Art Gallerist • Co-founder of @onbd_art with @eyeballevae and @metamasako⛓️ Art • Music • Tech
New York, USA
Joined September 2009
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this has been making the rounds in groups/dms and want to make sure it's shared here on twitter, especially since so many events happened at Time To Be Happy this year
seems to be a recurring pattern toward female artists based on comments and convos
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🚨Be careful of @TimeToBeHappyGY
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To mark the fifth anniversary of its release, I’ve partnered with Avant Arte to offer exclusive free streaming of his film ‘Rohingya’ for one week only.
Head here to watch: avantarte.co/rohingya-ai-wei…
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MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN 2 DAYS IN IRAN.
Let that sink in.
#IranMassacre #IranianRevolution2026
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Put your political alignment aside, and tell me when the world was better off when America wasn’t leading the way? We would all be speaking German if it wasn’t for the US (and her allies).
As a footnote, and perhaps most importantly: all those people protesting for whatever reason they please, you can thank the US for that freedom. That’s right, there was a time when both democrats and republicans believed that freedom was the most important aspect of society.
Progress is not linear, it waxes and wanes, but all in all I would rather live in a world led by the US and her allies, as opposed to a world run by the despots you all glorify.
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🚨🚨🚨Anyone lost a cat??? Spotted this well-fed but forlorn feline under a bench on the south side of the Central Park Pool. #cat #centralpark #birdcpp Please retweet! It’s raining and cold.
Dan Chen retweeted
Today is a new day for New York City.
Personally, I did not vote for Mamdani, nor do I believe he is the right choice to lead our city. But the beauty of democracy is that it reflects the will of the people - and while I oppose the Socialist ideals he promotes, I recognize that he won - won fairly - and now has the opportunity to govern. That is the contract of our Republic: the people choose, and we respect the outcome, even when we disagree with it.
To those threatening to leave New York City, I say this: leave, if you must. But true New Yorkers don’t flee at the first sign of difficulty. True New Yorkers stay. We dig our heels in, we fight for our City - with our words, our minds and our influence. We rebuild, we argue, we create and we endure. That is the spirit that made this City the greatest in the world.
For those who lived through the 1980s and earlier, we know how bad things can become. Crime, decay, despair - it was all here once. And we fought our way back. Perhaps this new era will serve as a hard but necessary lesson for a new generation to experience firsthand what happens when idealism collides with reality.
For those of us who do not support this new direction, our responsibility is clear: we must remain laser-focused on what truly matters: Safety. Infrastructure. Cleanliness. Education. Affordability. These are not partisan issues; they are the foundation of a functioning city. And while we may differ in ideology, surely we can all agree on one truth: you cannot govern a city with high taxes and low quality of life. That is a losing formula - every time.
To those who voted for Mamdani, I am sorry you feel capitalism has failed you. My sincere hope is that over the coming years, you come to see that socialism, while seductive in theory, has never worked in practice - not here, not anywhere.
As for me, I am staying. I love ❤️ NY - even when it makes mistakes. Especially when it makes mistakes. Because New York has always been about resilience, reinvention, and the belief that no matter how bad things get, this City will rise again.