Category: Takeover
Aussie street artist Adnate, Bushwick Collective. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
In the past 48 hours, we’ve seen scaremongering tactics in NYC reminiscent of the 1970s, this time aimed at City Hall and supporters of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Cops and NYPD union heads are reportedly spreading rumors and propaganda about de Blasio, who has ruffled their feathers by supporting peaceful protests for Eric Garner, suggesting […]
Along with the dozens of cartoonists who have voiced their support for Charlie Hebdo in the wake of a deadly attack on its staff, ANIMAL’s resident satirist, KLOPS, illustrated a tribute to the caustic French magazine. […]
Over the past several months, ANIMAL has been documenting the demolition of 5 Pointz, a legendary building in Queens which served as an aerosol playground for spray paint-wielding artists since 1993. The property will eventually be developed into a condo complex, but first the site had to be fully cleared. So we bribed a nearby […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Lucas Johnson, Claris Cyarron and ceMelusine of Silverstring Media about Glitchhikers, a game about “the kinds of things you end up thinking about when you’re […]
Katniss, East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A graffiti writer named ZEXOR bedecked several Bushwick Collective murals done by street artists. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Demonstrators will no longer be permitted to conduct die-in protests at Grand Central Terminal. The Wall Street Journal reports that the protests have occurred there every night since December 3, when a Staten Island grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer in the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner. But on […]
For a second week in a row, the NYPD isn’t working. From this period last year, arrests are down by 56%, and summonses for petty crimes are down a whopping 92% — from 4,077 to just 347. The sudden dip in activity seems to part fear for safety and part protest against Mayor Bill de […]
Cartoonists are banding together in response to a horrific terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, wounded seven, and left several others in critical condition on Wednesday morning. In the choas, the gunmen were reportedly shouting, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “Allahu Akbar,” (“God is Great” in Arabic). […]
