O’Flaherty’s Is Back, This Time With Tubs of Vaseline

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 openings [O’Flaherty’s Is Back, This Time With Tubs of Vaseline]( The East Village gallery inaugurated its new space with naked men sculpting themselves into a messy copy of a Greek statue. Photo: Peter Stanglmayr You didn’t know exactly what you were in for at the opening of “O’Flaherty’s Gelatin O’Flattering,” the first exhibition in O’Flaherty’s new gallery space on Avenue A, except that it would be a scene. The owners, artist [Jamian Juliano-Villani]( and her longtime friends Ruby Zarsky and Billy Grant, know how to draw a crowd: Their last opening lasted an hour before about [1,000 people]( spilled onto the street and the [NYPD shut it down](, after which the Times called it [the party of the summer](. Last night’s crowd was smaller, a mere 400 people or so — lots of skaters, some old-school artists — crammed into a former Upright Citizens Brigade theater (which was, before that, the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, may it rest in indie heaven). More were lined up around the block to see [Gelitin](, a group of four artists from Vienna, create a live sculpture based on [Laocoön and His Sons](. The performance was an adaptation of “[I Like My Job Five](,” a video commissioned by the Kunstraum in London in 2020, as part of a series of pieces about the labor that goes into making art. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [It’s Been a Tumultuous Two Weeks for Flaco The Eurasian eagle-owl has survived a vandalized enclosure, life as a celebrity, and a new diet of free-range rats.]( [How Luam Melake, Designer of Furniture With Feelings, Furnishes Her Harlem Co-op It’s a three-bedroom; she works in two of them.]( By Wendy Goodman [A Country Home in the Middle of Bed-Stuy It has a finished attic, four fireplaces, and a peach tree in the backyard.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-curbed?email={EMAIL}&hash=6c53b63a8e3fad70ad4ef13004527437¶m=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved