from the troupe since the pandemic sidelined it in 2020, the event promises evenings filled with scenes, songs, sonnets, and soliloquies from the […]
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An Art Show to Benefit the Educational Alliance
Posted April 16, 2021 at 5:17 am
A new art exhibit to support the Educational Alliance and its Manny Cantor Center kicks off this weekend. Drawing inspiration from the recently-deposed Hester Street Fair, “CONTINUE TO BE” is a celebratory show welcoming the warmth and hope of springtime in the city, featuring both new and old work from local photographers who have documented life […]
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The ‘Goodnight Moon’ House on Orchard Street
Posted April 15, 2021 at 5:07 am
On lower Orchard Street, there was a telephone, and a landlord tycoon, and an art show depicting … Goodnight Moon. Hosted by Fort Makers, the new exhibit at 38 Orchard brings Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 children’s book Goodnight Moon to life, via a three-dimensional installation. “Goodnight House” is the work of fourteen commissioned artists who […]
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Penny Arcade Hosts Virtual Benefit for Henry Street Settlement Pantry
Posted March 26, 2021 at 8:26 am
A year into the pandemic, the art world continues to team up with local organizations to lend a helping hand. The ‘Arts for Living Show: Artist Feed The L.E.S.’ is a virtual fundraiser event to benefit the Henry Street Settlement Food Access Initiative, hosted by local artist and activist Penny Arcade. It’ll feature new video […]
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The Hole on the Bowery Creates Another in Tribeca
Last modified March 24, 2021 at 4:35 pm
On the occasion of its ten-year anniversary, The Hole is getting bigger. The flagship showroom at 312 Bowery, founded by Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman in May 2011, is expanding further downtown to Tribeca. Its new satellite gallery space – located at 86 Walker Street – opens next week (April 1) with a solo exhibition […]
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Grey Lady Scrubs its Windows of Graffiti
Posted March 12, 2021 at 5:01 am
Much like its neighbor at the corner of Orchard Street, Grey Lady this week also erased the graffiti on its glass facade. The dusty windows and empty flower boxes have been a frequent target for taggers ever since the restaurant temporarily closed back in December (second indoor dining ban). Owner Ryan Chadwick scrubbed the bubble […]
