“Be Safe.” ”Be Strong.” These are words to live by—today more than ever. As many are struggling to adjust to a life in the arts without locations, making art and sharing it virtually are a kind of salvation. Today I'll pass along several ideas that came in through the feed: The Virtual Studio Visit |From ArtNet News Through interviews with artists and curators, ArtNet … Read the full Story >>
Above: Mitch Epstein, from Property Rights, this week at Sikkema JenkinsTuesday, September 3 2019 Chubb Fellows Exhibition| Shiqing Deng, Erin Pollock, Atalanta Xanthe, 6-8 pm. New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin Street, NY, NY Info Wednesday, September 4 George Byrne |Exit Vision, 6-8 pm. Olsen Gruin Gallery, 30 Orchard Street, NY, NY Info Sharon Louden & Hrag Vartanian | Origins, 6-8 pm. … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs / Special Events Monday, April 6-Monday April 13 Comic and Cartoon Art Week, various venues. Information. Thursday, April 9-Sunday, April 12 2015 New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, NY, NY. Information. Friday, April 10 40th Anniversary Benefit Auction, 6-10 pm. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, NY, NY. Tickets. Online Bidding. … Read the full Story >>
New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and plenty of eye candy in the form of photo books, illustrated books, prints and objects. DART’s list of NYC’s best follows, in geographic order [south to north, then east], with a few new entries this year recommended by subscribers. Downtown Tenement Museum Shop, 97 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Well chosen array of books about … Read the full Story >>
Q: What is special about your bookcases? In 2009 we were searching for a new place in Harlem, and when I first saw the living room I had an extreme “EUREKA!” moment because there was an uninterrupted 28-foot wall, 11 feet high, with no windows! To me, it looked like the perfect place for wall-to-wall shelves to organize my art books, protecting them from … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from South Dakota, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn? A: The number of artists and designers in the neighborhood is incredible. I live on a busy street that is always bustling with shoppers and deliveries---there are a lot of dollar stores and thrift shops, which are fun to explore. Q: Do you keep a … Read the full Story >>
Between 1972 and 1983, the artist Colette transformed her Lower Manhattan loft into an immersive, ever-evolving installation and invited the public to join her in a dreamlike pastel world. Covering the ceilings and walls with ruched silks, blush satins, mirrors, cascading ropes and light boxes, Colette obsessively created a complete Living Environment in which every surface was a work of art. Now Company Gallery … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: Coming from the south of Germany I have been living in Berlin for the last 17 years. When I look around in my studio, I know exactly why this is the best place to live and work. A spacious, beautiful studio, shared … Read the full Story >>
For anyone who loves printmaking and fine art papermaking, this week's Fashion District Arts Festival offers outstanding opportunities to literally get your hands wet - and dirty. The festival, now in its fourth year, is organized by the Fashion Center Business District to bring visibility to the many arts and performance organizations, as well as individual artists, who are located in the garment district. … Read the full Story >>
Editor's note: As Pride Month comes to a close, this essay from subscriber Carol Fabricatore adds a shimmering grace note to a month of freedom, art, fun and fantasy. Happy Fourth! After the Mermaid Parade was canceled in June 2020 due to the pandemic, I really felt the loss of the day. So I decided to channel all the swirling bright colors and large … Read the full Story >>
It almost seems like Spring—at least the daffodils and crocus are doing their bit to satisfy our hungry eyes. So this might be a weekend for enjoying some outdoor art installations to celebrate the season. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 2018 Roof Garden Commission opened this week with a colossal bronze sculpture by Huma Bhabha. Titled We Come in Peace, the … Read the full Story >>
This spring museums coast to coast are presenting major photography exhibitions. From contemporary studio practices [MoMA] to the rise of photography in America during the Civil War [NOMA], you can explore Abelardo Morell’s camera obscura, dig into Frida Kahlo’s archive, or dig jazz with Lee Friedlander [Yale]. Opening this week Now You See It: Photography and Concealment Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March … Read the full Story >>
On International Women’s Day, I received an email from photographer Sarah Hoskins about a recent series she made in Kentucky that is featured in the current Oxford American. She tells of discovering the ruins of the once elegant compound of the Old Taylor Distillery two years ago while driving with her daughter near Millville, Kentucky. In an email interview yesterday, Sarah wrote, “For … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, November 9, 7-11pm: The Party at Angel Orensanz News from the Home Office: It's a book launch, exhibition and video salon-screening with open bar! AI-AP’s annual event is set for Thursday, November 9th, 2023 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, just off East Houston on New York's Lower East Side Join the creative community and celebrate with the winners in American Photography 39, American Illustration 42 and … Read the full Story >>
More than 100 years ago a civil engineer in service to the British Raj, whose name was John Claude White, got the assignment of a lifetime. Tasked by the Sikkim-Tibet Boundary Commission with mapping and surveying the region's borders, he moved his family to Sikkim, where they lived for over 20 years. White was born in Calcutta, but educated in Bonn German, where he … Read the full Story >>
A group of 20 School of Visual Arts BFA Design students are making their mark on Madison Avenue, with an exhibition of 14 original fashion ensembles currently dotting a stretch of the luxury shopping strip on the Upper East Side. Each piece is made out of a single material and installed in its own glass case; objects on view range from a flapper-style dress … Read the full Story >>
Arriving at the Lexington Avenue Armory this weekend is the 10th edition of the MoCCA Fest—presented by New York City’s own Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art. And this year the prestigious Klein Award (named for MoCCA founder Lawrence Klein) will go to Gary Panter at a presentation on Saturday afternoon. For anyone in the dark about what could be New York’s loudest and most vibrant art show … Read the full Story >>
Continuing: David Hockney | 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures at Pace 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures expands on a series of iPad paintings made by David Hockney while quarantining at his studio in Normandy. Inspired by his daily observations, Hockney devoted himself to the iPad, a medium of unique immediacy that allowed him to be prolific in his depictions of his home, the … Read the full Story >>
The new year began with the arrival of The DART List. To better inform subscribers, we now present events east and west of the Mississippi in separate listings. So goodby, Photography Coast to Coast and hello Photography East [and West]! Please check websites for updates. Left: Exene Cervenka and John Doe (X), NYC, 1982; copyright Laura Levine, courtesy of the artist. Right: … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from NYC, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New Jersey? A: Originally from Staten Island, NY. Currently living in west central New Jersey, near the Delaware River. I love living in a beautiful, fairly rural area and yet be less than 2 hrs. from NYC or Philly. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the … Read the full Story >>
