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October 8, 2013 Andy Cush

“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week’s Listen In comes from the minimal electronic duo Mount Kimbie, who compiled a playlist full of hip-hop, vocal jazz, and dance music of all kinds. The closer, Prince Far I’s “Plant […]

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Andy Cush

Banksy was a little later than usual in posting his Better Out Than In piece today, but a few minutes ago, his website confirmed that it’s in Greenpoint. Not much to go on this time: just a light blue door with some bricks next to it, and the text of the piece itself: I have a theory […]

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Bucky Turco

Reginald, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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October 7, 2013 Bucky Turco

We don’t get sentimental when it comes to street art getting defaced, no matter who it is. After all, the genre is born out of graffiti, an illegal art form that has a long history of intense competition and writers going over other writers. Having said that, it seems like New York’s taggers (and unwitting […]

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Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, artist Andrew Ohanesian talks about all the planning that went into The House Party — an installation of a suburban house inside the Boiler Gallery in Brooklyn last year, which we may or may not have had a […]

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Andy Cush

During the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a collapsed crane at the under-construction luxury high rise One57 dangled high above 57th Street for eight days before it was secured. The block of 57th between Sixth and Seventh Avenues was closed to traffic, and residents were forced to evacuate. It was a big deal. People made parody […]

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Marina Galperina

It’s the end of the federal government as we know it, for now… So if you’re concerned about the Meals on Wheels services for veterans, the National Weather Service or national parks, we can’t help you. The government is closed. But if you miss the National Zoo’s Pandacam, you can watch Art F City’s resident Panda Blogger on this […]

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Bucky Turco

After Banksy teased the Internet with a video of rebels shooting down Dumbo as part of his Better Out Than In series, it was assumed that the street artist’s latest work would pop up in the Brooklyn neighborhood with the same namesake. Today, he updated his site with an image of a bandaged red balloon–a […]

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Marina Galperina

Nicolas Sassoon’s Waterfall 6 is in the window of Phillips (starting bid: $800) and it’s not as disorienting as I thought it would be. I remember when I would stare into its pulsating glowing waves online and later, fiddling Rafaël Rozendaal’s responsive gradient websites until happy. Right now, IfNoYes.com is projected in its own room at Phillips (starting bid: $4,000), with a […]

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Bucky Turco

Tyrone, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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