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Peggy Roalf Monday July 21, 2014
Steve Jobs and Susan Barnes, NeXt vice president and chief financial officer, reacted
to a joke on a bus returning from a visit to an unfinished factory in Fremont, Calif. 1987. Doug Menuez/Contour by Getty Images/Stanford University Libraries The Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California, is presenting an
exhibition of photographs by Doug Menuez from Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution, 1985-2000, which will continue through September … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 30, 2020
This interview is extracted from the one he did with
curator Sarah Howgate in September 2019 when David Hockney: Drawing from Life was showing at the National portrait Gallery, London. The exhibition opens at The Morgan Library & Museum on Thursday,
October 2, and continues through January 17, 2017. Info. Above: David Hockney. My
Parents and Myself, 1976. Copyright David Hockney The artist and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday April 2, 2012
Marshall Arisman, longtime chair of
the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department at the School of Visual Arts, and a co-founder of American Illustration, sent this photo of new work that will be
on view this week in New York City. Intrigued, I arranged for a studio visit. At the appointed hour, I found myself in Marshall’s crowded studio amid sculpted heads of what … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday January 15, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 6-8 pm: Simphiwe Mbunyuza | UMTHONYAMA at Kordansky
Mbunyuza’s work stems from a personal and spiritual exploration of long-performed ritual and iconography associated with the Xhosa people of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Throughout his practice, the artist has developed a unique approach to his materials, in which he’s able to achieve uncommon textures and glazes that highlight his grasp of both … Read the full Story >>
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Scott Bakal Thursday August 20, 2020
My best friend Eric and I were each carrying part of the
drafting table up Seventh Avenue. One would carry the metal legs and one would carry the top. We would occasionally switch off who would carry the desk top because it was so heavy. It was
August of 1990; I was 19 years old and I was about to start my second year … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday July 18, 2018
Peter Hujar was a leading figure of the downtown New York scene of the 1970s and ’80s—a period of highly experimental art, theater, music and club culture. He is most well known for his
sensitive portraits of New York City’s avant-garde artists, musicians, writers, and performers, featuring personalities such as Susan Sontag, William S. Burroughs, Fran Lebowitz, David
Wojnarowicz, Andy Warhol, Candy Darling, and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday February 23, 2022
Continuing through April 2: The New Bend at Hauser & Wirth
Curated by Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen, ‘The New Bend’ brings together 12 contemporary artists working in the raced, classed, and gendered traditions of quilting and textile practice – Anthony Akinbola, Eddie R. Aparicio, Dawn Williams Boyd, Diedrick Brackens, Tuesday Smillie, Tomashi Jackson, Genesis Jerez, Basil Kincaid, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday June 5, 2017
Q: Originally from New Jersey what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the Garden State? A: It’s where I grew up, it’s familiar. My family
and friends are here. And being so close to NYC (about 20 miles) there’s diversity in the culture and people. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between art you … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday October 26, 2017
Works by Louise Bourgeois (1911 Paris-2010 New York), an artist of international reknown, are currently on view at MoMA/New York, SFMOMA, and at MassMOCA, at last count. Much has been written about the motivations that propelled her aggressive and multivalent art works that range from massive bronze sculptures to small books stitched out of cloth.
Using the body as a primary form, Bourgeois explored … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday June 2, 2021
Sunday, June 6 | Opening Day
Cézanne Drawing at the Museum of Modern ArtMoMA presents a major exhibition offering a new look at the celebrated modern artist Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) through close attention to his process in pencil and watercolor and fresh insights into this profoundly original yet lesser-known body of work.
Cézanne Drawing is the first major effort in the United States to unite drawings from … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday March 29, 2016
Special Events Thursday, March 30-Sunday,
April 3 The Affordable Art Fair. The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NY, NY. Info Thursday, March 30-Monday, April 4 Art Paris Art
Fair. Grand Palais, Paris, France. Info Saturday, April 2-Sunday, April
3 2016 MoCCA Arts Festival, 11am-6 pm. Metropolitan West, 11th Avnue at 46th Street, NY, NY. Info. Philadelphia Art Book Fair. The Annex on Flbert,
830 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA. Info Talk … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday October 28, 2021
A graphic novel, The Women Who Changed Art Forever, just out from Laurence King Publishing, offers a fresh perspective on four trailblazers of feminist art: Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold, Ana Mendieta and the Guerilla Girls. Written by Valentina Grande, an art historian, and illustrated by Eva Rossetti, the book tells the story of how each of these artists have drawn from the strengths … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday January 6, 2021
While having opposable thumbs sets us apart from the animal kingdom, the ability to hold a shard of charcoal, or any other mark-making stick, and draw, makes us human. For most artists, drawing is often the bridge from procrastination to expression—the quickest shift from being fogged in to being focused. Above: Francesco Clemente, “5-22-2020”, courtesy of Levy Gorvy.
In the invitational exhibition currently … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday May 22, 2007
This month, the art on view around the country embraces themes running the gamut from politics, environmental consciousness, moral conflict, greed, revenge and malice, power, anxiety, truth, and
fear. And that's just for three exhibitions opening next week in New York. If you'd like to bathe your eyes in beauty, check out the 33 original posters created by 8 artists for Washington, D.C.'s
Arena … Read the full Story >>
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A few days ago I was dodging raindrops after grabbing a cup of coffee at Cafe Grumpy in Chelsea. I was wet, caffeinated, and in a hurry to get to my office. As I blew past the storefront windows of
the Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 20th Street, I stopped. And then I doubled back and stared. I … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday September 26, 2011
Every week I receive information about artist-in-residence programs and am intrigued by the most far-flung of these; the Arctic Circle Residency, and another in Newfoundland stand out. The most
unusual so far is the Nida Art Colony, located on the Curonian Spit, a 98 km long peninsula separating Lithuania’s Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The
Curonian Spit is included in the UNESCO … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday November 24, 2014
Q: Originally from Barcelona what are some of your favorite things about living and working traveling around? A: I decided to leave Barcelona because I realized I was able to work
from anywhere. This discovery was mind-blowing for me. Suddenly I was able to move wherever and see the world, so I did. I moved to Bristol, then to Finland and now I’m moving … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday October 3, 2016
Q: Born in Germany, what are some of your favorite things about living and working near the Rockies? A: My family was an Air Force
family—and I was the youngest of four children. All of my formative years, after leaving Germany, were spent ship-wrecked in a small desert town in Nevada. In contrast to my siblings who
experienced traveling the world, I grew up … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday January 28, 2011
If you were to curate a photography exhibition presenting new work by artists who have never been shown or published before – beyond blogs, YouTube, and POD – where would you begin?
When he answered that question five years ago, William A. Ewing, then director of Musee de l’Elysee, in Lausanne, Switzerland hoped to identify some of the stars of the future.
“The … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday November 5, 2015
Seth, a cartoonist known for creating a deep sense of longing for times and places that have never existed, continues his autobiographical exploration of the mythical city of Dominion,
Ontario, Canada in his upcoming books Palookaville 22 and 23. This week, an exhibition of 80 drawings from these books goes on view at
Adam Baumgold Gallery. In these meticulously worked drawings, Seth stitches together … Read the full Story >>
