May. 12, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann NAMING THE LOST Memorials (NTLM), along with City Lore, Great Small Works, Mano A Mano, and The Green-Wood Cemetery, held their fifth COVID-19 public art memorial activation and dedication ceremony on Thursday, May 8, at Green-Wood Cemetery in Greenwood Heights. NTLM — a small team of artists, activists…
May. 8, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art installation, “Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House. ” The installation draws a connection between the Battle of Brooklyn and British colonization in India. The…
Apr. 23, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann A new sculpture celebrating mothers and all caregivers was unveiled in Prospect Park on April 22. The coil-like, 15-foot-tall bronze interactive installation is part of artist Molly Gochman’s “Monuments to Motherhood” series, paying homage to caregivers whose vast contributions all too often go unnoticed. The sculpture’s two interconnected…
Apr. 18, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz Step into a world where art breaks down its own barriers. The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, returns to Brooklyn for its 15th edition from May 8–11, transforming ZeroSpace in Gowanus into an immersive celebration of creativity. This year’s fair shines a spotlight on documentary photography,…
Apr. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind. The 55-year-old from Washington Heights is halfway through an eight-month sentence for a petit larceny conviction inside the Eric M. Taylor Center, where he relies heavily on a 30-year passion…
Apr. 9, 2025 By Susan De Vries Trash past and present is given an artistic spin in a new gallery exhibit in Red Hook. “Taking in the Trash” at the Sweet Lorraine Gallery opened on Friday and features the work of artists Katarina Jerinic and Karen Mainenti. While the two artists knew each other’s…
Jan. 22, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A limited-run art exhibition at a new luxury development in Gowanus marries the nabe’s industrial history with its more high-end future. “Tides at Gowanus Wharf,” featuring works by five local artists, will run for three days at the new Union Channel building on Third Avenue starting Jan. 24.…
Jan. 7, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A lottery for six affordable artist studios in Gowanus— the first of more than 100 such studios slated to come to the neighborhood in the next few years — is now open. The studios, built as part of a Community Benefits Agreement signed ahead of the Gowanus rezoning,…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper We’ve arrived at the tail end of the year, and before we look forward toward 2025, we’re looking back at some of the biggest stories of 2024. This year was busy in Brooklyn! Locals were divided by protests and conflicts — and worked to come back together. Brooklynites…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The art of amusement continues! “Luna Luna: A Forgotten Fantasy” will extend its exhibition at The Shed in Chelsea through Feb. 23, 2025, peeling back the curtain on the first known art amusement park — lost since 1987. Luna Luna made history in Hamburg, Germany as the first…