Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici, currently on view at The Met, brings a soul-stirring correction to myths that surround the extraordinary art of colonial Mexico. This show of more than 100 paintings, most of which have never been exhibited or published before, and half of which were restored specifically for this exhibition, was years in the making. Organized by Los Angeles County Museum … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Winchester, Indiana, what are some of your favorite things about living and working not far from your old hometown? A: I was born and raised on a small dairy farm an hour and a half east of Indianapolis, Indana. After Living in Cincinnati and then Los Angles, my wife and I landed back in Indiana 15 years ago to start a … Read the full Story >>
Left: Shipwreck and salmon fishermen on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, 2007. Right: The road to Forks, Washington, 2006. Both copyright Eirik Johnson, courtesy G. Gibson Gallery. Thursday, April 23, 7:00 pm: Book signing and reception for Magnum photographers and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaAccess to Life, photographs by Jonas Bendiksen (Haiti), Jim Goldberg (India), Alex … Read the full Story >>
The artistry of Milton Glaser is surely key to the mark he has left on our ways of looking at, and thinking about, the world we live in. In his seven decades behind a pencil, Milton looked/thought twice about more subjects than there is space here to mention. But just considering a few ideas that made New York Magazine completely unique when it broke … Read the full Story >>
Editor's note: This week’s DART Board feature is by sculptor Marco Palli, who also writes on the subject. Who Made LOVE? by Marco Palli There are many versions of “LOVE” around the world, but this particular kind of “LOVE” has been in the making since 1966. The first LOVE sculpture was fabricated out of Cor-Ten steel in 1970 and is currently located at … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Mexico City, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? A: Having lived most of my life in an enormous city such as Mexico City, there is a certain intensity that I crave and that NYC fulfills. I find Brooklyn to be a perfectly balanced place where I’m close enough to all the wonders that New … Read the full Story >>
Listen, I have never had any hero in my life or in photography. I just travel, I look and everything influences me…. For 40 years I have been traveling. I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind.—Josef Koudelka The Czech photographer Josef Koudelka (b. 1938) perhaps invented the road trip … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from New Jersey, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Woodstock. NY? A: I have lived in Denver and San Francisco as well. I think of myself as a city person but may have to recalibrate that image now that I've spent a decade here inWoodstock. NY. I miss the stimulation of the city and should get … Read the full Story >>
Before and since her death at 60 in 1989, Jay DeFeo's reputation has hinged on one colossal work: The Rose (1958-66), which belongs to the Whitney Museum of American Art. A retrospective currently on view at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art corrects that overemphasis as well as introducing DeFeo to a broad public as an artist of wide and diverse accomplishment. Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Flushing, Queens what are some of your favorite things about living and working in your hometown? A: There are so many things I love about this city. For starters, I'm a born and raised New Yorker so all of my family is here. Having a lot of friends from other states and countries, I am realizing more and more how lucky … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, September 11–Sunday, September 14 | New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 This year’s fair makes its long-awaited return to MoMA PS1, with over 250 local and international artists’ book publishers, alongside a full weekend of programs and performances. Hyperallergic says, “This venue partnership exemplifies a shared commitment to creating spaces where audiences can engage with new ideas and perspectives, while reaffirming … Read the full Story >>
Beatrice Rippy married Carroll Hollister in New York in 1959, one year after Mildred and Richard Loving got married in Washington, D.C. to avoid the anti-miscegenation statues of their home state, Virginia. New York is one of the nine states in the US that never enacted anti-miscegenation laws.—Yael Ben-Zion This statement in Yael Ben-Zion’s new book, Intermarried (Keher 2014) is a powerful reminder of how much the world has … Read the full Story >>
Starting with Francis Frith (1822-1898), soon after the introduction of the daguerreotype in 1849, photography, antiquity and tourism became so interlinked as to shape Western ideas about non-Western cultures. Because of the tremendous public fascination with Egypt following the Napoleonic wars, the Valley of the Kings became the site of the first experiments in mass tourism, and photography was a major factor in the … Read the full Story >>
Armory Week Above: Last year at the Independent. Photo © Peggy Roalf Tuesday March 3—Monday, March 9 Spring/Break. “In keeping with the 2020 theme, IN EXCESS, SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC will move to new quarters, inhabiting an entire 2 floors of 625 Madison Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets.” Info Wednesday, March 4—Sunday, March 8 Volta New York. Metropolitan West, 839 West … Read the full Story >>
Whenever I encounter one of Saul Steinberg's ink drawings by his very human patchwork cat character, especially one in which he draws swooping spirals that soar upwards, releasing all kinds of whimsical figures, I'm reminded of a Chinese poem that begins, "I think, therefore I am a butterfly." The imaginary worlds that unfold on even the smallest of Steinberg's notebook pages have offered laughter, … Read the full Story >>
Japan Society Gallery, a quiet spot near the United Nations where East meets West, is celebrating its centennial this year. But with the installation of "Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary artists in New York," an exhibition of work by 33 Japanese-born artists who have moved to New York to pursue their dreams, the place rocks. The artists were selected by Eric C. Shiner, … Read the full Story >>
In the past 15 years Giant Robot has turned into its own name, or at least what it stands for: a big and heroic Asian icon. It started back in 1994 as a small photocopied zine, folded and stapled by hand by its two founders, Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong. Today, Giant Robot has expanded from a full-color magazine to a diverse … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in Toronto? A: I was born in Hong Kong and raised in Toronto. After graduating from college, I’ve lived and worked in Europe and Asia for extended periods of time. When I was in Hong Kong, I needed to wake up in the middle of each night to check in on projects. I currently … Read the full Story >>
Kris Graves, the Jamaica-born, LIC-based photographer and +KGP photobook publisher, has teamed up with Michael Foley, of the eponymous LES-based Foley Gallery, to present the first LES Foto Book Fair this weekend. Running on Saturday from 11am-7pm and Sunday from noon to 6pm, this highly concentrated event offers an inside scoop on self-publishing, photography books in particular. "We are interested in public engagement, … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Open rehearsals, 11am-6 pm [except Thursdays]: R.Bl Schlather | Opera: Alcina. WhitboxLab SoundLounge, 329 Broome Street, NY, NY. Rehearsals are free. Tickets for performances here. Tuesday, September 9 The Center for Sea Level Change/NYUAD presents, 6-7:30 pm: Taking the Fingerprints of Global Sea Level Rise, with JerryMitrovica, Professor of Geophysics, Harvard University. NYU Abu Dhabi Institut, 19 Washington Square North, NY, NY. Information. … Read the full Story >>
