Category: Takeover
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, artist New York-based artist Lisa Beck talks about Threshold, an outdoor sculpture that is “solid but also open,” inspired by passing. I was invited to make an outdoor sculpture for the exhibition called […]
Amadom, Broadway – Myrtle. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Saturday, two NYPD cops were killed in Bed Stuy by a man who then took his own life with the same gun. At 2:47PM, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, walked up to the passenger side of a patrol car parked near near Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues, pulled out a silver Taurus handgun, and opened fire on […]
Even President Obama thinks that Sony “made a mistake” when the mega-corporation jumped to meet the bratty demands of a North Korean dictator and his minion hackers when it canceled the release of James Flacco/Seth Rogen comedy The Interview. While the best response would have been to release The Interview over the internet for free, […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 45°F LOW 30°F In theaters: The seemingly never-ending Lord Of The Rings movies finally end, maybe, with The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies; […]
Last night was the final episode of The Colbert Report, so ANIMAL went down to the Report’s studio to ask fans waiting outside how they felt about it. How did they feel in general? Sad, duh. But there were some surprising answers in there. You can see them answers in the video above, in which ANIMAL […]
Kris, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Now that the U.S. and Cuba have started the process of normalizing political relations, lovers of mojitos and cigars are rejoicing, and politicians are debating — but the question on everyone’s mind is: What kind of effect will this monumental event have on the industry of manufacturing merchandise emblazoned with the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara’s image? The famous […]
Graffiti collective Smart Crew lost one of its dearest members this week with the passing of Jeffrey KORN Gamblero — also known as the Nets super fan — so the group painted a dedication piece to him at the very edge of India Street in Greenpoint. “Feel free to leave flowers/candles there for Jeff,” wrote […]
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 Robert Yang about Intimate, Infinite, a three-pronged exploration of the infinite and the inevitable. Robert Yang has been a fan of Argentine short story writer […]
