Tag Archive | "art"

Places Everyone: Life Behind the Curtain

Monday, November 28, 2011

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What happens in a theater's dressing room? Anna Codrea-Rado goes behind the scenes at the Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO to see what life is like backstage

New Exhibit Has Sparked Praise, and Outrage

Friday, November 18, 2011

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A controversial exhibit that has angered Catholic leaders for featuring a film showing ants crawling over a crucified Jesus opens to the public in the Brooklyn Museum Friday.

Catholic League Won’t Protest Controversial Video at Brooklyn Museum

Friday, November 11, 2011

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The Catholic League announced Thursday that it won’t protest a controversial video that is part of an upcoming exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, the Daily News reports. The video, which features ants crawling over a crucified [...]

Brooklyn Filmmaker turned “Vigilante Gardener”

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Brooklyn filmmaker, Todd Bieber, has gardened for the last six months, growing veggies in an abandoned lot just a block from his Brooklyn residence, Gothamist reports. The artist is calling himself a “Vigilante Gardener” because [...]

Controversial Film Coming to Brooklyn Museum

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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David Wojnarowicz’s controversial exhibition, “A Fire in My Belly,” is coming to the Brooklyn Museum on Nov. 18, reports The Wall Street Journal. A video from the exhibition, which includes a film depicting ants crawling [...]

Dragonfly and Russell

Friday, October 21, 2011

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Many of Dragonfly’s tattoos, including the ones on her face, were done using the “ta moko” hand tapping method. The skin is pierced with a small tool before inserting the ink. Dragonfly, 39, had already [...]

Tristan Fitch

Friday, October 21, 2011

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Tristan Fitch, 40, was flipping through an archeology book when he came across an image that spoke to him and he knew instantly that he wanted it tattooed on him. Something “clicked” when he saw [...]

Oldschool Alex

Friday, October 21, 2011

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Oldschool Alex, a tattoo artist, sees tattoos as a commitment. He says he doesn’t have a reason for every one of the many inscriptions that adorn him; they simply mark his ability to express himself [...]

The Brooklyn Ink Speaks to Brooklyn’s Inked

Friday, October 21, 2011

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People give many reasons for getting a tattoo. The stories behind them range from the emotional – those commemorating the death of a loved one – to the lighthearted – those that were the result [...]

Marni Kotak Plans To Give Birth At Brooklyn’s Microscope Gallery

Monday, October 10, 2011

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Performance artist Marni Kotak will soon be converting the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn into a birthing center where she will transform the birth of her baby to a work of art. To read an interview [...]