Whew, yeah, it's hot outside. So sip something cool and catch up up on some reading from the past month. Learn about the new community of Black women photographers pushing to fix he industry's diversity problem. Find out why Pentax is sticking with DSLRs, and why SpaceX is responsible for ruin one photographer's pictures of Comet NEOWISE. Discover the five cinematography styles every film … Read the full Story >>
With four full weeks of summertime ahead, this is a great time for painting and drawing in the wild…well, let's say, under the sun. So, dive in! Above: Central Park's Bow Bridge, a favorite subject for painting in the wild The New York Public Library Art Cart offers drawing and crafts most days on the North end of the Fifth Avenue terrace at … Read the full Story >>
The fight for the right to repair scored a huge win in New York recently. This week we noted that New York's state legislature passed the Fair Repair Act, which requires digital electronics manufacturers, like laptop and smartphone manufacturers, to make diagnostic and repair information available to consumers and independent repair shops. The bill is designed to protect consumers from "the monopolistic practices of … Read the full Story >>
Violence towards the media is on the rise. This week we spotlighted post from Chris Post, chair of the National Press Photographers Association's Safety & Security Committee, offering advice on staying safe while covering news in public. Tensions are high, "and the constant pummeling of the 'Fake News' mantra doesn't help calm the already turbulent situation," noted Post, who cited a number of recent … Read the full Story >>
Special Events June 23-June 26 Art Hamptons. 900 Lumber Lane, Bridgehampton, NY. Info Talk / Discussion / Screening / and Beyond Wednesday, June 22 Lucy Skaer, Prix Canson and Turner Prize finalist in conversation with Brett Littman, Executive Director, Drawing Center and Prix Canson 2016 Jury, 6 pm. The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, NY, NY. Info Nonprofit Incorporation and Tex Exemption Workshop, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Knoxville, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [Nashville]? A: Being close to, and seeing family often, is my favorite thing about living and working in Nashville. I also love that Nashville has a great art scene, with an amazing art museum in Nashville's original art deco post office. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs & Special EventsWednesday, May 14-Sunday, May 18 LIC Arts Open / 54 locations across Long Island City, NY. Over 250 artists are transforming Long Island City into a cultural adventureland of galleries, performance spaces and open studios. With 85-plus exhibitions and events, and over 160 artists opening their studio doors, LIC Arts Open will likely be the biggest event happening in the five boroughs this … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Protestb / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, July 19-Sunday, July 23 Comic-Com International San Diego. San Diego Convention Center, CA Info Wednesday, July 19 Exhibition as Image | Art Through the Camera’s Eye, 7 pm. Mini/Goethe-Institut Curatorial, 38 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Christian Marclay and Okkyung Lee | Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, 8 pm. Whitney Museum of … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from France and Switzerland, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: The diversity of New Yorkers, and summertime in the city. There’s a million different worlds all wrapped up in one place here, and NYC is constantly surprising and revealing. A lot of people find the summer gross and oppressive here, but I … Read the full Story >>
And the Winner Is Marcellus Hall, of New York City, entered last week’s Book Prize Contest, which asked Where in New York Am I? He wrote:That photo is of the Snuff Mill Waterfall not far from Lorillard Snuff Mill (40°51′36″N 73°52′35″W) on the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx. In a subsequent email, he wrote:Actually I am a New … Read the full Story >>
The San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF)—the three-day event that showcases the Bay Area’s lasting engagement with everything counterculture, returns next week to Minnesota Street Project (MSP) for its fourth edition. Organized by Colpa, Minnesota Street Project, and Park Life, SFABF presents a spectrum of publications, from artists’ books, catalogues, monographs, periodicals, zines, to antique ephemera, and multiples, from more 100 publishers, dealers, artists, … Read the full Story >>
There's a new chapter in the Vivian Maier saga. We recently learned that the University of Chicago Library has received more than 2,700 vintage Maier prints, many of which have never been published or displayed. The archive -- including images she made on her travels around the world and her street photography in Chicago -- was amassed by collector John Maloof, one of the … Read the full Story >>
Road trips are the stuff of summer, and have been an inspiration for countless photographers since Walker Evans roamed the South in the 1930s. In the 1970s, Stephen Shore criss-crossed the continent, redefining American culture through his camera's lens. His work from these journeys can be seen in a major retrospective at the International Center of Photography, and is included in a group … Read the full Story >>
Memory is unreliable. Especially when there's a good story to tell. That's the lesson of the short documentary "Twister," one of the films we spotlighted in January. In 1996, a tornado hit a drive-in movie theater in Niagara Falls, Canada, on the same day the theater was due to show the hit feature film "Twister," starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Over the years … Read the full Story >>
Rineke Dijkstra: Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 19, 2005, from the retrospective opening Friday at the Solomon R. Guugenheim Museum. Courtesy the artist and Jan Mot. © Rineke Dijkstra. Tuesday, June 26 Book launch, 5-7 pm: David Armstrong | Night and Day. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, between Lafayette and Bowery, NY, NY. Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Aesthetics Anesthetics | Architectural Drawings by International … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Paris, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Montreal? A: It is a great crossover between European and North American cultures, which is exactly what I needed. A few degrees warmer, I would have said a perfect place! Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between the art you create on paper versus … Read the full Story >>
Best Photobooks of 2016, that is. But not every list is a “top ten.” Time magazine had photography editors, curators, and writers from here and abroad take a stab; their list runs to more than 30 titles. And American Photo, with three separate llsts, has even more. This year, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Independent eschewed this category, opening the field to Photograph magazine and … Read the full Story >>
“Elaborate Japanese tattoos can resemble colorful garments,” Sarah Thompson writes in the book, Tattoos in Japanese Prints, “covering the body from the neck to the elbows and knees, sometimes with a bare strip down the center of the chest so that the tattoos can be concealed with clothing or partially or fully revealed, as desired.” She points out that, when it comes to … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Screenings / Book Events / Special Events / and Beyond Tuesday, June 26-Wednesday, July 4 Modern Matinees | Hitchcock/Truffaut: Fashionably Late. MoMA, 11 West 53rdStreet, NY, NY Info Wednesday, June 27 Lynn Umlauf in conversation with Michele Cone, 7 pm. Zurcher Gallery, 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY Info Martin Puryear in conversation with Billy Tsien, 7 pm. The Great Hall, The Cooper … Read the full Story >>
The judges have spoken. And today we reveal the ten finalists of the American Photo Open 2019 competition. Congratulations to Hardijanto Budiman; Julia Fullerton-Batten; Dean Gibson; Corina Howell; Zay Yar Lin; Rebecca Moseman; Tomas Neuwirth; Ernesto Ortiz; Md Tanveer Hassan Rohan; and Alain Schroeder. All will have their work spotlighted in a variety of online venues and at a photo industry event in New … Read the full Story >>
