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The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center.

It’s only Monday, but we wanted to tell you about a Brooklyn-wide gallery hop that Marty Markowitz has put together for this weekend. Five free buses will be doing loops around our artiest neighborhoods (Bay Ridge? OK cool), every hour on the hour from 1 to 6, on Saturday or Sunday, depending upon which area you’re browsing. Bring your wallet, if there’s anything in it, because docents will be stationed at the galleries and along the bus rides dispensing art-buying advice. See below for pickup spots, and make your reservations now—they want people to RSVP to this thing in advance or you might have to hoof it. Register by phone at 718-802-3530 or email smart@visitbrooklyn.org. You have to give your name, phone number or email, and specify which hub and time you want. You can only make reservations for two people at a time.  Read the rest of this entry »

If it’s spring in Brooklyn, there must be an open-studio event somewhere. This weekend there are two: an art crawl in Bushwick, where you’ll see the likes of this elegantly twisted painting from Hannah Mishin (That girl’s on a mission!) along with work presented by 249 other galleries and artists. Open studios are tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 7. Get more info and a downloadable map here. Then there’s the Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk, with loads of artists and deals at 35 area restaurants. From 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »