The 2017 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbook, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their creative process, continues with Matt Rota, who lives and works in Brooklyn, and enjoys drawing in the city parks. I usually have a number of sketchbooks I’m working in at any given moment. I have one or two that are for anything, working … Read the full Story >>
New York is full of fun surprises and the weeks in view are no exception. Here are a few items you won’t want to miss: Picasso Black and White opens today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. An exciting look at an artist you thought you knew so well. By eliminating color from his palette, Picasso stripped bare his work and process to reach another level of … Read the full Story >>
As we approach year two of this pandemic, many people are reflecting on how they got through it. Subscriber Matt Hebermehl is no exception: he sent a copy of his self-published book, Covid Calls, and joined me for an email conversation this week about the book and about art in general. Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Matt … Read the full Story >>
This week in photography we learned about the exact locations of poverty in America. We spotlighted documentary photographer Matt Black's exhibition "The Geometry of Poverty," on view at New York City's Anastasia Gallery, which combines images, geolocation, and poverty data to map America's marginalized communities. We also reported on the winner of the top prize at the Visa Pour l'Image photojournalism festival in France … Read the full Story >>
Above: Mitch Dobrowner, Road; opening Saturday at Kopeikin Gallery The first week of September is a tsunami of art events, including the 14th Annual BLAB! Show. Organized by Monte Beauchamp, this year’s edition presents works by more than 70 artists, including DART subscribers Ana Bagayan, Cathie Bleck,Chris Buzelli, Marc Burckhardt, Matt Duffin, Owen Smith, Ryan Heshka, Travis Lampe, Tim O’Brien, and … Read the full Story >>
Want to make your time-lapse projects timeless? Then you must master the holy grail of time-lapse photography: the day-to-night transition. In today's round-up of motion-art tutorials, you'll learn how to shoot day-to-night time-lapse transitions, as well as how to create cinematic black-and-white lighting, how to edit vertical videos, how to shoot product videos (with inexpensive setups); how to shoot professional-looking interviews, and how to … Read the full Story >>
As we noted this week, Ruben Espinosa, a photographer for the Mexican investigative magazine Proceso who had fled his home state of Veracruz after being harassed, was among five people found slain early Saturday in an apartment in Mexico City, The journalist's killing underscored the growing dangers of the job -- Espinosa, 31, was the 12th journalist who worked in the state of Veracruz … Read the full Story >>
A man who gave his life to tell the truth about his country. A photographer who headed to the Black Hills of South Dakota with his 4x5 camera and came back with a video celebration of a rugged American landscape. Another photographer who found how to mix family with his passion for surfing. A flower time lapse to end all flower time lapses. And … Read the full Story >>
The annual exhibition of work created for the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at School of Visual Arts celebrates the work of 19 students with an opening reception tonight. David Sandlin, the curator of this year's installment, gave me a tour of the show last week during the installation. As curator, David explained, his role began early in the year, as he … Read the full Story >>
Persia Tatar, a former colleague at DART's parent company, recently founded The Social Media Society - a social network designed to help social networkers take advantage of social networking. Did I really write that? Well yes, and that circlular sentence aptly, I think, captures the questions we often ask when trying to figure out how take advantage of quickly evolving marketing media available today. … Read the full Story >>
A Iraqi man who gave his life to report the truth. A celebration of large-format photography shot in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The story of an artist whose past is represented in his doodles. The emotional state of nostalgia, examined through home-movie footage found on eBay. A strange Rubik's-Cube competition that lets you taste the Skittles rainbow. These are the subjects of … Read the full Story >>
© Joseph Hartman, from Artist Studios, opening tomorrow at Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto. Landscapes from the Collection of Jay McDonald. Continues through November 20 at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs. 962 Park Avenue, NY, NY. August Sander: Prints for the Aperture Monograph. Continues through October 31 at Deborah Bell Photographs, 16 East 71st Street, NY, NY. (below, right) José Picayo. Continues through November 1 … Read the full Story >>
Benjamin Marra is a Toronto-based illustrator, comic book artist and visual designer. He has published his own comic, Night Business, as well as graphic novels for Fantagraphics. Marra also created, with art director Matt Dorfman, the cover for the latest edition of American Illustration, AI35. It's a brilliant, apocalyptic, nightmarishishly graphic scene; Marra says, "we wanted the cover illustration to feel like album covers … Read the full Story >>
With the PhotoPlus Expo show this week in New York City, manufacturers have been unveiling new products, and we took note of several, including two new wide-angle lenses: the Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens and the Sigma 20mm F/1.4 Art lens. We also reported that Adobe's latest Lightroom update caused so much trouble -- besides being buggy, it introduced an unpopular import interface -- … Read the full Story >>
Our first photo book spotlight of the year focuses a man of letters: "The Importance of Elsewhere: Philip Larkin's Photographs" explores the famous English poet's life as a photographer. Larkin, whose collections "The Less Deceived," "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows" established him as major talent -- he declined becoming his country's poet laureate in 1984 -- was not limited to words as a … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Sydney what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: I hadn't shared a studio before moving to NYC but made sure it was one of the first things I did upon arriving so that I could be exposed to the unique community of artists, writers and illustrators. I can perform comfortably in isolation, … Read the full Story >>
Congratulations to photographer Daniel Castro: Last week Castro was named winner of the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Grant for his ongoing project "I Peri N'Tera" ("Feet on the Ground"), which investigates the refugee crisis in Europe. We also recently learned that South African photojournalist Brent Stirton's image of a de-horned black rhinoceros, killed by poachers in South Africa's Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park, earned him top … Read the full Story >>
There’s hardly a golden leaf in view but it’s Fall and so it’s time to mark your calendar for two big events the first week of November: The Party and the Big Talk, hosted by AI-AP. This year the Big Talk celebrates animation art in all its forms in a presentation on Wednesday, November 2 from 7-9 pm. Held once again at the SVA … Read the full Story >>
The New School Part-time Faculty Strike Update DART has been covering the strike by part-time faculty at The New School, which includes Parsons School of Design, since the Union representing faculty, Act UAW 7902, voted to strike, on December 6th. Yesterday, Ben Davis, National Art Critic for artnet news, updated the situation with a look at the support by prominent artists, writers and … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, February 8, 6-8 pm: Vernita Nemec | Evil Plastic Blues Sculptor, performance artist, and curator, Vernita Nemec finds fascination in the weathered beauty of broken and discarded objects, drawing inspiration from the Japanese philosophy Wabi-Sabi, which embraces the value of imperfection and material transience. Evil Plastic Blues features her latest series Eco-Plasticism, which includes vacuum-formed bas relief collages and small sculptures created from … Read the full Story >>
