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David Schonauer Tuesday November 8, 2016
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 >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 17, 2018
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday August 5, 2013
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 >>
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David Schonauer Thursday April 7, 2016
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday December 29, 2014
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday December 7, 2022
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 >>
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Robert Newman Friday September 30, 2016
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday December 21, 2007
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday September 8, 2022
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday April 23, 2020
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday October 14, 2013
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 >>
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Robert Newman Thursday July 14, 2016
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 >>
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Robert Newman Thursday September 24, 2015
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 10, 2022
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 >>
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Robert Newman Thursday July 21, 2016
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday April 19, 2016
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday November 26, 2012
My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. So
wrote Beatrix Potter, in 1893, to Noel Moore, the young son of her former nannie, Annie Moore. This tale of disobedience begins and ends with cozy domestic details and contains a thrilling
adventure … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday March 24, 2014
Q: Originally from Connecticut, what are some of your favorite things about living in New York? A: I grew up in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, always described, at the time, as a
bedroom community for New York City. I never really understood what that meant, though it sounded slightly licentious. My parents were public school teachers so it was really a bedroom, living room
and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 11, 2020
In the interest of public health concerns regarding
COVID-19, this week’s DART Board offers a menu of exhibitions and books to visit and read rather than a list of public events. Many of this week’s events have been canceled or postponed,
especially those presented by educational institutions, so the standard offering would be a hit-or-miss mess. This just in from Printed Matter: We … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday October 9, 2019
When the poet William Butler
Yeats [above, center] had his portrait done by John Singer Sargent in 1908, he said, “I wore a velvet jacket to remind myself how important he is.” Yeats, a lynchpin of the Irish literary
scene, was one of many luminaries in the arts who was awed by Sargent’s gift for capturing the essence of those who withstood his compelling … Read the full Story >>
