Special Events Tuesday, March 28-Sunday, April 2 Salon Zürcher Photo. 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY Info Wednesday, March 29-Sunday, April 2 The Photography Show presented by AIPAD. Vernissage, Wednesday, March 29. Pier 94, 711 12th Avenue between 52nd-54th Streets, NY, NY. Complimentary shuttles will run every 30 minutes starting Thursday, March 30th at 11 am, at three locations. Info Above: © David Allee, … Read the full Story >>
Using her mastery of technology and careful study of BPCA’s commitment to environmental sustainability, Shuli Sadé created an innovative, temporal installation that hopes to bridge the potential of technology and bring viewers close to nature in a new, site-specific augmented reality (AR) installation created for Battery Park City Authority (BPCA).. “Behind the origin of this project is the wish to share the discovery of … Read the full Story >>
Marcos Chin is an artist and illustrator whose practice ranges from fashion illustration to fashion itself to surface design and beyond. Having created art for the long-running Lavalife ad campaign, which had a big presence in New York’s subway cars, he was a natural choice for an Arts in Trasit assignment celebrating Grand Central Terminal’s centennial. The original art for Grand Central Catwalk remains on view … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, January 11, 6-8pm: Mika Tajima | Energetics at Pace Through her multidisciplinary practice spanning performance, sculpture, painting, and installation, Mika Tajima takes up questions of identity and agency in a world increasingly influenced and mitigated by technology. Drawing on various points of reference—from physics, philosophical writings and biology—the artist imbues her work across mediums with scientific and philosoculturalphical import. The exhibition takes its title … Read the full Story >>
Fine-art photographer Dina Goldstein calls herself a "pop surrealist" and a satirist of modern culture. The Vancouver-based fine-art photographer has taken aim at everything from Dinsey films to mass religion in her work over the past decade. "I make it simple when I describe my what I do - I say that I'm looking at iconic characters that are built up in society's collective … Read the full Story >>
Have you entered the American Photography 2018 Open contest yet? The number of entries we received over the past month has skyrocketed; people from all around the globe, and from all around the U.S., have been sharing their work with us. The contest is open to images taken with all types of cameras -- from your smartphone to your DSLR or mirrorless camera. The … Read the full Story >>
As an artist, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York? I spent part of my childhood outside of New York City, went to middle school in Westchester, and came into Manhattan every Saturday for Japanese school, very close to where I live now, when that area was very sketchy. For me, New York was always my second … Read the full Story >>
It's time to see what's new in erotic news: Today's report features a look at "the strange sensuality" of photographer John Kayser's erotica, which was on view recently in an exhibition in Los Angeles, as well as ongoing investigation into the New-Wave Feminism of nordic women. There are also Tokyo-based Photographer Hal's portraits of vacuum-sealed lovers. On the business front, we look at the … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York? A: Originally from North Haven, Connecticut, I moved to Brooklyn and in with my then girlfriend/now wife, Scholastic Creative Director Elizabeth Parisi, in the early 90’s when Brooklyn was still a city in transition. Park Slope was beginning to be gentrified and when we felt we were priced out … Read the full Story >>
The New School Part-time Faculty Strike Update DART has been covering the strike by part-time faculty at The New School, which includes Parsons School of Design, since the Union representing faculty, Act UAW 7902, voted to strike, on December 6th. Yesterday, Ben Davis, National Art Critic for artnet news, updated the situation with a look at the support by prominent artists, writers and … Read the full Story >>
Steven Guarnaccia is a graphic grandmaster-a Brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, book author, designer, educator and all-around brilliant visual thinker whose imagery has appeared in countless publications, books, on product design, posters, and much more. At SVA and Parsons and as an art director at The New York Times, Guarnaccia has been responsible for teaching, nurturing and showcasing generations of visual creative talent. And while he's … Read the full Story >>
For the last article this year on great places to find illustrated books, I randomly polled illustrators about their favorite haunts. Peter Kuper, who was on his way to Brussels to promote his latest book, Stop Forgetting to Remember, just had time for a quick note about the Strand and Forbidden Planet. So then I invited every illustrator who emailed or phoned during … Read the full Story >>
October 19: Edward Hopper’s New York at the Whitney The exhibition charts this iconic artist’s enduring fascination with the city he called home for nearly six decades through more than 200 paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings. Although Hopper aspired to recognition as a painter, his first successes came in print through his illustrations and etchings, an important history featured in a section of the … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: When did you know for sure that art and design would be your métier? Fernand van Alphen: I have been drawing since I was very young, but it wasn’t until high school when I started to get the idea that this was a direction I should go in. I had a very passionate art teacher and by the time I had to … Read the full Story >>
You live in Cambridge, Mass., growing up in different towns around New England. As an artist, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Cambridge? I love being an illustrator. Having the luxury of being able to draw all day, and work anywhere is a perk that definitely doesn’t suck. My favorite things consists of waking up and taking my dog Pixel … Read the full Story >>
Michael Byers is an illustrator based in Hamilton, Ontario who creates graphic editorial illustrations and sequential comics. His work has appeared in a wide range of newspapers, magazines and websites, including Politico, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Gawker, and many more. Byers says "I've been inspired by comic artists old and new," and the result is work that is bright, smart, and … Read the full Story >>
Jonathon Rosen an illustrator, artist, animator, graphic designer, and bookmaker who creates smart, provocative, engaging imagery with highly original style and accomplished technique. He makes comics, editorial illustrations, drawings, art projects, animation, exhibits, books and book covers, and much more, and his work appears in a wide array of publications, galleries, performance spaces, and other venues. Rosen also teaches illustration, cartooning, and visual narrative … Read the full Story >>
Morgan Library & Museum Garden For the first time in its 116-year history, the Morgan Library & Museum in Midtown Manhattan has opened its garden to the public. Part of a six-year $13-million “century renovation “, the garden was originally designed in 1912 by Beatrix Jones. Watch videos of subject experts on the renovation of the building’s exterior, including the bronze doors, night lighting, … Read the full Story >>
Tuna Bora is a Los Angeles-based illustrator, animator, character developer, designer and artist who worked has appeared in commercials, galleries, music videos, book covers and much more. Her work is elegant and graceful, with stylistic nods to mid-century illustration and animation. Although the bulk of Bora's work is in animation, she says "I've sampled a bit of everything." Bora works in an eye-popping array … Read the full Story >>
Talk / Screening / Performance / and Beyond Tuesday, April 19 Aperture and Parsons presents: Dru Donovan, 6:30 pm. Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street, NY, NY. Info Design Research, Writing and Criticism presents: Mark Wasiuta | The Making of “Environmental Communications: Contact High,” 6:30 pm. School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21st Street, NY, NY. Info The Stoop Series presents: Welcome to … Read the full Story >>
