Do you care about public art in North Brooklyn? No? Well, skip this item. If the answer is “yes,” then read on, friends. This dropped into our inbox from Council Member David Yassky and the Open Space Alliance which are going to be presenting something called Public Art Opportunities: Inaugural Meeting of the North Brooklyn […]

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We got off the R Train at Pacific Street yesterday so we made a point of going upstairs for a quick look at what MoMA’s been up to at the Atlantic Avenue station. There are now MoMA signs everywhere and reproductions of 59 works of art. (Threre’s even a map on one wall showing where […]

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We came across this odd listing in the Missed Connections sections of Craigslist. Have you been busted for weed? This person wants to talk to you for a pubic art piece in which you will no doubt be on video talking about how you were locked up at Central Booking or the Tombs forever before […]

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If you recall, we introduced you to Shop Art (51 Bergen St b/w Smith & Court) back in December. Well, they’re back and ready for their 2nd Opening on Saturday, 2/7, from 4-7pm. A group show, presenting works on paper by Hilary Lorenz, photographs by Anne Attal, drawings by Tony Ingrisano and wall sculptures by […]

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The BRIC Rotunda Gallery new exhibit “The New Deal, Art and Currency” runs from January 21 through March 7, 2009. Opening reception is tonight from 7 to 9 pm: A New Deal, Art and Currency highlights relationships between American presidents and the economy, while observing how these relationships affect art-making. This exhibition takes its name […]

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Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration is currently exhibiting “Legacy: The Next 50 Years” through Saturday, January 17. This exhibition features eight incredible and primarily figurative African American artists of the 20th century that will captivate you: Otto Neals, Miriam Francis, Edward Bates, Onaway Millar, Violet Hewitt Chandler, Emmett Wigglesworth, Brian Strong-Wind Williams, and Brent Bailer. This multi-media […]

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Want to see and/or buy some art highlighting the cityscape? Well, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Holiday Art Show and Sale called “Gowanus: A Sense of Place” is “an homage to the cityscape highlighting the work of 16 local artists. The Opening Artists’ Reception is today (12/5) at 298 Bond Street (between Union and Sackett) from […]

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It is another testament to the growing cultural face of the Gowanus, Cabinet, the quarterly magazine of art and culture, has moved to a 1,900 sq ft event and exhibition space on 300 Nevins St. According to their website, “Programming will include exhibitions, screenings, talks, dinners, symposia, performances, boating expeditions, and more.” The Cabinet event […]

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William Bolcom’s opera, “A View from the Bridge” debuted inn 1999 in Chicago was described as “Brooklyn verismo,” something that was emotive enough to bring to mind Puccini. (We are talking out of our asses here more than usual as opera is not something about which know much. Ask us about Arcade Fire.)( In any […]

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The mural that a group of young people from Groundswell have been painting this summer at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street is completed and the scaffolding has come down in the last day or so. The mural is about water conservation and the environment and is painted on the side of a building adjoining a […]

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There’s a cool show called Maximum Perception: Contemporary Brooklyn Performance opening tonight at the English Kills Gallery in Bushwick. It runs through September 17. The opening reception is from 5PM-9PM.. Here’s a bit from the gallery: English Kills Art Gallery is pleased to present Maximum Perception : Contemporary Brooklyn Performance, the first exhibition to cover […]

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[Photo courtesy of Erinmelina/GL Flickr Pool] This is some of the art on display as part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition show in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo. The show alway provides great opportunities to juxtapose images of the city with art.

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Yesterday, the Times took note of the Crest Hardware Art Show, which has been much blogged about. It’s run has now been extended through July 24 and, yesterday, this video tour of the Burg’s most off beat art show was posted on the YouTube. Back in June, Jen Carlson ran a Q&A on Gothamist she […]

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Here’s Olafur Eliasson’s waterfall on Governors Island (which we consider to be an honorary part of Brooklyn as it is closer to us than Manhattan) viewed up close and personal from the Island itself.

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Here are some vids of Olafur Eliason’s waterfalls, with an emphasis on the Brooklyn ones.

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Eliasson Waterfall at Brooklyn Bridge from rsguskind on Vimeo.

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Olafur Eliasson’s waterfalls were turned on early this morning. Here are some views of the one under the Brooklyn Bridge, which we checked out from Fulton Ferry Landing.

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Tomorrow is the big day, at least, for those waiting to catch more than a fleeting glimpse of Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls project. There’s a press event at 10AM to kick off the festivities and the falls are slated run every day from 7AM-10PM through October 13. Just every company with a boat will be running […]

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“Park Slope artist Alex Grey is known for his love of LSD and the vivid, elaborate body of work that has often been inspired by it. His paintings have graced album covers for Nirvana, Tool, and String Cheese Incident—not to mention rave flyers and sheets of blotter acid. Juan Pablo Fernandez, who lives in Sunset […]

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The Fifth Annual Atlantic Avenue Artwalk is coming up on Saturday & Sunday, June 7 and 8, from 1PM-6PM both days. Per an email: ARTWALK08 is a tour of open studios, exhibits, public art projects, and special events on Atlantic Avenue featuring over 250 artists. A wide range of artists across media will open their […]

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We visited the Telectroscope in Fulton Ferry Landing a couple of times this weekend, but during prime daytime hours and at a quieter point during the night. It was so quiet, in fact, that no one was on the London end at about 4AM on a rainy night. The device, which has cameras and monitors […]

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[Photo courtesy of 66 Square Feet] This is a fountain on Dean Street in Boeurm Hill near Bond. We understand that it makes a lot of sound.

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We checked out the Telectroscope art installation at Fulton Ferry Landing yesterday and will put up a full photoset tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s some video of people looking at people in London and the general scene.

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Brooklyn Based‘s Nicole Davis files this special post and photos from the London Side of the Telectroscope, the Brooklyn side of which is at Fulton Ferry Landing: Compared to the fanfare over the Telectroscope in NYC (due in part to enthusiastic fans like myself), Londoners don’t seem nearly as excited about this tunnel-eye view across […]

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Today is the second day of the Park Slope Open Studio Tour, which one might want to check out on the way to or from the Fifth Avenue Fair. There’s a webpage for the tour here, but the link to the map just leads to a PDF of the image we’ve posted above. The map […]

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