I am painting the body as vehicle, simple forms with wheels or wings. These forms often appear inflated as with inhaled breath. The background encases these forms in a floating ungrounded space. These car, train, rocketand plane-like forms imply mov... »
People in Brooklyn lend out their apartments to film crews for as much as $2,000 a day. And maybe you can do it too! »
Join us here every Thursday at 11:30AM for The Insider, Brownstoner’s weekly in-depth look at interior design in the borough of Brooklyn. It’s written and produced by Cara Greenberg, who blogs at casaCARA: Old Houses for Fun & Profit. THE STORY of this... »
The vantage point in a “View From Brooklyn,” painted by George Copeland Ault in 1927, looks like Brooklyn Heights or Red Hook. Or is it farther up the East River, from Williamsburg or Greenpoint? “A precisionist and surrealist painter, especially noted... »
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Double duplex row houses Address: 35-39 Hampton Place Cross Streets: Sterling and St. John’s Places Neighborhood: Crown Heights North Year Built: 1908 Architectural Style: Neo-Tudor Architect: William Debus Other... »
Brooklyn’s Habana Outpost owner Sean Meenan commissioned a mural for his restaurant that would “unite the community,” blending the image of Notorious B.I.G. and revolutionary Che. Cue drama! Who gets the artist credit? CERN who painted the actual mural... »
Illustrator and pattern designer Samantha Hahn lives with her husband, David Moldawer, and two-year-old son, Henry, in this two-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s East Side. This is not just any apartment: It’s the apartment that belonged to David’s gran... »
Lampposts have a fresh coat of paint, new trash bins stand at regular intervals, and sidewalks and streets are cleaner than ever along a five-block stretch on and off 82nd Street, straddling the dividing line between Jackson Heights and Elmhurst in Que... »
