This Thursday night is the kickoff of Third Thursdays, a new monthly event from the LES Business Improvement District showcasing the Lower East Side's flourishing arts scene. Galleries will be staying open until 9pm and the New Museum is...
Neighborhood resident samolicious sends evidence that the Collete Blanchard Gallery has closed shop at 28 Clinton Street. It was a gorgeous gallery space and we enjoyed many of her shows. (see our video with Derek Adams here.) Ms. Blanchard...
The gallery and performance mecca, Ramiken Crucible, is opening a new space (above ground!) at 389 Grand Street. Owner/artist/musician Mike Egan tells us the other space (downstairs in the Mayflower Building at E. Broadway and Clinton) is under renovation. ...
Community Board 3's Arts & Cultural Affairs Task Force will meet tomorrow night to discuss:
1. Arts in Education Forum
2. Art in Empty Storefronts
3. Convocation of all Manhattan Arts Committee of Task Force chairs
Brad Burgess from the Living Theater will...
A lot has been written about the burgeoning Lower East Side gallery scene in the last couple of years. Even as the art market suffered through a punishing recession, young gallery owners in this neighborhood have thrived. Art writer/blogger...
A soggy start to the week, weather wise. A high of 58 today with showers continuing through the night, and maybe into tomorrow.
Happening today, University Settlement is hosting an unprecedented meeting of non-profit organizations from around the world,...
Artlog, an impressive online site for New York artists and art lovers, is teaming up with the New York Observer, the LES B.I.D. and the New Museum (for the third year in a row) for a one-night, private, art...
Make sure to catch the Clothesline Benefit Art Sale at ABC No Rio tonight and tomorrow night from 7p - 10p. Various works on paper will be "strung up" with many surprising things "hanging on the line". ...
