Currently on view at Alexander + Bonin Gallery is Bella Figura, an exhibition of new work by Willie Cole. Cole’s assemblages of found objects, such as irons, bicycles, water bottles, and women’s shoes, offer a multivalent commentary on gender, consumerism, sexuality and African-American identity. A central facet of Cole’s work since the 1980s has been his deployment of high-heeled shoes, which he has recast into pieces … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, July 13, 6-8pm: Panel | The Legacy of A.I.R. at P•P•O•W In conjunction with Dotty Attie’s What Surprised Them Most, a survey exhibition of major works from 1974 to 2023, P·P·O·W is pleased to host a panel discussion with Attie and fellow A.I.R. Gallery founding members Judith Bernstein and Daria Dorosh. Founded in 1972 as the first nonprofit artist-run cooperative gallery for women … Read the full Story >>
I may be suffering from PDN (Pre-Departure Nostalgia) as we get closer to our stateside return from Mexico this July. Whatever the diagnosis, all my senses seem to be strangely heightened. My eyes constantly watch for new subjects, and drawing in my sketchbook has become a daily obsession. My ears are sharply attuned to the daily parade of sounds, from the ravens that wake … Read the full Story >>
Roger Ballen is a photographer who sees before he looks. Having been behind the lens for nearly 50 years, first as a youth, then as a dedicated amateur while working as a geologist in the mineral extraction industry in South Africa, he has had decades to make the craft his own. A footloose New Yorker, he moved there permanently in 1982; he soon began to photograph the different … Read the full Story >>
The Camera Club of New York celebrates its 125th anniversary with First Impression, an exhibition of contemporary work by artists employing traditional and arcane methods to create unique images. The show was curated by Michael Mazzeo and the featured artists are Marcel Breuer, Eric William Carroll, Dan Estabrook, Michael Floman, Michelle Kloehn, and Chris McCaw. This small exhibition is an excellent introduction to … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, May 3: Harold Ancart | Paintings at Gagosian In this new group of paintings, Harold Ancart employs an arboreal motif to explore nuances of color, shape and texture. Having previously depicted other elemental forms such as clouds, fires, icebergs—even matchsticks—the Belgian-born artist has stated that outward subject matter serves primarily as an “alibi” for painterly experimentation. In the atmospheric canvases currently on view, … Read the full Story >>
Since his death in 1987, at age 58, Andy Warhol’s work has probably been seen in more exhibitions than any other artist. But it’s been 30 years since the seminal MoMA retrospective—and in the ensuing years Warhol’s predictions about art, culture, and life have been largely realized. Today anyone with a smartphone celebrates themselves through selfies distributed via online platforms. The artist as a … Read the full Story >>
As New York City's building boom continues, seemingly unfazed by the ongoing mortgage crisis, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently announced a massive development that would erase and rebuild Willets Point. The "Iron Triangle" of junkyards and auto body repair shops, incredibly polluted and lacking sewers and sidewalks, was long ago described by Robert Moses as "an eyesore and a disgrace to the borough of … Read the full Story >>
Tracey Snelling’s miniature stage sets, featuring structures that would seem banal by daylight, but in their night time incarnations, evoke modern horror flicks—but without the actors. The small buildings in her new series, opening last week at Rena Bransten Gallery, feature desolate roadside motels and backwoods houses inspired by the cross-country road trips of her childhood. The empty buildings, furnished with items Snelling fashions from wood, … Read the full Story >>
Left to right: Jamie, 2006, copyright Shen Wei, courtesy Randall Scott Gallery. Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! undressing, NYC, 1991, copyright Nan Goldin, courtesy ClampArt. Gael dressing, State Palace Theater, New Orleans, LA, 2000, copyright Lisa Kereszi, courtesy Yancey Richardson Gallery. Openings, NEW YORK: CHELSEA and DOWNTOWN Myoung Ho Lee: TreeYossi Milo GalleryMarch 19 - April 18, 2009Opening reception: March 19, 6-8 pm … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Discussions / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, February 16 "elmuseo@SVA", 6 pm. SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, NY, NY. Info Wednesday, February 17 Tour of Pia Camil | A Pot for a Latch: The Gift, 3 pm. New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY. Info Panel on Antarctica with Lucy + Jorge Orta, 6:30 pm. Jane Lombard Gallery, 518 West 19th Street, NY, NY. Info SVA MFA Digital photograpy presents: NY Photo Salon … Read the full Story >>
