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Javier Hughes

Music, books, and storytelling meet in Javier Hughes’s reflective cultural writing, which often begins with an unexpected connection.

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Independent editorial contributor focused on music culture, books, storytelling, arts commentary.

Articles by Javier Hughes

A city construction site where a half-finished public sculpture stands wrapped in scaffolding beside a New York school or rec-center facade, rendered in the same gritty, h.

How New York City's Percent for Art Law Pays Working Artists

Javier Hughes

How New York City Actually Hands Out Public Art Commissions

How New York City Actually Hands Out Public Art Commissions

Javier Hughes

A city construction site where a half-finished public sculpture stands wrapped in scaffolding beside a New York school or rec-center facade, rendered in the same gritty, h.

How New York City's Percent for Art Law Pays Working Artists — Art

Javier Hughes

Blank brick wall in amber Brooklyn light

Why New York's Mural Boom Pays Everyone Except the Painters

Javier Hughes