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Presented without comment: art.

March 24, 2014 By Taylor Wofford

Please enjoy. –@dogstoevsky

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, street art

Banksy strikes Williamsburg and Bushwick

October 4, 2013 By Josh Morrissey

As part of his month-long NYC residency, Banksy’s latest pieces are located in Williamsburg and Bushwick. The above piece Dirty Underwear: The Musical (Williamsburg) and the below OCCUPY!: The Musical(Bushwick) are part of

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Banksy, Bushwick, street art, Williamsburg

Art legend arrested for graffiti in Williamsburg

April 22, 2013 By Josh Morrissey

Legendary NYC artist Kenny Scharf (above with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring) got arrested Friday night in Williamsburg after drawing the snake pictured below. The image is from his facebook where he wrote “Just Spent 20 hours in 2 Brooklyn jails for this.” Also from his facebook: Cops who arrested me were fans and wanted […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Williamsburg Tagged With: kenny scharf, street art, Williamsburg

Watch a street art legend take us through Williamsburg's graffiti scene

March 6, 2013 By Josh Morrissey

Graffiti legend Alen Ket created this video with director Anthony Garces to talk about the ‘writing’ scene in Williamsburg. Watch

Filed Under: Arts & Culture Tagged With: street art

New Subway Art

April 7, 2011 By Matt Flint

The L Magazine points out some rad artwork spotted on the G and M trains. The artist is apparently someone named Jilly Ballistic. You can check out more examples of the work on Flickr.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: MTA, street art

Underneath it all, Dickchicken just wants to make you laugh.

November 10, 2010 By Erica Sackin

The Work Book Project has a video up of loved/hated Brooklyn icon and street artist, Dickchicken. We contacted the reprobate to see if he’d answer a few questions.  Interview after the jump.

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Videos Tagged With: Art, Babelgum, dick chicken, interviews, radar, street art, video

Illegal Art is Sometimes the Most Beautiful: Come See Street Artists Gaia and Sten & Lex at Brooklynite Gallery This Saturday

October 15, 2010 By Erica Sackin

Here’s the thing about street art — whether or not you realize it, you’re already intimately familiar with the artist’s work. Such is the case with NYC-homegrown artist Gaia‘s rugged linoleum prints. This weekend, instead of hitting the streets, he’ll joining the legendary Italian artists Sten & Lex for a show at Brooklynite gallery. We […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Events Tagged With: Art, Brooklynite Gallery, DJ Mark Brown, Gaia, openings, Sten and Lex, street art, Wham City

Superman Wheatpaste at Lorimer

July 21, 2010 By Brian Ries

Commuting is a job for Superman! Photo by Hragv posted on A Brooklyn Art Critic’s Notebook. Update 11:29am: He notes it’s by an artist named Primo. See more of his work here.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Photos, street art, superman

Pandemic will silkscreen your underwear, if you want them to.

June 26, 2010 By Erica Sackin

Just for the Northside Festival, the Street Art loving Gallery Pandemic, on Broadway between Kent and Wythe, is holding a silk-screening party. Street artists buildmore, celso, darkcloud, deeker, gay sex, keely, matt siren, royce bannon and more will put their art on your on t-shirts, paper, tote bags, underwear, or whatever else you want. Stop […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Events Tagged With: Art, galleries, northside, Northside Festival, Pandemic Gallery, Silkscreening, street art, Williamsburg

'All City' iPhone App is a Hand-Held Guide to Street Art

June 11, 2010 By Brian Ries

I’ve been fiddling around these past few weeks with All City, an iPhone app created by Bushwick designers Marcus White and Kayce Thompson-Russ that serves as an interactive hand-held guide to street art all around the city. It enables you to search by city, artist, or gallery, view nearby art, galleries, or supppliers on a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, Bushwick, design, iphone, iphone apps, street art



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