This article was originally published on Domus 1066, March 2022, so more than a month before the death of Letizia Battaglia (March 5, 1935 - April 13, 2022). The installation can still be visited. “With my camera, I search for that genuine gaze, that combative part of...
Murals celebrating Black women activists will pop up in Brooklyn this summer, starting with Juneteenth. The first of these murals will be unveiled today. The work is the creation of artist-activist Helena Metaferia, who is primarily active in Harlem and Brooklyn. The mural depicts Wildcat Ebony...
This weekend, on Juneteenth, a new mural celebrating the labor of Black women activists will be unveiled in Brooklyn. The work of Harlem- and Brooklyn-based artist and activist Helina Metaferia, the mural depicts a fellow young creator, Wildcat Ebony Brown, atop a picture of a plinth;...
A new outdoor public art exhibition, “Intertwining Colors,” is now on view across 370 feet of construction scaffolding at Fulton Houses and Chelsea-Elliott Houses. The art features hand-painted murals with portraits of 60 residents from both NYCHA developments. “Intertwining Colors” is part of an ongoing artist...
The scaffolding around tonight at a housing complex in Chelsea got to makeover this week as artists collaborated to put up a new mural. The artwork depicts residents and workers from the Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses. The project is part of an ongoing partnership...
In Happening Today, “Intertwining Colors’’, an artwork by New York artists is being unveiled in Chelsea. The mural features a portrait of community members alone but still connected. The purpose is to enrich the Chelsea neighborhood, share the story, the culture, and the people that live there. From WNBC-NY (NBC) ...
In Manhattan where the scaffolding around the public housing complex in Chelsea gets a make-over thanks to some artists collaborating on a new mural. The artwork depicts residents and workers from the Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Housesand Elliott-Chelsea Houses. The project is part of an...
Two Chelsea artists are celebrating the beauty of life in the wake of the tragedy of death. New Yorkers’ relationship with art has changed dramatically in 2021. With indoor space now severely limited, preventing large scale exhibitions from taking place, and world-altering events such as the...
Today's morning moment comes to us from Chelsea, where a NYCHA complex got a makeover from local artists. Their new mural depicts residents and workers from the Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses. The project is part of an ongoing partnership between ArtBridge and the city housing...
We might be in the midst of a huge snowstorm, but February is always a great month for new public art. Once you can dig yourself out, check out everything from the annual Times Square Heart unveiling to more timely works that are a commentary...