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Artist Jamian Juliano-Villanis is opening O'Flaherty's Cafe at her Avenue A artist-run gallery O'Flaherty on Thursday night at 7pm, even though it's illegal.
The artist and proprietor of O'Flaherty's takes us through the gallery's re-opening week.
NEW YORK STATE legalized recreational marijuana on March 31, 2021. Soon after, taco-truck-style weed vendors began turning up on street corners around Manhattan. Soon after that, brick-and-mortar dispensaries began popping up all over the city. Some brazenly branded themselves with spiky green seven-leaved rosettes; others attempted to be discreet, since, if you wanted to be a stickler about it, their business was illegal. One shop near my house went to the trouble of calling itself a “concierge club” and adopted a streamlined aesthetic between high-end sneaker shop and Apple Store. Within...
By 8:30 p.m. July 14, just a half-hour after the exhibition opened, the line to get into “The Patriot,” an unclassifiable and, frankly, dera
With the once-bold Downtown scene replaced by slickness, a democratic open call at a gallery welcomed hundreds of artists desperate for exposure and recognition.