You probably know, especially if you’ve read our list of Bronx Facts, that the Piccirilli…
How The Bronx Became the Last Home of Acrylic Furniture Manufacturing in NYC
At the height of its popularity, NYC had up to 20 factories manufacturing acrylic furniture.…
The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden Is Their Most Unique Yet
This year’s 16th annual Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden features the commissioned…
Watch: Daze, One of Graffiti’s Pioneers in His South Bronx Studio
TimeOut New York interviewed graffiti legend and artist, Chris “Daze” Ellis from his South Bronx…
Landmark Georgia O’Keeffe Exhibition Coming to The Bronx’s New York Botanical Garden
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Works Coming to The New York Botanical Garden The Bronx’s New York Botanical…
Legionnaires Update, Migration Stories, Puerto Rican Heritage Artist & Book Expo|Bronx PM Links
Legionnaires update on the second outbreak in The Bronx in Morris Park, Puerto Rican Heritage Month’s Artist and Book Expo at Hostos Community College, and Migration Stories at The Bronx Documentary Story are part of this evening’s Bronx PM Links roundup.
The 1 Train Gets Graffiti Bombed Not Once But Twice in The Bronx
An anonymous tipster has sent us images of two 1 trains that were graffiti bombed in the past month up in The Bronx.
Although nothing like decades past when entire trains were covered in Graff and roamed through through the belly of the beast of our subway through the city, this still shows that graffiti artists are very daring in trying to capture their claim to fame—even if ever so brief as these trains are generally pulled out of service immediately to be cleaned.
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Shatters New York Botanical Garden Attendance Record
Last year when we first got wind that The New York Botanical Garden was planning a Frida Kahlo exhibition we knew it was going to be big—but never imagined how big.
When we wrote about the show coming, a full year before it was scheduled to open, tens of thousands of people flooded our servers and shared our posts in excitement that this was happening and that it was happening in The Bronx.
Tats Cru Graffiti Gown Rocked by Casita Maria’s Executive Director, Sarah Calderon
Last night at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, The Bronx was in the house in full effect as Casita Maria celebrated its ‘Fiestas 2015’
Exhibition Explores The Complexities of Dominican and Haitian Relations Through Art
Tonight at the Andrew Freedman Home from 6pm to 9pm ‘La Lucha II DOM & HTI: Visions of Tomorrow, One Island’ opens up and continues the conversation it began earlier this year on the complex relationship between two countries that have similar shared histories and an island: Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
International Artists Begin Work on a Mural Project Spanning The South Bronx & El Barrio
Several years ago, ‘Los Muros Hablan’ (Spanish for The Walls Speak) project came to El Barrio and The South Bronx by way of Puerto Rico thanks to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito who brought this urban art project from San Juan to our neighborhoods.
This year, the project is called MONUMENTART and is bringing an eclectic mix of artists from around the world From Puerto Rico to Mexico to South Africa and even Argentina, these artists will be tackling the topic of immigration, especially as it pertains to our city as the capital of the world and destination for those from every corner of the globe, in their murals.
Bronx Born & Bred Artist Raises Awareness of Marine Pollution Through His Sculptures Made From Garbage
Daniel Lanzilotta, grew up in the Woodlawn/Wakefield area of the North Bronx and ended up on a journey that took him across the country and eventually across the Atlantic to France where he spends half his time.
For years, Daniel has been collecting garbage that washes upon the shores of France—and even our own Bronx River and our borough’s shores and turns these items that are destroying our ecosystem into beautiful sculptures.