Halloween Treats at 188 Galerie

October is here! Falling leaves. Cooler days. Harvest and Halloween.

Classic Macabre : On Halloween make merry with this Big Bones Poster from Charles Lahti Studio #lahtipopup

Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy.

McQueen for Halloween

Summer Koinobori

Our koinobori are back here at 188 Galerie! 

188 Galerie Store Front with Koinobori

Cooling off the New York City summer heat blazing off pavements as they sway cheerfully in the breeze over the shop's awnings. 

Koinobori for Sale at 188 Galerie

Koinobori are carp shaped or painted banners and streamers sewn into windsocks to flutter gaily overhead with hopes of bringing good fortune to homes and families that raise them. 

NYC's 43rd Village Halloween Parade

New York City sure knows how to put on a grand and spectacular holiday extravaganza! 

Nothing is wilder and more over the top than the largest parade in the world, the New York City Halloween Parade! It is lauded by Festivals International as “The Best Event in the World” for October 31.

summer breeze

With summer in full swing, 188 Galerie showcases yet another Vintage Black Label classic - the Aloha or Hawaiian Shirt.

Vintage Black Label | Aloha Shirt

As waves of heat rise from New York City's urban jungle - conjuring visions of verdant tropical forests - we dream of cascading waterfalls, pristine white sand, and cooling fronds of paradise.

Luau Spread at 188 Galerie NYC

All is not lost if you find yourself city bound instead of off on an island paradise this summer!

NYC “The Big Apple” as model

“Constructing Manhattan from the Razor’s Edge” by Christina Lihan, consists of a series of stark-white paper cut-outs hanging diorama-style in striking, hard-angled and recognizable shapes. 

Representing many of NYC’s memorable buildings - including familiar landmarks at the Flatiron District and Madison Square - it is a magical simulated mini-skyline.

89th Annual Feast of San Gennaro - Little Italy NYC

This annual feast is New York City's oldest, biggest and noisiest religious street festival - starting Thursday, September 10, continuing through Sunday, September 20, 2015. 

The Feast of San Gennaro opens every day at 11:30 a.m. and closes at 11:00 p.m. Sundays through Thursday's and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

cross pollinating catalysts in contemporary art

Tech tools and modern mobility connect and expand individuals outside ourselves and our lives in just about every imaginable aspect, immediately and increasingly.

Agnieszka Kurant, The End of Signature, 2015

As social media brings the virtual online world in touch and interactive for us all, so too does storytelling weave itself into contemporary art. 

At the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue in New York City, on exhibit now until September 9 are over 100 works in diverse mediums by 48 international artists from its contemporary collection.

sizzling summer greetings

Too lazy to leave home and face the heat of summer in the streets of New York City? There are worse things in life!

Too hot and bothered to bother with socials or visiting your friends and loved ones? Never mind!

Just send them one of our famous fun and frivolous greeting cards. A wide selection is available in store at 188 Galerie.

Coney Island Posters

188 Galerie featured artists for the month of May are poster designers, Nate Cepis and Colin Smight. 

Nate is a designer and golfer from Philadelphia. Colin is a designer and singer of R&B from Los Angeles. They enjoy making stuff together. 

Their poster edition, inspired by summers in New York, focuses on ConeyIsland.

cutting edge collage

With the new collage exhibition slated for April, 188 Galerie is inspired to share this piece on the history and technique as well as the art and craft of collage.

Collage is a visual art medium and expressive craft process of assembling varied materials to create a whole new piece. The term collage is derived from the French coller, meaning 'to glue.'

Collage emerged from the cubist gluing and pasting explorations of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, who in the beginning of the 20th century transformed the medium into a distinctive part of modern art.