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2012: Vol. 35

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Art

April, 2012

Good clean fun: Artist coats gallery in laundry detergent

By Aaron Short

Art: One artist transforms a Park Slope gallery into a laundromat while another converts a Prospect Heights art space into an indoor landfill with all the charm and ambience of Wall-E’s apartment. Comment.

Brooklyn Women of Distinction

One man’s trash is another man’s art installation

By Aaron Short

Art: Garbage has never looked this good. Comment.

Murder is her business: Art shows stuffed animal crime scenes

By Will Bredderman

Art: One of Jeanette May’s photos shows a severed head sitting on a kitchen floor amid scattered utensils, one eye peering up blankly — as stuffed animals tend to do. Comments (1).

Feminist fete at Brooklyn Museum

By Aaron Short

Art: Feminist icons, artists, and scores of revelers partied at Brooklyn Museum’s annual Brooklyn Artist Ball on Wednesday. Comment.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Supermensch!

By Daniel Bush

Art: Move over, Elijah — a new Jewish superhero is coming to the rescue. Comment.

March, 2012

Red ‘Haring’!

By Colin Mixson

Art: Keith Haring, the people’s artist of New York, is coming home with an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Comment.

Art goes to the Dog

By Kate Briquelet

Photo by Malcolm Brown

Art: Three Brooklyn artists are capturing more than 365 moments in time using artists in astronaut suits, a gargantuan sculpture based on the messiah, and Victorian beauties topped with intestines at the Bergen Stret gallery The Invisible Dog. Comment.

Brooklyn Conservatory

Beat goes on! Bushwick gallery crawl returns

By Aaron Short

Art: Skip Manhattan’s Armory festival and hit Bushwick’s nascent gallery circuit instead on March 10. Comment.

February, 2012

Here’s one way to get lost in art

By Juliet Linderman

Art: A Gowanus artist turned her studio into a makeshift travel agency — but instead of selling vacation packages, she gave away mysterious adventures. Comments (1).

Bushwick hits the big time! Chelsea gallery opens on Knickerbocker with star-studded show

By Aaron Short

Art: Bushwick’s gallery scene is growing up. Comments (2).

The Brooklyn Museum is redecorating

By Colin Mixson

Art: The museum is lending its historic period rooms as canvases from modern artists. Comment.

Gallery goes graffiti in Bushwick

By Aaron Short

Art: Skewville gets honored with a retrospective at the Factory Fresh gallery. Comment.

January, 2012

New takes on the classics

By Aaron Short

Art: The Brooklyn Museum is kicking off the new year by opening its doors — and handing over its showrooms — to two promising young artists inspired by the museum’s venerable permanent collection. Comment.

A ‘feast’ for the eyes: Exhibit showcases best food photography

By Juliet Linderman

Photo by Joel Sheakoski

Art: Feast your hungry eyes on 65 mouth-watering morsels of food photography at the “Feast Your Eyes” exhibition at the powerHouse Arena, opening Jan. 6. The delectable group show is part of the New York Photo Festival, and features food-related works shot by a mix of renowned and amateur photographers, to create a delicious display of images that pay homage to anything and everything that provides us with sustenance. Comments (1).

Mocada-it-yourself! DIY fest features demos and workshops

By Colin Mixson

Art: What’s better than buying home-made? Comment.

Not your grandma’s sock hop: Cabaret celebrates 1950s tunes

By Juliet Linderman

Art: The music may have died on Feb. 3, 1959, but the tunes of late greats Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens will be exhumed on Jan. 12 at the Bell House, at a modern-day cabaret tribute to the big three. Comment.

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