The aroma of freshly printed books is intoxicating to book lovers. Even more so the scent of art books, which use lots more ink than, say, novels do. Combine this heady experience with an autumn breeze and I, for one, am a goner. Here's an array of book events around town this month, culminating with the not-to-be-missed New York Art Book Fair on the … Read the full Story >>
In the quiet, limestone-clad reaches of the Upper East Side, a profound conversation is taking place between the two and the three-dimensional. Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony, which recently opened at Acquavella Galleries, marks the first solo outing for the French artist in New York City in over five decades. But don't expect a mere survey of the master of color. I … Read the full Story >>
Last week the 2015 Infinity Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photography, Photojournalism, was presented to Tomas van Houtryve. On Wednesday, he will discuss his drone photography and the increasing use of drones for surveillance and commercial purposes in the U.S. and abroad at the International Center of Photography. Van Houtryve joins a panel with E. Adam Attia (a.k.a. ESSAM), geospatial analyst turned photographic artist, and Brandon LaGanke and John Carlucci of GHOST+COW, an award-winning multimedia artist duo. … Read the full Story >>
It only takes a few minutes of scanning the walls of Aperture Gallery's new installation to see that flamenco and the camera were meant for each other. Images by some of the grandees of photography, including Brassai, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Inge Morath, and Lucien Clergue hang next to prints by "Photographer Unknown." As depicted here, flamenco is performed in a … Read the full Story >>
Leonard Freed (1929-2006), a Magnum photographer who put a face on the civil rights movement, went to the nation’s capital on August 28, 1963. He arrived at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at daybreak, several hours before its official start on the National Mall. Over the course of the day, he moved through the assembled crowd, estimated at 250,000 people, exposing … Read the full Story >>
Here in Oaxaca, Mexico they say to foreigners— “If you eat the chapulinas (grasshoppers) you will always return.” This magic formula has certainly held true for me– since I downed a few back in 2006, I’ve been returning annually. On this latest visit—a three-month stay– I’ve decided to get a booster dose while expanding my palate to include ants, caterpillars, and several other arthropods. … Read the full Story >>
Now Open: Sixties Surreal at the Whitney Sixties Surreal is an ambitious, scholarly reappraisal of American art from 1958 to 1972, encompassing the work of more than 100 artists focused on the era’s most fundamental, if underrecognized, aesthetic current—an efflorescence of psychosexual, fantastical, and revolutionary tendencies, undergirded by the imprint of historical Surrealism and its broad dissemination. In the 60s, many of these artists sought … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Performance and Beyond Tuesday, April 24 Marcel Duchamp, The Blind Man, and New York Dada, 6:30 pm. The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY Info Wednesday, April 25 Josh Begley on surveillance and incarceration, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Broadway, NY, NY Info Richard Koek | New York, New York, book launch/ conversation … Read the full Story >>
Takahiro Kaneyama has lived in New York since 1993, and each year he returns to Japan for several months. Between photography assignments and other work, he takes his mother, his two aunts, and their little dog for short trips to historic sites around Japan. "I was raised by my mother, grandmother and two unmarried aunts," says Kaneyama. "My mother, diagnosed with schitzophrenia when I … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Sunday, January 11 Exhibitions and Open Studios, 1-7 pm: Mana Contemporary presents | Making Art Dance | Backdrops and Costumes Celebrating 30 Years of the Armitage Foundation | including sets and costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeff Koons, ChristianLacroix, David Salle, Peter Speliopoulos, and Philip Taaffe. Curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. Free Shuttle from Milk Studios, 450 West 15th Street/10th Avenue, NY, NY. Lectures … Read the full Story >>
For the past two years, artist and illustrator Riccardo Vechio has been working in the Italian Dolomites, in Trentino and Veneto, on a series of works studying the topography and natural transformation of these infamous World War 1 battle sites. He wrote: I visited these sites in childhood, and now, at the 100th anniversary of the WW1, coupled with the current discontent in Europe and the reappearance of barbed wire … Read the full Story >>
Q: HOW MANY MILK CRATES DOES IT TAKE to make an architectural statement? A: Exactly 1,025, if you’re talking about Praxis Studio’s installation at the Whitney Museum at Altria. Their latest project, Dreams and Possibilities, is a film-in-the-making that takes installation to a new level. Every aspect of the project is work in progress, from the filming and interviews to the assignment of jobs, … Read the full Story >>
Continuing at Brookfield Place, acclaimed sculptor Jean Shin’s Floating Maze suspended above the grand staircase in the Winter Garden engages its audience in a conversation about plastic waste, dietary choices and environmental stewardship. The installation consists of recyclable green plastic soft drink bottles (above). The Last Straw presents three macro and micro views of plastic waste, featuring different configurations and perspectives of colorful straws … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Korea, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: My favorite things have to be to be among the many artists in New York. I have connected with so many young, multicultural, passionate, purist artists over the years and have learned so much from them. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is … Read the full Story >>
May 7, 5:00-7:00pm: Third Annual Upper East Side Art Walk Seventeen Upper East Side Galleries will join organizer Jill Newhouse Gallery for the third annual UES Art Walk. Anchored by the Metropolitan Museum, the Upper East Side is home to many beautiful galleries tucked away in historic townhouses. Showing a broad selection of fine art in all media, including European, American, and Australian art … Read the full Story >>
The exhibition of AIGA's annual competition, aptly titled 365: AIGA Year in Design, is up at the National Design Center. This year's collection consists of the best in communication design from 2008 - including logos, websites, animations, experiences, packaging, advertisements, with nearly 200 pieces on display. The installation, designed by Hipbone Design, transforms the gallery's rather awkward space into a series … Read the full Story >>
Since the NYC Ferry system went into service last year, close to 3 million people have emerged from darkness to travel the city’s outer boroughs. Commuting to work or finding summertime bliss at the local beaches, they have come to appreciate the city as a vast archipelago. Well before the ferry service began, photographer Susannah Ray, a resident of Rockaway Beach, would cross New … Read the full Story >>
With the last installment of American Illustration's 25th Anniversary Timeline Art feature, DART congratulates the artists who made this epic project possible: Seymour Chwast, Sue Coe, R.O. Blechman, Nicholas Blechman, Vivienne Flesher, Ward Schumacher, Henrik Drescher, Anita Kunz, Filip Pagowski, Ruth Marten, Matt Mahurin, Steven Guarnaccia, Jordin Isip, Frances Jetter, Jeffrey Fisher, Juliette Borda, Jason Holley, Karen Barbour, Mark Ulriksen, Roberto Parada, Steve Brodner, … Read the full Story >>
This is the third in a series of reports on great places to find books on the visual arts. Last Sunday was so gray and gloomy that I headed to what has to be New York's coziest bookstore: Alabaster, on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street. When I arrived, a first edition of one of my favorite cult classics, The Hawkline Monster, by Richard … Read the full Story >>
I'm in the elevator, on my way to see Gary Taxali's solo exhibition, "Hindi Love Song," at Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea, when Jonathan himself walks in with a Feelin' Fine Woop-Ass stick in hand. He warns me that he uses this personal weapon, which was created by one of his gallery employees, to make sure that everyone behaves. I interpret this as a … Read the full Story >>
