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 >>
Opening February 17: Faith Ringgold | American People at The New Museum Celebrating six decades of art by Harlem-born nonagenarian Faith Ringgold, this long overdue retrospective features a collection of figurative paintings, narrative textiles, and soft sculptures shaped by a belief in the power of women’s labor and Black visual traditions. Above: American People Series #18: The Flag Is Bleeding, 1967, courtesy of The … Read the full Story >>
The palatial setting of the Morgan Library & Museum casts a spell of its own on the hundred or so pieces installed in the Morgan Stanley Gallery West. From the Marble Hall, a charcoal drawing by Susan Rothenberg, the largest in the show, can be seen in its entirety. Up close, it is an explosion of bold marks; only when stepping back can a … Read the full Story >>
The AIPAD Photography Show celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend with special features that underscore the constantly evolving processes that make photography unique among the arts. This show, which brings together galleries from around the world presenting museum-quality images, is a destination for collectors and connoisseurs. It's also a must for anyone hooked on process and innovation in the camera arts. Organized by Bill … 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 St-Petersburg, Russia. My favorite things about living in New York are the dynamic pace of life and the variety of different cultures. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? A: No, I don't keep a sketchbook, I just draw … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, February 26, 5-7pm: Film Screening | Remembering Yayai at Grey Fifty years ago, a painting movement emerged at Papunya in Australia’s Central Desert. It arose with such force and conviction that one could be forgiven for thinking it had existed forever, as though etched from the earth by the slow passage of time. In fact, formed in the aftermath of colonization, the … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, April 20, 7:30-10pm: Closing party for no existe un mundo poshuracán at the Whitney A night of Puerto Rican arts and culture will include full access to the renowned exhibition—the first survey of Puerto Rican art by a major U.S. art museum in 50 years, which runs through April 23—as well as dancing, a cash bar, music by DJ Bembona, and a performance and … Read the full Story >>
Photography as contemporary art is a subject that provokes heated discussion from every side of the subject. From one corner of the ring there are people who are so wrapped up in the issue of the distribution and use of images, in the post analog era, that the idea of a photograph as an object is difficult to parse. Last year, in an essay … Read the full Story >>
Q: Having lived all over the world, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Barcelona? A: I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I was 5 years old we lived in San Diego for one year and then moved back to Argentina. But when I was 13 my family went to a Kibbutz, in Israel, a few months before the first Gulf … Read the full Story >>
