Likely responding to an ultimatum that may have been issued from hacktivists at Anonymous, the putrid devotees of Westboro Baptish Church, the terribly radical Christian group that pickets the funerals of dead soldiers with nonsensically intolerable signs, say they’re not afraid of the group. And so they issued a media advisory against them. Read more »
The disorder in Motoyuki Daifu’s family portraits – hectic rooms filled with slumped cracked mattresses, food dishes and people – run “counter to the stereotype of the average Japanese family.” Janine Gordon’s series complements Lobard Freid Projects’ “diaristic” group show with dusty, sequential chaos of that Bike Kill event you wish you attended. It all seems very enlightening. “Minor Cropping May Occur,” Group Show, Feb 17 – Mar 19, Lombard Freid Projects, NYC
Back in 1980, then engineering student Bob Diamond rediscovered the Atlantic Avenue tunnel, a railroad access way built in the mid-1800s to help keep Brooklynites from getting struck by LIRR trains, which at the time, traveled on street level tracks. Read more »
Today, imprisoned Voina protest artist Oleg Vorotnikov has been granted bail of $10,300 due to the prolonged nature of the pre-trial. He has been judged unlikely to skip out on bail. Leonid Nikolaev’s hearing is tomorrow. Read more »
Or San Francisco or any other place it costs $1 million for a decent one bedroom. So, when Charles Barron, a good-intentioned, but sorely misguided NYC councilman interrupts a speech being given by Andrew Cuomo with shouts of “Tax the rich” and “Shame on you!” because the governor will let a tax hike for those making $200k or more a year expire, he sounds out of touch. Read more »
On the first business day after 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green was shoot in Tuscon, Arizona, photographer Jon Wolf registered her portrait with the US Copyright office and approached the mourning family for a release so he can license the image to the media. He sued everyone – the NYT, the AP, and one newspaper for $125,000. Read more »
It didn’t. Surprise! According to a smart person from the University of Georgia, oil from BP’s spill is stuck on the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico and isn’t dissipating, but it is destroying marine life! Samantha Joye presented the new evidence that directly contradicts the findings of the federal government, making at least one of the reports total bullshit.
Seasonal warm weather brings the ODs and EMTs to Tompkins Square Park’s Crusty Row just before midnight last night. (Photo: Nadie Se Conoce)
Tats Cru voiced their support for the Voina cause by spray painting this mural on Leroy Street in Manhattan. It says: “Free Voina… and all political artists.” Like these?
You can now see a smattering of “street art” mapped on this Street Art View and add stuff, if your country has Google Street View and you’re bored.
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