This year's New York Comic Con sneaked up on me while I was deep in an overdue site cleanup. So I did what any reasonably agile editor would and asked a few illustrators to share their thoughts on the city's annual marketplace for sequential art. Drum roll please!!!! Hey Peggy, Yeah, I'm definitely coming to New York this week. I'l be signing at the … Read the full Story >>
Thinking about how much richer Romney is than anyone we have seen in politics, I decided to play with the portrait as infographic. The result, in generous collaboration with Mary Parsons and the editors of The American Prospect, is the double page spread in the current issue, dissected below. What we see is a remarkable man: loaded with enough money to get what he … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Frieze Week 2017 Frieze New York: May 5-7 | VIP Preview May 4 Randall’s Island, NY, NY Info Frieze Projects 2017 includes a “secret theater” screening videos by Jon Rafman that combines amateur 3-D animation and computer-generated erotica, with the audience becoming part of the performance. Photo: © Peggy Roalf for DART TEFAF New York: May 4-8 | VIP Preview May 3 … Read the full Story >>
After weeks of springlike weather that was a boon for visitors to all the art fairs this month, a cool rainy Monday ushered in a week of business as usual today. Taking a moment to clear out debris in my sustenance farm, which consists of an herb garden in a window box, I discovered that the tarragon I planted last May had survived a … Read the full Story >>
At first [a Kyrgyz cemetery] seems a mirage, the ornate domes and minarets are so completely at odds with the desolate landscape. Miniature cities appear unexpectedly on the edges of inaccessible cliffs or stretch along deserted roads. As one approaches, the scale contracts. The opulent structures are surprisingly smaller than they seemed from afar. Graceful crescent moons float above cupolas and peaked towers, balanced on fragile … Read the full Story >>
One of the great questions photographers bring to portfolio reviews is: How to get ahead in photography. A number of answers can be found by studying the career of Elliott Erwitt alongside the exceptional photographs he has made over the past sixty years, in a retrospective exhibition that opens today at the International Center of Photography. Left: ICP’s Chief Curator Brian Wallis … Read the full Story >>
The unofficial start of summertime in New York is now—and for my money, the best one-day destination this weekend is Governors Island. Yesterday I beat the downpour for a preview of LMCCs Building 110 Swing Space studios, which will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Jeanne Verdoux, a French artist living in Brooklyn, met me at the ferry in Lower Manhattan … Read the full Story >>
The ongoing interest in photographs of vast and often toxic landscapes can probably be traced to Land and Environmental Art (Phaidon 1998), a book by Brian Wallis and Jeffrey Kastner - whose ideas segued into Ecotopia, the second triennial at the International Center of Photography, in 2006. A new edition of the book will be in stores this Fall. For now, a small … Read the full Story >>
Public art has the power to uplift a city. This has been proven true in New York City, which now has numerous foundations devoted to installing large-scale sculpture in places where people gather. From Doris Freedman Plaza at Central Park, to City Hall, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the High Line and beyond. But some pieces become legends. It’s impossible to say why, exactly, but here … Read the full Story >>
Before the idea of becoming an artist was even a scribble in my mind, I was determined to become an entomologist, or "bugger", as I declared to a friend of my parents, who worked at the Museum of Natural History. The study of insects, especially butterflies, was my first love. Almost as soon as I became enthralled, I heard about a seemingly mythical place … Read the full Story >>
In search of a fun post for today, I fell into a stream of typography issues, including a movement to banish the ubiquitous Comic Sans. Chip Kidd, fyi, is so anti that he used Gotham, one of the straightest of the sans, for the text bubbles of his new book, Bat Manga. "As a fan, I have an extreme aversion to computer … Read the full Story >>
Last week, when the sun finally came out in Our Fair City, giant sunflowers sprouted in the plaza between Broadway and Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street - just a few blocks from DART HQ. This pedestrian zone, with lush flower-filled planters, umbrella tables and chairs, is now a free Wi-Fi zone, courtesy Toyota. NYC's Flatiron Plaza sprouts Toyota's free Wi-Fi flowers. The installation serves … Read the full Story >>
On my way to a meeting yesterday, I emerged from the subway in the dense, brilliant clutter of signs and graphics that is Times Square. Looking around, I couldn't tell which way was West; under a stormy sky, the usual navigation method failed. With all the signs here, I thought, why not add a giant compass - just a little graphic courtesy strictly for … Read the full Story >>
The Eighties—the decade that celebrated punk culture as an antidote to Reganism in the US, and Thatcherism in the UK—provides the imagery for three new books being released this spring. And it’s nice that the photographers have clearly embraced their youthful endeavors with a clear eye disdainful of nostalgia. Charles H. Traub, Chair of the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media department … Read the full Story >>
A combination of think tank, public forum, and community center, the BMW Guggenheim Lab asks a profoundly simple question: How can urban environments be made more responsive to people’s needs – in other words, more comfortable? This is a new form of urbanism that aims for long term, sustainable results, using a surprising methodology based on asking people from all walks of life what … Read the full Story >>
Getting calendars and to-do lists organized so you have everything at your fingertips, anywhere, can seem like a big job. But there's a way, and nomadic illustrator Magoz has figured it out. If you follow his point-by-point method, you can work anywhere. Or play anywhere while keeping tabs on your projects. Here's a start: My Productivity System. How I Use a Calendar and a To-Do List … Read the full Story >>
This just in from the Home Office:We’re very excited to bring the creative communities back to celebrate the winners in this year’s launch of the AP38 and AI41 books and the IMAA10 video collection. The PARTY is set for Thursday, November 10. Don’t miss out in this the 28th year of A I-AP hosting this book launch event, where photographers meet illustrators meet photo editors meet art … Read the full Story >>
DART Partners with the Arts at Museum of the City of New YorkFriday, March 25, 6:30 m Is Local Agriculture Good for the Environment: The Hidden Costs of Food in New York City In conjunction with the exhibition, Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Carts Program, MCNY invites you to a panel discussion about large and small issues that tend to … Read the full Story >>
For this year’s Creative Week, produced by The One Club, the theme is “Creativity for the Greater Good.” The 2014 Creative Week program includes presentations, panels and other sessions that promote sustainability, equality and community. And DART subscribers are invited to participate, with a special 50% discount for tickets to two events that focus on design: Monday, May 5, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. … Read the full Story >>
