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Navigating Armory Arts Week in New York City
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg kicked off Armory Arts Week at the Art Dealers Association of America Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday. Declaring New York the arts, fashion, and financial capital of the world, he praised the week of art activities for drawing some 60,000 visitors who will spend an estimated $44 million. A dozen art fairs, which could cost $145 in total to visit, and take more leisure time than most of us have, are running concurrently. In order to help you navigate the shows, we've highlighted what they have to offer.
Read on for the full NYC art-fair roundup »
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Self-taught photographer Michael Sean Edwards has been an East Village staple for more than three decades, since moving to the once-gritty neighborhood from Toronto in 1977. Using "slow" film called Ektachrome Type B, Edwards documented neighborhood life with a cinematic touch and eye for detail: trash-can sculpture, a recurring graffiti tag, a doll on a street sign, the corner coffee shop. He only recently uploaded the resulting photographic prints to an online photoset that's been making the Internet rounds. We spoke with Edwards to get the background on a selection of his most compelling shots from 1978 to 1985.
Keep reading and view the image gallery »
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Published Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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