Showing posts with label NEW YORK CITY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEW YORK CITY. Show all posts

RUBBLE KINGS

I've always loved the style of 1970s New York street gangs. This new doc looks great...
"From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come by giving birth to hip-hop culture..."


NEWS FROM ARTY NYC

Jeffrey Deitch closed his playground of misfits (Deitch Projects) to become director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Los Angeles (MOCA). So his director, Kathy Grayson, decided to open her own gallery in NYC. It will be called The Hole, and it's going to be a wild time.