The good folks at Republic Worldwide have taken over the gallery space at 131 Chrystie St. and dubbed it The Lodge. They held a preview party last night with a group show, Die Wunderkammer; Objects of Virtue, which pays...
If you’ve noticed an abundance of street art embellishing the Lower East Side lately, it’s due in part to the outdoor project-based collective Murals Around New York (MaNY). MaNY was established in 2010, when a few like-minded artists and...
FABnyc and curator Keith Schweitzer (of MaNY) are excited about this installation by Harlem-based artist Tom Sanford at 70 E. 4th Street. The seven gilded icon paintings are titled "Saints of the Lower East Side" and the saints are:...
Thanks to curator Keith Schweitzer for sending along this photo and most excellent video of his latest project, a mural on E. 2nd Street (at 2nd Ave.) by street artist Know Hope. The piece is title "STAMPEDED" and is...
We stopped by Extra Place yesterday, where a group of artists is giving the sterile alley behind what used to be CBGB's some much-needed creative energy. We met the co-curator, Keith Schweitzer, at East Broadway gallery Allegra LaViola several...
