Castle Braid Ready for Occupancy — and Art

The Castle Braid from the interior courtyard. — Photo by Jeremy Sapienza

New to the hood, the Castle Braid plays host to a six-week art fair in Bushwick, starting with a massive party this Saturday afternoon.

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Bushwick-Based Farm Cart Sandwiches Expands

Started by artists who may have found themselves stranded in the studio at lunch time, Farm Cart is a new lunch delivery and catering service based in Bushwick…

Lightning Bolt Strikes Broadway Backyard

Option B this Sunday was a sun-dappled Todd P show in the gravel and grass lot at the Broadway Backyard (979 Broadway)…

Contemporary Art + Lil’ Wayne = Magic

Two worlds met in an improbable collision on the New York Venn diagram when art curators mounted a multimedia art show devoted entirely to Lil’ Wayne.

Norwegian City Obsessed With Brooklyn Street Art

In September, Norway’s third largest city, Stavanger, with a whopping population of 121,325, is hosting a festival devoted specifically to street artists from Brooklyn…

Bless Tive’s Mind Isn’t in the Gutter, Yours Is

Bless Tive in his studio. — Photo by Mimi Luse

Had you been to the opening of one of Bless Tive’s recent exhibitions in Chicago, you would have noticed a rooster and a hen puttering around the gallery,…

BOS: ‘Gods of Mars’ at English Kills

Taking its title from the Burrough’s Basroom, “The Gods of Mars” at English Kills is a solid group show with video, installation art, and some really massive paintings…

Bushwick Open Studios Profile: Vicious/Delicious

Putting Vicious/Delicious, the show for the Brooklyn College MFA 2009 Thesis Exhibition, up during BOS ensured maximum foot-traffic for this class of graduates…

BOS Profile: Silent Barn/Showpaper

Showpaper founder Joe Ahearn curated a selection of his favorite show posters at Silent Barn in “Queens, barely.”…

Bushwick Open Studios Profile: Nicole Killian

Nicole Killian (169 Troutman), who has worked as a graphic designer for Nickelodeon and other big-time companies, makes a separate body of work that draws on middle school awkwardness and social/ self-perception…