Should a struggling public library be used as a shrine to a billionaire’s glamorous life?
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Behind the $9 Million Restoration of Grand Army Plaza
The restoration of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch is the first extensive repairing of the monument since the 1990s.
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Did the Brooklyn Public Library Close for a Private Jay-Z Event?
Visitors to the main branch today were disappointed to find the space closed for a “special event,” which some speculate might involve Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
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The Brooklyn Artist Revitalizing New York, One Flyer At a Time
Max Kolomatsky has amassed a TikTok following for his redesigns of street posters and signs for local residents and small businesses.
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D’Angelo Lovell Williams’s Nuanced Vision of Black Queer Love
The Brooklyn-based nonbinary artist discusses their recent foray into weaving and how photographs can challenge the seemingly static images in our minds.
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Tobaron Waxman on Migration, Music, and Mutual Aid
The trans artist, curator, and singer unpacks the abstract regulations imposed on the body by gender binaries and geography.
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Powerhouse Arts Community Ceramics Studio Welcomes New Applicants for Membership
Housed in a dynamic new facility in Brooklyn, the non-profit arts organization provides shared facilities and resources to experienced ceramics artists.
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Agnes Questionmark on Humans, Aliens, and Sea Creatures
The Brooklyn-based trans woman and interspecies artist creates installations that invite solidarity with all living beings.
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KC Crow Maddux on Resisting Rectangular Confines
For the Brooklyn-based trans artist, traditional modes of displaying art are akin to the gender binary — and he simply won’t be contained.
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A New Brooklyn Sculpture Turns Pop Art on Its Head
Nicholas Galanin’s 30-foot artwork in Brooklyn Bridge Park references an iconic Robert Indiana artwork to enact a critique of settler colonialism.
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Brooklyn’s Bushwick Neighborhood Gets Its First Historic District
The 32 houses on the newly designated stretch of Linden Street represent a hodgepodge of styles from Neo-Grec to Romanesque Revival.
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The Brooklyn Artist Who Wants You to Care About Snails
In a world where humans exploit snails as extractable resources, artist David Colosi’s latest exhibition asks us to consider their individualism.
