Art at the Limits
Editor’s Notebook: Searching for the Ghost of Harold Bloom at the Melrose Library
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Could the Melrose branch of today nurture a similar life of ideas?
Greenpoint Gallery and Community Hub for Polish Art Hosts Final Exhibit
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Gallery A.R, known as one of the few places to regularly exhibit art by Polish and Polish-American artists, hosted its final exhibit in August after six years in the neighborhood.
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What Bushwick’s Children Think About Trump’s Wall
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Among those who did come to the Brooklyn neighborhood from overseas, there are feelings of deep vulnerability.
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CityViews: An Artist Incensed by Domestic Violence Explains her Beautiful Images of Guns
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‘Pretend you were talking to an NRA member in a low-population, low-crime state like New Hampshire or Utah, where the rate of gun violence is much lower than in New York. If that person wondered into the exhibit, what would you want them to take away from it?’
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Arts Council Looks for Leaders Among Public-Housing Residents
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The group is looking for 10 public housing residents to serve on the council, in hopes of preventing long-time community members from being shut out amid a spate of luxury redevelopment in the neighborhood.
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Opponents of Sims Statue Worry His Pedestal Will Remain in Honored Spot
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The artist who designs a replacement piece will determine whether to remove the pedestal. But that idea will have to pass a vote by an ‘artist selection panel.’
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As Galleries Shut Around NYC, an Inclusive Outpost Somehow Survives
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‘Most people wander in here because they think it’s a bathroom or the subway.’
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Group Uses Dance to Tackle Serious Subjects For Kids
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‘What makes a healthy dance is often the same thing that makes a healthy relationship. Communication, patience, equity — without those a dance falls apart.’
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Using Electronic Music to Shrink the LES’s Digital Divide
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The Lower East Side boasts a rich artistic past and present cut off from traditional cultural support. A program for area youth hopes to change that.
ARTS and CULTURE
Artwork Could Be the Salvation for a Shuttered Church in Manhattan
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There are no more masses, weddings or funerals at St. Stephen’s Church on East 28th Street. Like many parishes around the city, it has been closed. But unique artwork inside could help preserve the structure.