Category: Takeover
For years, relations between America and Venezuela have been frosty, but things took a turn for the worse when President Obama issued a bizarre executive order declaring the South American country an “extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” which of course, it isn’t. Venezuelan officials responded by launching […]
Pablo, Jerry’s newsstand. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
As the legend goes, in 1905, Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi opened America’s first place in Little Italy. To highlight this notable accomplishment and its 110-year history, the legendary pizzeria is selling small pies today for 5 cents a pop. It’s a great deal if you don’t mind waiting on a Cronut-like line. So ANIMAL went […]
American Apparel, the retail company that made waves for debuting pubic hair and nipples on its models and mannequins, seems now to be distancing itself from female anatomy. The company recently started airbrushing the nipples and pubic hair off new product images on its website, ANIMAL has learned. The changes can be seen on the […]
Kostantinos, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti artist GHOST’s tribute to fellow writer DG. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Tuesday was St. Patrick’s Day, one of the rare days in New York where public intoxication is not only acceptable, but also encouraged. It’s a joyous day where even the NIMBY crowd, which rails so hard against the holiday’s bastard cousin, SantaCon, more or less shuts up. So ANIMAL went to one of Manhattan’s cheapest […]
Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera has been detained in Cuba since December 30, after attempting to stage a performance about free speech in Havana’s Revolution Square. But back in NYC, her 5-year long-term art project, Immigrant Movement International (IMI), is growing substantially despite her absence. Bruguera, who believes art can be a useful tool to […]
It’s not easy to get inside 190 Bowery, one of NYC’s most cryptic residences. Although it’s prominently located on the corner of Spring and Bowery, everything about the six-story building says, “Go Away.” Heavy iron gates safeguard the thick wooden doors; the first floor windows are opaque; and the stone facade is covered with layers […]
Street art and graffiti fans gathered at 44 Bowery Gallery on Friday the 13th to celebrate an unusual show of a self-described group “of degenerate artists working out of a hovel in Bushwick.” The show, called Yellow Worm Hole, was curated by the same folks who organized the 21st Precinct Art Exhibit: Outlaw Arts and […]