Tonight, Friday, March 1st is the opening of ten, a group exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of Jen Bekman Gallery. This tenth anniversary exhibition features work from artists currently represented by the gallery, winners of our international photo competition Hey, Hot Shot!, participants in past group exhibitions, friends, staff, and others who have helped us leave a mark over the past decade. The exhibition … Read the full Story >>
Illustration Week Continues through Friday, November 8Information Performa 13 Continues through November 24.Information Wednesday, November 6 Inaugural reception, 6-8 pm: Painting 101, featuring works by Francesca DiMattio, Dennis Hollingsworth, Jonathan Lasker, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Sandi Slone. Sargent’s Daughters, 179 East Broadway, NY, NY. Information. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Amy Casey | Balancing New Growth. Foley Gallery, 97 Allen Street, NY, NY. Book … Read the full Story >>
AS THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS NEAR, questions about the U.S. occupation of Iraq increase, in both frequency and volume. The war's unpopularity, and why, has been featured in recent television broadcasts, including this week's Frontline special, The Lost Year in Iraq. The film is based on more than 30 interviews, most of them with officials charged with rebuilding and bringing democracy to Iraq. The … Read the full Story >>
Special Events January 12-15 Photo L.A. The Reef/LA Mart, 1933 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA Info FOG Design+Art. Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Info January 13-15 Untitled, Art: San Francisco. Pier 70, San Francisco, CA Info Talks / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, January 11 Frozen in Time | talk with Sarah C. Butler, Vicki Goldberg; Alison Morley, moderator. 6:30 pm. New York Public … Read the full Story >>
My father told me about a wrestling match he had seen the year before I was born where one of the wrestlers threw [the other one] completely out of the ring….My father said it was a good thing I wasn’t around then because the wrestler landed…where I might have been sitting had I been born a year or more earlier.—William Wegman Seeming irrelevant to … Read the full Story >>
Madison Square Park, a 6.2-acre patch of manicured greenery in the Flatiron District, has become one of New York's must-see art spaces. The current installation of sculptures by the Brooklyn-based artist Roxy Paine brings together thought provoking ideas about art, nature and industry in three colossal pieces: leafless trees and a boulder fabricated from gleaming stainless steel. On the park's central lawn is … Read the full Story >>
For designers of consumer products, graphics, environments, furniture, equipment and more, getting into the I.D. Magazine Design Review is like going to Mecca. For the past 54 years, this annual issue has presented the best in design, selected by a jury of top pros in each discipline. This year, I.D. teamed up with Parsons The New School of Design to host an exhibition of … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, November 30, noon-6pm: Artists Against the Bomb In Conversation at Judd A series of conversations organized by Artists Against the Bomb on denuclearization, disarmament and atomic culture with artists Rachel Bronson, Lyndon Burford, Stephanie Dvareckas, Petuuche Gilbert, Adam Jonas Horowitz, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Pedro Reyes, and Eric Schlosser. This event is free and open to the public, no reservation required. … Read the full Story >>
David Benjamin Sherry, from American Monuments, courtesy of Salon 94 In the current issue of Photograph, Editor Jean Dykstra writes about the exhibition of Isa Leshko’s black-and-white photographs of farm animals, opening this week at ClampArt Gallery, [her] “portraits bring to mind Peter Hujar’s photographs of animals, which similarly captured the particularity of a dog or horse (or goose or goat), a sense of … Read the full Story >>
