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KEITH HARING, THE MESSAGE 1/6 - Downtown NYC Une web série documentaire de Maripol en 6 épisodes. New York. Fin des années 70. La ville est en banqueroute, ravagée par la drogue et la violence. Le sud de Manhattan - Downtown - est laissé à l’abandon et devient le terrain de jeu et d’expression d’une nouvelle communauté de jeunes artistes en rupture avec les codes du passé et portés par un vent de rébellion. Avec Fab 5 Freddy, Jane Dickson, Kenny Scharf, Diego Cortez, Tony Schafrazi, Keith Sonnier. KEITH HARING, THE MESSAGE est une web série documentaire en 6 épisodes diffusées sur Dailymotion, ARTE Creative et Télérama à partir du 17 avril 2013 à lâoccasion de lâune des plus importantes rétrospectives consacrées à lâartiste qui se tiendra au Musée dâArt Moderne de Paris et au 104.
The painters of Brooklyn Bridge. c. 1914-1918
Not sure where the paint and brushes are but I love the suits!
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Manhattan back in the day. Fifteen shacks on Fifth Avenue and 101st Street, 1894.
Museum of the City of New York
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Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith painting by Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones )
Owned by President Clinton and displayed on view in his office in NYC
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On this day today, 125 years ago the dedication of the Statue of Liberty took place in front of thousands of spectators in New York City.
France gave the Statue to the United States in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence.The lack of funds was a problem. In France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among the methods used to raise funds. In the United States, benefit theatrical events, art exhibitions, auctions and prize fights assisted in providing needed funds. In France, Bartholdi required the assistance of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) to help with the structural issues associated with designing such a colossal copper sculpture. In America, Joseph Pulitzer (noted for the Pulitzer Prize) opened up the editorial pages of his newspaper, “The World” to support the fund raising effort. Pulitzer used his newspaper to criticize both the rich who had failed to finance the pedestal construction and the middle class who were content to rely upon the wealthy to provide the funds. Pulitzer’s campaign of harsh criticism was successful in motivating the people of America to donate.
The Statue was completed in France in July, 1884. Lady Liberty was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates and arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885 on board the French frigate “Isere” The Statue was then re-assembled on her new pedestal in four months time and on October 28th 1886, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty took place in NYC.
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