I received a copy of Albert Watson's new book, UFO (Unified Fashion Objectives) yesterday and am awed by the incredibly beautiful production; the binding (ribbed white cloth with blind and infilled embossing plus a sleek black slipcase); its size (almost large enough to be a coffee table; and the incredible scope of his perspective, starting with images made in 1971. There are portraits … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Wednesday, February 18-Sunday, February 22 Smack Mellon presents: Respond Workshops, Performances, Screening and Discussions: Workshop: Wednesday, February 18 at 7pmTheatre of the Oppressed: Rehearsal for RevolutionScreening and Discussion: Thursday, February 19 at 7pmA conversation with Noche Diaz and Jamel Mims about the dialogue between Cornell West and Bob Avakian on 'Revolution and Religion. Panel Discussion: Friday, February 20 at 7pmBlack Lives Matter … Read the full Story >>
New York Art Fairs, The Metro Show, January 24-27: An unexpected mix includes top dealers in folk art, Americana, and historic design. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NY, NY. E|AB Editions | Artists Books 15th Anniversary, January 24-27: Founded in 1998 by Susan Inglett of I.C. Editions and Brooke Alexander Editions, the Editions|Artists' Book Fair is known for its vibrant energy and innovation, thanks to over sixty exhibitors, presenting hundreds of … Read the full Story >>
How do some of the most talented and successful photographers today view their careers and their work? Lewis Blackwell, a photography editor, writer, and curator who was formerly creative head of Getty Images, has plenty of experience dealing with their artistic and business concerns. His new book, Photo-Wisdom (Chronicle 2009), brings together the art and the thinking of 50 of the best. On … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I grew up in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small farm town west of Philadelphia. I then went to study at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. Ate lots of steamed crabs there, then moved to New York at the tail end of the … Read the full Story >>
From children's books, to erotic drawings and political propaganda posters, at 82 the Alsatian/French illustrator Tomi Ungerer is still restless, curious and eternally self-taught, with an insatiable thirst to learn and produce as much as possible as long as his hands and mind allow him. From Part I of this feature: The renowned author-illustrator Maurice Sendak was a great friend of Tomi’s, and both were helped by … Read the full Story >>
The first time I saw one of Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt's incredible encrusted installations was at Holly Solomon's 724 Fifth Avenue Gallery, in 1992. On view was a reconstruction of "The Summer Palace of Czarena Tatlina," which originally occupied the artist's East Village apartment in 1970. This is what Roberta Smith, art critic for the New York Times, said about it: "Making … Read the full Story >>
The World Photography Organisation (WPO), a London-based initiative that provides a global platform for professional, amateur, and student photography through its website and live events, has come to New York to engage the city's vibrant photography community with exhibitions, workshops, and talks led by world renowned practitioners in the field. WPO has partnered with the Chelsea Art Museum which will serve as the host … Read the full Story >>
Last January, Parsons The New School for Design had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, which joins four disparate structures at ground level to form a new "urban quadrangle." Viewed as a place where the design process can unfold before the public eye through the center's physical design and transparency, it is intended to bring public participation into the mix. … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, April 25-Sunday, April 28: New York Art Book Fair at 548 West Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) is the leading international event for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating contemporary artists’ publishing and the medium’s rich history. Initiated in 2006, NYABF is an important gathering for artists’ book publishers to distribute their work, connect with broad audiences, and nurture new … Read the full Story >>
On a visit to the New York Public Library yesterday, I became enchanted with the Penguin Classics kiosk installation adjacent to the gift shop. Among the titles with cover art by Ruben Toledo were a few by Jane Austen. Back at my computer, this is what I discovered: Sunday, December 8, is Jane Austen’s birthday. If you are a fan of the writer … Read the full Story >>
Suspending disbelief is second nature to film buffs but when it comes to still photography, it's almost a split decision: to capitalize on photography's fictional capabilities or to document reality. When it comes to the natural sciences, questions about realism get even more interesting. And when you add art and photography to that equation, you've got a fascinating platform for inquiry. This Thursday, Brian … Read the full Story >>
T The New York Times Style Magazine is running its second annual online art issue this week, with features related to several main themes: The effect the Corona Pandemic is having on artists; why art is essential; the ways in which some artists have taken on heroic tasks because they must; overlooked woman artists now getting their due, and more. In the Introduuction … Read the full Story >>
DART Picks from shows opening this week. Ali Banisadr: It Happened and It Never Did. Left: Telluric Current, 2010; Right: Nowhere, 2010. On view March 3-April 23, 2011 at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, 535 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. The gallery is represented at ADAA: The Art Show, at the Park Avenue Armory, March 2-6. The New York … Read the full Story >>
In Galleries Philip Guston | Laughter in the Dark, Drawings from 1971 & 1975, an exhibition devoted to the late artist’s satirical caricatures of the 37th President of the United States: Richard Nixon. Hauser & Wirth, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. Info Introduced by a mutual acquaintance a couple of years earlier, [Philip Roth and Philip Guston] shared a love of books and … Read the full Story >>
Thornton Dial Paintings 1990-1998 | Closing Friday, July 16 The work of Thornton Dial (1928–2016) delivers a deeply personal historical account of life in the United States. Born and raised in rural Alabama on a sharecropping farm, from a young age Dial would collect discarded and recycled materials to be worked into new objects, and meanwhile observed deep physical and philosophical lessons from his … Read the full Story >>
In the days surrounding AI-AP’s special events next week, Big Talk and The Party, New York opens its doors to artists and creative from all over with a number of talks and presentations designed to throw some fun on the work of being an artist. For Illustration Week 2016, here’s a sampling of what’s up: On Saturday, October 29, from noon to 7 … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I'm originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. Now I share my time between New York City and the Catskills upstate, which is a perfect combination. I tend to work on my art projects Upstate, where I have a studio, and when I’m in … Read the full Story >>
I am an artist. I am here to live out loud. - Emile Zola If ever there was a situation in which the admonition of the Roman poet Ovid, “Be careful what you wish for” might be taken seriously, it was on January 13, 1898. The French author Émile Zola wrote an editorial on that day which exposed a cover-up that led to what … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs March 13-May 17 Format 15 Festival, Various venues, QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, UK. Information. March 13-April 11 Asia Week New York 2015, in collaboration with 42 specially-curated showa; 25 auction sales and numerous museum exhibitions in New York. Information. Asia Week Guide PDF. Asia Week at Asia Society Asia Week at the Rubin Museum of Art Asia Week at the … Read the full Story >>
