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The Golden Swan Garden
The corner of West 4th and Sixth Avenue was once the Hell Hole — a notorious Greenwich Village bar where Eugene O'Neill drank with gangsters and Dorothy Day found her voice.
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Galleries, street art, and hidden culture across America's art cities.
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Rothko and The Four Seasons: Those Sons of Bitches
Mark Rothko accepted a commission for the Four Seasons, vowed to destroy every appetite in the room, then pulled the paintings entirely. The story behind the Seagram Murals.
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NeighborhoodsUpper East Side
Jackson Pollock Pissed in Peggy Guggenheim's Fireplace. And Painted her an Early Mural
Peggy Guggenheim's Upper East Side duplex was where Pollock painted his monumental early Mural — and then urinated in her fireplace at the unveiling party.
New York
NeighborhoodsQueens
Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus Pavilion Site
Before installation art had a name, Salvador Dalí built a surrealist fever dream at the 1939 World's Fair in Queens — with topless mermaids, fish-head ticket booths, and a manifesto defending creative madness.
New York
East VillageNeighborhoods
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Studio and Apartment
57 Great Jones Street was Basquiat's home and studio in a building owned by Andy Warhol — where he made his most celebrated work and died at 27.
New York
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Keith Haring's Hospital Mural
A 700-foot Keith Haring mural runs through the corridors of Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn — one of the most unexpected public art treasures in New York.
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Perpetually Closed Gallery
New York · Apr 1, 2019
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Dali at the St. Regis
New York · Feb 10, 2019
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Gotham Book Mart
New York · Jan 16, 2019
NeighborhoodsUnion Square
Keith Haring's Bathroom
New York · Jan 15, 2019
MidtownNeighborhoods
A BALL FIT FOR DALI
New York · Mar 5, 2018
Global FeaturedGreenwich Village
West 8th Street
New York · Jan 10, 2018
Global FeaturedGreenwich Village
The San Remo Cafe
New York · Jun 21, 2017
NeighborhoodsWest Village
Diane Arbus and the Westbeth
New York · May 22, 2017
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Danceteria
New York · Mar 23, 2017
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Gracie Mansion Gallery site
New York · Mar 6, 2017
NeighborhoodsTimes Square
James Turrell, Light Box
New York · Jan 17, 2017
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The Jane Hotel
New York · Dec 28, 2016
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Berlin Wall in Battery Park
New York · Oct 21, 2016
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Gainsborough Studios
New York · Sep 23, 2016
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Gordon Matta Clark's Home Sweet Home
New York · Sep 16, 2016
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Marcos Amaro: When Visual Guidance Isn't Enough
New York · Sep 14, 2016
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Get ready to wait in line- Refinery29's 20 Rooms is back
New York · Sep 9, 2016
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Hanging out at Detroit's Red Bull House of Art
New York · Aug 2, 2016
MidtownNeighborhoods
Frank Stella's Sack
New York · Jul 26, 2016
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KENNY SCHARF'S COSMIC CAVERN
New York · Jul 19, 2016
NeighborhoodsSoHo
Subway Map Floating on a NY Sidewalk
New York · Jul 18, 2016
NeighborhoodsSoHo
The Mercer Street Store
New York · Jul 15, 2016
Global FeaturedObsessions
Support Mykl Wells' Cardboard Creations for Cartasia
New York · Jun 7, 2016
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All About African Art with Curator Atim Oton
New York · Jun 2, 2016
Global FeaturedLower Manhattan
Louise Nevelson Plaza
New York · Apr 29, 2016
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Pure Evil descends on The Quin
New York · Apr 19, 2016
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The Bodies of Washington Square Park
New York · Feb 1, 2016
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Flux-Hall Fluxus Shop
New York · Jan 12, 2016
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#ASAP- Vandalog x Amazon Street Art Project launches today
New York · Dec 7, 2015
Lower ManhattanNeighborhoods
A Wheatfield Grew in Manhattan
New York · Oct 1, 2015
MeatpackingNeighborhoods
Day's End by Gordon Matta-Clark
New York · Sep 14, 2015
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The Twin Peaks of Greenwich Village
New York · Jul 17, 2015
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Bye Bye Passerby
New York · May 12, 2015
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Visionary works by Joseph Arthur on View at Amy Li Projects
New York · Mar 12, 2015
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Sebastian Errazuriz takes on #MidnightMoment- A Pause in the City That Never Sleeps
New York · Jan 5, 2015
Nerdin' AroundOn The Inside Tip
PHOTOS: Miami Marine Stadium w Crash, Tristan Eaton, Ron English, Logan Hicks, The London Police, Jose Mertz, Johnny Robles, and Reinier Gamboa
New York · Sep 22, 2014
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'Home: My San Francisco' Opening Tonight at AIA!
San Francisco · Aug 22, 2014
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Bradley Hart's Injected Bubble Wrap at Cavalier
New York · Apr 29, 2014
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ArtNowNY: Push It
New York · Mar 27, 2014
Dear DiaryFremont
Dear Diary: Aran Galligan
Seattle · Jan 15, 2014
Art-spirational Videos
VIDEO: The Dadaist Films of Hans Richter
New York · Jan 9, 2014
NeighborhoodsSOMA
Ballast by Richard Serra
San Francisco · Dec 19, 2013
What's Up
Message in a Bottle at Scope Miami
New York · Nov 22, 2013
NeighborhoodsUnion Square
Street Art x Spotify
New York · Oct 3, 2013
Global FeaturedLoop
Jean DuBuffet's Standing Beast
Chicago · Sep 17, 2013
Global FeaturedGlobal What's Up
JR's @InsideOutProj Coming to LA on Friday!!
Los Angeles · Aug 7, 2013
Greenwich VillageNeighborhoods
Cedar Tavern
New York · Jul 31, 2013
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Buy It NOW (or I will)! – Art Nerd Seattle Edition
Seattle · Jul 12, 2013
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I Love Thee Shark Toof
New York · Jun 24, 2013
Greenwich VillageNeighborhoods
The Apple by Stephen Weiss
New York · May 27, 2013
On The Inside Tip
BTW-No One at Frieze Wants to Talk to You
New York · May 11, 2013
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Sky's the Limit at O'Hare Airport
Chicago · Apr 11, 2013