Under the auspices of the Public Art Fund, Indian born, London resident artist Anish Kapoor is bringing one of his typically large creations to Brooklyn Bridge Park, as Artnet News reports. “Descension” (photo: anishkapoor.com) is twenty six feet in diameter and is described in the Artnet News piece as being “made by pairing an all-natural […]
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“Descension” by Anish Kapoor Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park
By Claude Scales on February 18, 2017 8:53 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Visual Arts

Hot Enuf 4 Ya?
Yeah, it’s hot. Hot enough to fry an egg on the Promenade pavement. It’s gonna be even hotter tomorrow, they say. So, someone must be lovin’ it. Yeah. Lizz, of Lizzmonade is lovin’ it. Art appreciation is up, at least for Jeppe Hein’s “Appearing Rooms” on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Your correspondent found temporary […]

Jeppe Hein’s “Please Touch The Art” at Brooklyn Bridge Park
By Claude Scales on June 1, 2015 3:49 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Fun, Visual Arts
If you haven’t been down to Brooklyn Bridge Park in the last two weeks, you should go and experience Danish artist Jeppe Hein’s “Please Touch the Art”; an exhibit that will remain in place at locations throughout the Park until next April. There are many variations of his “modified social benches,” which invite sitting in […]
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