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125th Street BID president Barbara Askins is displaying her artwork at Harlem's Aloft Hotel.

Angel "LA II" Ortiz is currently in jail on graffiti charges, forcing him to miss most of East Village gallery show.

An arts group is asking New Yorkers to record Times Square noise and remix it into songs.

Stuyvesant High School students created the Chambers Street mural in 2002.

The Sol LeWitt exhibit opens May 24, but the pieces are already taking shape.

The Cooper Union is hosting an art auction to help pay for student Emilie Gossiaux's medical needs.

The Under St. Mark's Theater is facing an uncertain future after its landlord announced a plan to sell the building.

Leigh Morse was acquitted of defrauding Robert De Niro, but found guilty of scamming other clients.

The New Museum's "Festival of Ideas for the New City" runs for four days at the start of May.

Leigh Morse is on trial for allegedly stealing two paintings from the actor.

The newest art installation at the Rubin Museum — a 1,300 lb. ice sculpture of Buddha — melts before your eyes.

Graffiti artist Katsu is apparently behind a series of fake ads posted in phone booths around the Lower East Side.

Artist Angel "LA II" Ortiz got busted for tagging an East Village building the night before his gallery exhibition opened.

"Pornucopia," an exhibit at the Allegra LaViola Gallery on the Lower East Side, includes some graphic images of sex.

Every third Thursday of the month, 30 Lower East Side art galleries will stay open late, until 9 p.m.