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Bruna D'Alessandro: Working Magic With Metal

Brooklyn-based Italian artist Bruna D'Alessandro uses steel to render magic wands, along with organics like flowers, leaves and twigs; soft things like pillows and bed linens; a teddy bear, a loaf of bread, tomatoes, mushrooms, flowing abstract terrains, even human breasts.

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Angelina Jolie’s Takeover of Basquiat’s Last Home: It Could be Worse

In a series of interviews with former Basquiat intimates and others, the reactions to the arrival of Atelier Jolie, which opened on 4 December 2023, were nearly identical: It's not the sweeping homage to one of the 20th century's most important artists that it could be, but neither is it a Starbucks.

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Daniel Root: Transcending Closing Time

A new book from East Village photographer Daniel Root, New York Bars at Dawn, captures watering holes in the Lower East Side and across New York City at their most revealing.

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Beggars Banquet at Not for Them

Beggars Banquet a group art show that defies expectations opens Nov. 20, 6 to 9 p.m., at Not For Them, 28 Locust Street, Brooklyn.

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At Fotografiska: The Warm, Furry Side of Art

Best in Show, the current installation at Fotografiska New York celebrates the eternal bond between people and animals and highlights how animals and artists can form special partnerships. 

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At Van Der Plas: Al Diaz and Danny Cortes

New work by NYC street art legend Al Diaz and Danny Cortez, the emerging superstar of hyperrealistic urban grit sculpture, at Van Der Plas Gallery, 156 Orchard Street, opening Friday, Oct. 20, 6 PM.

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