Category: Takeover
Martin, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Punch Buggy graffiti in Bushwick. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Wednesdays, or ages ago in internet time, the New Museum opened its third triennial, featuring 51 mostly young artists from 25 countries. Entitled “Surround Audience,” the exhibition is comprised of painting, performance, sculpture, installation, and new media selected by the museum’s own curator, Lauren Cornell. Here’s how they explain the show: Surround Audience” explores […]
Artist and New Yorker Michael Alan has been turning humans into art pieces for over a decade in his now-famous Living Installation series. Part draw-a-thon, part performance art, the exhibition space turns into a figure drawing party that involves a lot of artists, naked models and paint. ANIMAL has written about the shows on more […]
Last week, the Film Society of Lincoln Center concluded its beautiful ode to an era, “Tell it like it is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986.” The survey of more than a dozen titles produced during the period, some never-before seen, offered a peak into an unheralded, often forgotten moment of visual storytelling which is […]
Robbie Ingui was waiting tables and studying to be an oceanographer in the mid-1980s when he first tried his hand at making neon art. He had been around neon all his life. His father Gasper owned a small neon specialty shop in Ridgewood, Queens called Artistic Neon Inc. (est .1971) and Robbie started poking around […]
When speaking out against ISIS earlier this month, President Obama attempted to rein in those who maligned the entire religion of Islam based on the actions of radical groups. “Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed […]
Jovani, Columbus Circle. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A years-old YOU GO GIRL, Lower Manhattan. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Wednesday, British street artist Banksy unveiled a whole new body of work — and video — created in Gaza to bring attention to the people who live there in the aftermath of the Israeli army’s most recent military campaign. Israel justifies the attacks as a necessary battle against Hamas, but Banksy likens the IDF […]
