Ah Bushwick! The hip, self-sufficient subculture of art at the outskirts of Brooklyn is teeming with energy, ready to explode at the end of the week with the 8th iteration of Bushwick Open Studios. Continuing with it’s upward trend, the experience is set to be a fitting celebration of Brooklyn art culture. This year marks […]

NY Arts Magazine: If you had the opportunity to start a playful Biggie/Tupac style art world beef, who would you choose to go after and why? Sayre Gomez: Neïl Beloufa—I hate that fucking French piece of garbage.

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing “Chicago in L.A.: Judy Chicago’s Early Work, 1964-74,” at the Brooklyn Museum. Chicago, who is arguably one of the most influential feminist artists of this time, gained international notoriety for her installation The Dinner Party, which is permanently housed at the Brooklyn Museum. The pairing of these early […]

Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and did you know early on that you would be in the arts or did you begin as something else? Were there other artists in your family? Kristine Marx: My earliest memories are of painting and drawing, so I always made art. My parents were very encouraging. […]

Living in New York, you may not know the name Phil Elverum but there is a good chance you have heard music he has collaborated on, and for that matter, laid eyes on his art. He wouldn’t want us saying this, but he is kind of a big deal. Working as one of the pivotal […]

In the swirling mess we are left with following all the NYC art fairs and crazy secondary market auctions, there are a number of great looking MFA thesis shows going on. Here’s a compilation of some of our favorites. Go check them out, you never know who could be the next big star! SMFA Thesis […]

NY Arts Magazine: Please tell us something about your work that often gets overlooked by the unfamiliar or untrained eye. Patrick Berran: I am often asked questions pertaining to the process; what type of materials, even step-by-step questions, also if they are completely print-based paintings. I enjoy the process very much, it is important. My […]

Walking up the short flight of steps to enter in to Team Gallery‘s 83 Grand Street location is often it’s own reward, providing a nice break between the busyness of the SoHo street as you cross over into the relative silence of the polished white cube. The result is often confounding in the best possible […]

As described by the Lincoln Film Society, its Chaplin Award honors the “distinguished film artist whose body of work and lifetime of achievements represent a significant contribution to the art of film”. With classics and fan favorites like Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), and Misery (1990), it is no wonder director and […]

NY Arts: Has your approach to art always been associated with performance art? Jacolby Satterwhite: No, I started with drawing and painting; however, the images I’ve been making since childhood have been performative and used the figure as a compositional pivot. Ten years into my painting practice, I became exhausted by painting’s history because it’s […]