Welcome to the new home of Brooklyn Collective, an artisan gallery and boutique in the Columbia Street Waterfront District that exhibits and sells handcrafted jewelry, clothing, art, and housewares. For the first time since its inception six years ago, the Collective has a space all its own.
August 18, 2010 Art n' About, Fashion
For decades, artist registries (think a library containing only encyclopedias filled with slides of artwork) have existed as neutral playing fields where artists can catalog and display their work for curators and gallerists. Now, slide registries are quickly vanishing and sleek, easy-to-use digital databases are becoming the norm, with emerging artists reaping the benefits.
July 30, 2010 Art n' About, The Art
A lot has gone down on the boardwalk in Coney Island, that’s for sure, but how about a woman painting circles with her wheelchair or a guy diving onto a slip-n-slide full of paint? This past weekend those were just two of the unique ways Brooklynites helped create ten large scale abstract paintings as part of an interactive performance art event featuring local artist Paul Campbell and his counterpart from Singapore, artist Shih Yun Yeo.
July 21, 2010 Art n' About, Photo
About a year ago we were sad to bring you news of the demise of Yoko Devereaux, the Williamsburg-based menswear line we cherished for a decade. Now we’re excited to tell you Yoko D is back! Gilt Groupe will exclusively distribute the downtown-meets-uptown line with a revival starting this fall. We caught up with Yoko Devereaux founder and creative maven Andy Salzer to ask about the new line.
July 15, 2010 Fashion
Meet actress and Greenpointer Kate Russell as she tenderly grills Dennis Flanagan, both of the Apothecary Theatre Company about their upcoming Off-Broadway production of Richard Taylor’s In God’s Hat. The show runs at Playwrights Horizons from July 14-August 7, 2010.
July 12, 2010 Theater
Brooklyn’s atmosphere constantly inspires artist Alex White Mazzarella. “The people here, the mixing of cultures here, and the energy that exists here are much deeper inspirations than the physical coolness of other cities I’ve been to,” he says.
June 23, 2010 Featured Artists
Kyoung Eun Kang’s Happy Birthday is a stunning, disturbing piece, a reflection upon the messiness of birth and life and runs through June 13, 2010 at A.M. Richard Fine Art, in Williamsburg.
May 20, 2010 Art n' About, MultiMedia, Photo, The Art
Nowhere in Brooklyn is there a more foreign enclave than Brighton. Under the elevated tracks of the B and Q, caressed by sea breezes, the sidewalks of Brighton Beach Avenue vibrate with a cacophony of voices: the Russian of women hawking pastries, the English of sand-seeking day trippers, the hum of shoppers hailing from Omsk to Kiev.
Our weekly tip sheet on where to see what in the Brooklyn art world. This week’s featured listing is Smack Mellon’s: “A Canvas of Opportunities,” opening Friday, August 27, 6pm. Click through to read more.
You decide! Are these famous folks tragic or groundbreaking? It’s up to debate. Each note-worthy figure is paired with an …
Your weekly listing of readings and literary events around Brooklyn: a comic artist lands at Desert Island, a funny girl from the Bronx stops in DUMBO, and runner-extraordinaire Christopher McDougall shares advice at WORD.
