“I’m not so interested in the expression of something. I’m more interested in what the material can do. So that’s why I keep exploring,” said artist, educator, and civic leader Ruth Asawa, reflecting on a six-decade-long career. Featuring some 300 artworks, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective, which opens Sunday, October 19 at the Museum of Modern Art, charts the artist’s … Read the full Story >>
Print on Demand photo books have finally made their way into the museum world, with an exceptional presentation at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Until now, limited edition artist books have been the mainstay of art book fairs, photo festivals, book arts centers, and holiday gift fairs. The museum’s curator of photography, Barbara Tannenbaum, has tapped into a subject that not only engages photographers … Read the full Story >>
As a lead-up to the 2013 Hasselblad Prize, to be announced on March 7, and claimed last year by Paul Graham, I’ll be posting a series of features on Hasselblad Magazine. Yesterday I stumbled on a handful of issues from the 1970s, which understandably feature the camera’s importance in the NASA space program. But first, a little background, verbatim from the 25th anniversary issue … Read the full Story >>
Toward the end of her life, Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)) was asked what her favorite photograph was. Without hesitation she replied, “The one I will take tomorrow.” This statement now seems emblematic of the photographer’s life and work, as it is now being celebrated in a major publication organized by Paul Martineau, an associate curator of photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los … Read the full Story >>
Every two years NYC’s January chill melts a bit when the Outsider Art Fair opens its doors. Since its first incarnation 28 years ago, in the Puck Building under the guidance of Sandford Smith, the event has furthered the dialog on what Outsider Art is. Back in the day it was pretty much restricted to European ideas bent on celebrating Art Brut, tamed a … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Bedford, NY, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? A: Having such a large network of friends and peers here still blows my mind. Granted, the other part of being a New Yorker is never having time to see them. Our community here can feel so fragmented sometimes, so I am working on bringing it … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, May 8, 6-8 pm: Stanley Whitney | By the Love of Those Unloved at Gagosian By the Love of Those Unloved, the gallery’s first exhibition of work by Stanley Whitney in New York, features new paintings and works on paper. A master colorist, Whitney takes an exploratory and lyrical approach to painting in his canvases, which are structured as loose grids of rectilinear … Read the full Story >>
IN A CAREER THAT SPANNED LITTLE MORE THAN A DECADE, the American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) redefined sculpture in ways that still resonate today. The expansive retrospect of his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art,which closes this weekend, reveals the life, the times and the actions of this charismatic rebel whose major works no longer exist. Matta-Clark, who began his career … Read the full Story >>
The Art Students League of New York in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and the Riverside Park Conservancy will unveil two new large-scale artworks next week by League artists Marco Palli (above) and Sophie Kahn (below) as part of the 2023 Works in Public program. The sculptures will be unveiled at Riverside Park at 145th Street in a public ceremony … Read the full Story >>
Many of NYC’s downtown galleries, which generally take an extended August break, are keeping their doors open this year. Following is a lineup of shows, installations, and events to keep in mind for the coming days and weeks. Thursday, July 28, 6-8pm: Re-Mastering at Frosch & Co What does it mean to create new work in our contemporary environment? New things proliferate, yet so … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Sunshine State, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Our Fair City? A: I’m originally from South Florida, which is like a suburb of New York City. A lot of New Yorkers, including my parents, moved down there to raise kids. Now all the Florida kids are back in New York! I moved here in … Read the full Story >>
ICON The Illustration Conference is the definitive destination for the global illustration community, providing a rare space where commercially driven art meets academic rigor. This unique four-day gathering serves as a vital forum for, professional advocacy, continuing education and pure inspiration. Operating entirely as a non-profit endeavor, the conference migrates to a different U.S. cultural hub every two years, drawing an influential crowd of creators, … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in Oviedo? A: Oviedo, the city where I live, is the capital of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is a small region with high snowy mountains, sea cliffs and lush forests. I really love nature so living here is a privilege. Besides, in Oviedo people are cinephiles. This is the only place in … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Mishawaka, Indiana what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Washington State? A: Seattle has had a strong comics community since the 1990s and comics here are experiencing a massive resurgence. I am surrounded by diverse creators and have been able to secure grants for my sequential art. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the … Read the full Story >>
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), the son of a Southern cook and a domestic worker who joined the Great Migration out of poverty during its early years, never visited the South until he was an adult. But as a high school student in Harlem, the stories he was told by writers he met in a local café, about the Jim Crow Laws, poverty, floods, drought, lynchings and the … Read the full Story >>
A couple of weeks ago, San Francisco-based artist and illustrator Mark Ulriksen sent a play-by-play account of a dream assignment he had over the summer. Here's an excerpt from what he wrote: Earlier this year I was asked to create the catalog cover for SFJAZZs 5th Anniversary season. Their newish building is clad floor to ceiling in windows, revealing both public and private spaces. SFJAZZ … Read the full Story >>
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), who is most widely known today as the originator of the geodesic dome, was a visionary inventor/designer/philosopher/humanitarian and a self-described "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist." The first major exhibition on his life and work in more than 20 years opens today at the Whitney Museum of American Art. It explores the theories and inventions of a transdisciplinary thinker who devoted … Read the full Story >>
While the post-war American Dream was being broadcast as Kodak moments through monster-scale Coloramas in Grand Central Terminal, starting in the 1950s, the young William Christenberry was exploring what he knew best, using a little Brownie Box camera. As an artist making paintings and sculptures, he often took snapshots to record the subjects of his concern: tenant farmer shacks; rural churches; graves; roadside stands … Read the full Story >>
December 25 and January 1: The Jewish Museum is open: New York | 1962-1964 This exhibition explores explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City, examining how artists living and working in New York responded to their rapidly changing world. Installed across two floors, the exhibition presents more than 150 works of art—all made or seen in … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, May 15: Open House with Robert Kushner, 3:00-5:00 pm Robert Kushner | I [Heart] Matissee, at DC Moore Gallery Among the varied influences in Robert Kushner’s oeuvre, from Japanese screen painting to American modernism, Henri Matisse’s influence has often been a continual through-line as Kushner finds resonance in Matisse’s inclination toward design, love of pattern, beauty, expressive drawing, and vibrant color. Above: Suzani and … Read the full Story >>
