by Emma Davey Art and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway may not inherently go together, but a gallery space has been looking to change that.
Gallery BQE is an unconventional street art collection whose works have been zhuzhing up the underside of the massive thoroughfare (specifically, the Meeker and Union avenues area, near Macri Triangle). It’s all a part of their “highbrow on the down low” ethos.
Local artist Kalcium Fortified co-founded the effort a couple of years ago. Since she…
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