Aug 11, 2016 | Art, New York
Jesse Krimes is a name almost too perfect for this story. Arrested in 2009 on drug charges, he was sentenced to 70 months in prison. While he only served 55 months of that, he put that time to use. Good use? Well, that’s in the eye of the beholder. He...
Aug 8, 2016 | Art, New York
The New York City Parks Department has over a thousand monuments and public art installations scattered across the boroughs. A great many of them are the sort you’d stumble across by accident as small treasures tucked away in parks. Now, for the very first time,...
Aug 3, 2016 | Art, New York
SITU Studio is an architecture firm based in Brooklyn. Architecture firms are the source (in various ways) of a lot of the many, many public art works across New York City, but this one seems special. Self-aware, maybe. “Sharing Models: Manhattanisms,” was...
Aug 1, 2016 | Art, New York
The Donald Trump presidential campaign inspired a lot of strong feelings across the country. Trump has been the subject of countless satirical pieces. One that became quite a sensation was a piece of art done on a wall in New York City. It was a mixture of Donald...
Jul 22, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
The story of Rachel Segall, Erik Mercer, and Erik’s husband Sandro Sechi, and their two daughters is one of trust and generosity, and two families intimately linked forever. Rachel’s family felt complete to her before her college friend Erik asked for her...
