{"id":35659,"date":"2026-05-30T19:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sociallifemagazine.com\/?p=35659"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:21:27","slug":"chuck-connelly-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sociallifemagazine.com\/art\/chuck-connelly-3\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cChuck Connelly: Tribeca\u2019s Midnight Parade \u2014 When Art Runs Wild\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Downtown Legend Takes Center Stage as Artist Chuck Connelly Is Celebrated at One Art Space<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Featured image: Adrienne Connelly with Animals in the Street (1994) by Chuck Connelly<\/p>\n

Photo credits: PMC \/ Paul Bruinooge<\/p>\n

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MaryAnn Giella McCulloh, Adrienne Connelly and Mei Fung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n\u201cTribeca\u2019s Midnight Parade,\u201d is a spirited tribute to the late artist
\ncentered on his 1994 work \u201cAnimals in the Street\u201d<\/i><\/h2>\n

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One Art Space<\/b>\u00a0in Tribeca presented \u201cChuck Connelly: Tribeca\u2019s Midnight Parade \u2014 When Art Runs Wild\u201d<\/b> Co-Curated by\u00a0Adrienne Connelly<\/b>\u00a0and MaryAnn Giella McCulloh<\/b>. This special exhibition honors the late artist Chuck Connelly through a body of work that reflects the energy, individuality and creative spirit of downtown New York.\u00a0 The exhibition opened with a private VIP reception and a public exhibition which is now on view from through Sunday, May 3rd<\/sup>, 2026, daily from 12:00pm to 6:00pm, at One Art Space, 23 Warren Street, Tribeca.<\/p>\n

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Giuseppe Signorini, Sierra Medra, Adrienne Connelly, Graham Morphis, Devlin Shadow, Enki Osmani and Timothy Parson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At the heart of the exhibition is \u201cAnimals in the Street,\u201d<\/b>\u00a0a 1994 painting created during a period when Chuck Connelly was living and working from his loft studio on Franklin Street in Tribeca. The work transforms everyday neighborhood life into something theatrical, charged and unforgettable. In Connelly\u2019s vision, the people moving along the street take on animal identities, each with a distinct personality and rhythm. Friends and neighbors emerge from the crowd in altered form, while one commanding figure, a judge, becomes a fierce lion in a trench coat heading toward Chambers Street. The artist himself appears as a horse, standing softly to the side in bohemian dress, quietly observing the rush around him.<\/p>\n

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