On Wednesday night, Ad Hoc Art Gallery threw one last party before closing its doors for good. It was a time of mixed emotions for many us. While it was a night of celebration, conjuring up memories of shows gone by and good friends made, the closing of Ad Hoc is also a big loss for the street art community & Bushwick itself. Not to be too jaded, but I doubt that the pro audio equipment store moving that is moving into the space will bring people together in quite the same way that the gallery did.

Luckily for those of us who still need to get our art fix on, many of the people who have been associated with Ad Hoc over the years have moved on to other exciting projects. Alex Emmart recently opened a new gallery space in D.U.M.B.O, Mighty Tanaka. Andrew Michael Ford is currently the director at Last Rites Gallery and is the owner of the fantastic online AMF Gallery. In December Ray Cross opened the Bushwick Print Lab, a new community silkscreen space in Bushwick/Ridgewood. And though Alison & Garrison Buxton may have closed down their Bogart Street gallery, they continue on with their curatorial endeavors as Ad Hoc, bringing Poland's M-City to the streets of Queens and France's Jef Aerosol to Eastern District(opening Friday, January 29th, running until Sunday, February 21st, 2010).

I would just like to say a final 'thank you' to all of the artists and behind-the-scenes people who have been a part of the Ad Hoc family over the past five years. Best wishes to you all in the future!

Labels: ad hoc

Come out and show your support and appreciation for Garrison and Alison Buxton at the closing of the Ad Hoc Art Gallery tonight. Their gallery has been a stalwart for the street art community and introduced me to many wonderful artists over the last few years. I know they've got a couple tricks up their sleeve yet and wish them all the best for future endeavors. See you at Ad Hoc... one last time.

49 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Wednesday, January 13th, from 7:30-11:30pm
L train to Morgan Avenue (exit on Bogart)

Labels: ad hoc, gallery closing

I first came across the insanely detailed, large-scale, black & white, architectural stencil work of Polish artist M-City at Planet Prozess in Berlin in 2007.

Conveniently, he'd also done a wall in the Friedrichshain neighborhood down the street from where I was staying.

Yet the wall that has impressed me the most to date was this collaboration with Sten and Lex at La Forge in the Belleville section of Paris.

M-City painted his first mural in New York shortly before Christmas (at a wall curated by Ad Hoc). For a terrific pano of the entire wall, check his page on Streetfiles.


Word has it he'll be back in New York after New Years. Stay tuned for further M-City updates...

Labels: ad hoc, installation, m-city, stencil