Visual Arts

Open Reception For Graffiti Legend Nicer at Wallworks

Join Wallworks New York tomorrow, Saturday and February 28th from 5pm to 8pm for ‘Naughty but Nicer’, a solo exhibition of graffiti legend and founding member of Tats Cru, Nicer.

The work in this exhibition is inspired by the famous pin-up girls who’s popularity picked up steam in the locker rooms of many soldiers during World War II — although their history reaches back as far as the late 1800s.

Model Casting for Bronx Fashion Week 2015; Designers, Make-up Artists, & Hairstylists Too

Last year, Bronx Fashion Week 2014 made history in September at the Andrew Freedman Home as the borough’s first Fashion Week ever.

Coming this May, we’re presenting the first Bronx Fashion Week event of 2015 called ‘The Essence of Beauty’ and next month on March 22nd at The Bronx Museum, we’ll be holding a casting call for models (men, women, and children) as well as a call for designers, make up artists, and hairstylists.

WALLWORKS NEW YORK Official Gallery Launch This Saturday

After a soft launch this past September and with several exhibitions since then, WALLWORKS NEW YORK in Port Morris will officially launch their gallery tomorrow, Saturday, January 10th at 6PM with the exhibition ‘Ikonoclasts’ featuring the works of the late trio of graff artists, A-One, Dondi, and Rammellzee.

When we first interviewed Crash, aka John Matos last year, he told us about his vision for WALLWORKS:

MAJOR Frida Kahlo Exhibition Coming To The Bronx in 2015

The New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx will be home to an amazing and unique exhibition called ‘Frida Kahlo’s Garden’ starting May 16th of 2015 through November 1st 2015.

According to NYBG, it, “…will be the first solo presentation of Kahlo’s work in New York City in more than 25 years, and the first exhibition to focus exclusively on her intense interest in the botanical world.”