Russell Murphy aka a graffiti writer you all know by another name, painted a mural against gun violence in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, and it’s apparently stirring some controversy. The piece, which reads “Don’t Shoot” in big drippy letters, was done with permission on the rolldown gate of a sneaker store at […]
A new art installation in Queens aims aims to foster empathy and create dialogue around police brutality by putting visitors into a disorienting space and confronting them with police sirens. According to Reuters, visitors will walk through a dark space in Long Island City’s Flux Factory “one at a time,” where they will be barraged […]
Mayor de Blasio is in California this week trying to raise funds from tech industry bigwigs, but nefarious cab company Uber is trying to sabotage his efforts because he won’t let it do whatever it wants. Crain’s reports that due to de Blasio’s support of Taxi and Limousine Commission’s recommendation that car-hailing apps be regulated, […]
You’ll have to walk past Club Kid killer Michael Alig’s creepy paintings to get to Australian food artist Ishara Jayakody’s art at the Select Art Fair, but it’s worth it if you’ve never seen a bagel suit before. A bagel suit is exactly what it sounds like: A suit made out of bagels. The dope […]
NYU undergrad Chris Cole’s final project for one of his classes was a short film about a college student obsessed with the rapper Drake. The film shares its title with Drake’s most recent release, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, but where Drake’s use of the title is inscrutable, Cole’s is clear: If you’re […]
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office released an audit of the MTA on Thursday. In news that surprises absolutely no one, Stringer found that the MTA does a terrible job of cleaning the subways. What is kind of surprising, however, is how thoroughly the MTA misses the mark. They’re not even hitting the dartboard; they’re throwing […]
Marion, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Club Kid Michael Alig enters the warm embrace of the art world and showcases his prison-inspired series of paintings for the first time ever to the public. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
There’s nothing shocking about original Club Kid and convicted killer Michael Alig joining the ranks of semi-famous people who call themselves artists. I can’t think of a more fitting scene for Alig than the art world: it’s self-absorbed, trivial, patronizing and, in so many ways, amoral — kind of like Alig. And yet, seeing his […]
Your worst suspicions about hotel, hospital, and restaurant linens are probably true, according to a report compiled by City Councilman Ritchie Torres and advocacy group CLEAN NYC and reported on by the Daily News. The report states that of the 50 industrial laundries in the metro area, only 5 are certified by industry groups to […]
