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J. Scott Orr

J. Scott Orr is a New York City based art writer and recovering political journalist. His work has appeared in Ocula, Whitehot, UP Magazine, Sculpture and other publications.

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A graffiti artist in a hooded jacket paints on a plywood wall filled with cartoon-style murals beneath a large tag of his name, showing the ongoing creation of street art at the future entrance to the New Museum’s restaurant.

Fine Art Meets Street Art: The New Museum’s Freeman Alley Gambit

By J. Scott Orr
An older man in a suit, identified as Guernsey’s president Arlan Ettinger, stands beside a large concrete slab painted by Banksy with a red balloon heart and graffiti text inside a mall-like space.

It’s Born to be Wild, But Street Art Doesn’t Always Stay That Way

By J. Scott Orr
A silk-screen print by Jane Dickson of The Odeon restaurant in Tribeca, showing diners seated outside beneath the restaurant’s red neon sign.

Beyond Times Square Sleaze: Jane Dickson Still Captures the Pulse of the City

By J. Scott Orr
A man, artist Juan Carlos Pinto, holds a MetroCard mosaic portrait of Nina Simone while standing in front of a wall filled with his other mosaic portraits.

Last Swipe: NYC’s Farecard Artists Face Extinction as the MTA Eliminates the Beloved MetroCard

By J. Scott Orr
A close-up of a hand wearing a white glove turning a page in an archival binder with a black-and-white photo visible.

Mapplethorpe Unbound: Rediscovered S&M Images Surface in New York City

By J. Scott Orr
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