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Entries Tagged as 'Chelsea'

The Barnstormers at Joshua Liner Gallery

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments

The Barnstormers are a collective of New York/Tokyo-based artists who create large-scale collaborative paintings, films and performances.  They interpret and communicate the visual, cultural, and spiritual awakenings inspired by their trips to the south. Their work is shown at the Joshua Liner Gallery in Chelsea till April 17th. Check it out.

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Best pizza : Ovest Pizzoteca

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Luzzo, located in East Village, is one of the best pizza in town. The restaurant has coal-burning ovens which is the secret to make a good pizza : thin and crispy pies with fresh tomato and basel -$10- !  Now Michele Iuliano, the owner, has a new spot, Ovest Pizzoteca, in the far West Chelsea [...]

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Tags: Chelsea · CityGuide · Healthy, nice & fair value · Restaurants/ Hotels

Brian Alfred, a so ny artist

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Brian Alfred is an artist based in Brooklyn. His work rooted in his time has a strong personal insight. Compelling.
Till feb 20 at Haunch of Venison Gallery.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
Between 48th and 49th Street
20th Floor
New York, NY 10020
T +1 212 259 0000

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William Eggleston & Diane Arbus

January 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Cheim & Read’s exhibitions feature rarely shown work of Diane Arbus and new William Eggleston one. For the former, the gallery shows In the Absence of Others, a group of photographs of empty interiors and artificial landscapes spanning the 1960s. For the latter, Cheim & Read presents 21st Century, a work that is also on [...]

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Naka Naka

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Good and reasonnable Japanese restaurants are maybe the most difficult place to find. Naka Naka is one of them. Not only the food is fresh and tasty but the people are tactful and extremely delicat. Not to mention that the spot is quiet and have no loud people or loud music. Not bad isn’t it [...]

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Tags: Chelsea · CityGuide · Healthy, nice & fair value · Meat Packing · Restaurants/ Hotels

Mark Cohen

May 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Mark Cohen is a street photographer. His fellows at work are Robert Frank, William Klein, Lee Friedlander and William Eggleston. Actually, you can tell that he belongs to the same school, right ? Beyond the stances those photographers take, there is the idea to get closer to the subject. Therefore, Cohen chose to photograph [...]

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Drive

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

by Andrew Bush opens today at Yossi Milo Gallery. It’s Thrusday night openings in Chelsea and it’s always fun to hang out there especially when you want to spot new looks and trends. Enjoyable exhibition in an cutting edge gallery and definitely worth stopping by any other day of the week.
Yossi Milo Gallery

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Aperture

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

One day, Raymond Depardon said NY is one of the most photogenic city in the world. I guess, the statement makes sense. Therefore, NY is also a vivacious and top-notch center for photography. Aperture is one of them. The galery, opened in 2005, was formely a magazine founded by a few people among them [...]

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