Part of a generation that brought serious art credentials to tattooing, he campaigned to overturn a ban in New York and helped the form gain acceptance. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “ART”
Does Public Art Have an Afterlife?
By Gotham Rex on July 11, 2022
Public artworks have the power to uplift a city. Sometimes they end up in a museum, but other times in a dumpster. Source: New York Times
Exploring Brooklyn by Ferry
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2022
More than 160 years after Walt Whitman extolled the joys of riding the ferry, there are fresh opportunities to explore neighborhoods like Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights and Bay Ridge by boat. Source: New York Times
‘The Collaboration,’ About Warhol and Basquiat, Plans Broadway Bow
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2022
The play, by Anthony McCarten, will be presented this fall by the Manhattan Theater Club, following a run earlier this year at the Young Vic in London. Source: New York Times
Hunter Reynolds, Artist Who Dressed Up AIDS, Dies at 62
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2022
After he learned he was H.I.V. positive, he began making art — often performing as his gown-wearing alter ego — that told stories about the condition. Source: New York Times
Daniel Weiss, Met Museum’s Chief Executive, to Step Down
By Gotham Rex on June 28, 2022
Daniel H. Weiss was a stabilizing force, but his departure raises questions about whether the museum’s two-pronged management structure still works and will continue. Source: New York Times
How Paintings Lost in a Small-Town Art Heist Were Recovered 50 Years Later
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2022
Two sleuths — a curator and a librarian — in New Paltz, N.Y., helped the F.B.I. track down 200-year-old paintings that were stolen from a historical society in 1972. Source: New York Times
A Rapper’s Delight: Hip-Hop Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2022
Original vinyl records, turntables and other ephemera belonging to the hip-hop pioneer D.J. Kool Herc will be included in a sale at Christie’s. Source: New York Times
New MoMA PS1 Director Resigns
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2022
Kate Fowle, who arrived in 2019, said she would step down in July from the Long Island City museum. She offered no reason for her abrupt departure. Source: New York Times
Viewing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books
By Gotham Rex on June 9, 2022
“Picture the Dream,” on display at the New-York Historical Society, shows that children, far from being mere witnesses to the civil rights movement, have played central roles in it. Source: New York Times
Delta’s Terminal C at La Guardia Airport Is Now an Art Destination
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2022
With the opening of Delta Air Lines’s new terminal at La Guardia Airport, New York gets a distinctive new collection of public artworks. Source: New York Times
Meet the N.Y.C. Sanitation Department’s Resident Artist
By Gotham Rex on May 30, 2022
Sto Len focuses much of his work on environmental issues in New York City, including sites like the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. Source: New York Times
Artists Are Putting Their Stamp on Lincoln Center
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2022
In a partnership with the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Public Art Fund, works by Nina Chanel Abney and Jacolby Satterwhite will help reintroduce Geffen Hall this fall. Source: New York Times
Fun Things to Do in N.Y.C. This May 2022
By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2022
Want to see a comedy show, or drop in on a film series? Do you need kid-friendly event? Our critics offer their favorite picks. Source: New York Times
Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Trauma
By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2022
Its oldest gallery, Northwest Coast Hall, reopens May 13 with rare cultural objects and a fresh emphasis on the lives of Indigenous people who made them. Source: New York Times