Michael Bierut, a designer, critic and educator, was honored this week by the School of Visual Arts with the 27th annual Masters Series Award. The award was established to bring to public view the achievements of groundbreaking designers, illustrators, art directors and photographers whose work has been strongly felt and by many, yet without widespread recognition. Through a comprehensive retrospective of his work on view … Read the full Story >>
And the Winners are!Thanks to everyone who entered the August Book Prize Contest. It’s really great to hear from subscribers from all over and this was no exception, with entries from Brooklyn to the Bay Area. A copy of American Photography 27 goes to New York-based photographer Micheal McLaughlin, who wrote: Socrates Sculpture Park at 53rd and Broadway in Long Island City, Mark Di Suvero's studio … Read the full Story >>
Even in places south of the 44th parallel, where the sun shines long into evening hours, the quality of light perceptibly changes as September nears. So enjoy the glimmer of these late August skies and leave images in your mind, perhaps to replay on a dark December night. Best wishes for evenings spent with friends, good food and drink, on this holiday weekend, Peggy … Read the full Story >>
As power is restored in NYC neighborhoods, many galleries and arts organizations are reporting that they are back in business and rescheduling events. A number of these are hosting special election night events, and others are donating a portion of receipts from benefit events to Hurricane relief organizations, such as the Red Cross Relief Fund. Here's a short list: If you need assistance -- … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, January 23 Chris Knight, 7 pm. School of Visual Arts/MPSDigital Photography, 136 West 21st Street, Room 418F, NY, NY Info More events at SVA Bunk: Kevin Young with Rebecca Carol, on the rise hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies and fake News, 6:30 pm. New York Public Library, Celeste Auditorium, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, NY, … Read the full Story >>
When Florian Bachleda took the assignment for designing the DART logo back in 2006, the brief was: We love Saul Bass. Florian came up with the gem of a word mark above and soon went on to helm the creatives at Fast Company. So it was a thrill to learn that the Saul Bass Archive is now online as part of the Film/Art Gallery … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, September 21-Sunday, September 24 Photoville Week 2, gates open at noon. Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, Dumbo, NY.On Friday, Photoville offers a workshop under the Brooklyn Bridge on shooting in low light settings on a photo walk with Matt Rick, at 5:30Nancy Borowick will be leading a Walking Tour of her exhibition, THE FAMILY IMPRINT, on Saturday and Sunday. She'll also be joining Daniella Zalcman, Glenna … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Buenos Aires what are some of your favorite things about living and working there? A: I lived in New York for almost 12 years, pretty much my entire adult life, so I learned how to work and deal with people, situations and such in the U.S. I moved to Buenos Aires 4 years ago, and I really enjoy now being able … Read the full Story >>
With hot weather just around the corner, it’s time to cool off with a good read—better still, a cool afternoon or evening in a welcoming independent bookstore. So this week we are expanding the DART indie bookstore list, a few at a time. The good news is that post-pandemic retail vacancies have made even more room for indies, and the results are inspiring. … Read the full Story >>
Fernand Léger was born in 1881 to a family of cattle farmers in Normandy, France. His parents discouraged his interest in art so he initially apprenticed to an architect, in Caen, before moving to Paris in 1900 to pursue his art studies. Although he didn’t get in to the École des Beaux-Artes, he studied classical drawing and painting independently. Influenced by Modernist painters of the time, including … Read the full Story >>
This week’s respondent is author, critic, and curator Vince Aletti, who before making photography his beat, was the longtime music critic at the Village Voice. Although I often see Vince at media previews of photography shows, my favorite place to run into him is on the second floor of the Strand Bookstore where, quickly riffling through bins of catalogues and magazines, he appears … Read the full Story >>
After several years of email correspondence with artist Lynn Pauley, we finally met last fall, in class. Lynn was guest artist at Anastasia Aukeman’s foundation year seminar at Parsons The New School of Design. After a rousing introduction to her way of drawing on location, the class headed to the High Line for total immersion [more]. With the DART Summer Invitational now on … Read the full Story >>
Photo-Poetics: An Anthology, on view at the Guggenheim, presents works by 10 contemporary photographers who use the camera as a weapon to make viewers think. Installed in the Tower's 3 main floors, the show offers a close reading of the works in intimately staged solo shows. This might be the most agressively anti-art-fair exhibition to grace a New York winter in recent years. To borrow … Read the full Story >>
With four full weeks of summertime ahead, this is a great time for painting and drawing in the wild…well, let's say, under the sun. So, dive in! Above: Central Park's Bow Bridge, a favorite subject for painting in the wild The New York Public Library Art Cart offers drawing and crafts most days on the North end of the Fifth Avenue terrace at … Read the full Story >>
In celebration of Black History Month, Society of Illustrators will open the exhibition, The Art of MARCH: A Civil Rights Masterpiece on February 28th The show presents the story of Congressman John Lewis's experience in the civil rights movement as told in his graphic novel, March, illustrated by Nate Powell and co-written by Andrew Aydin. This exhibition takes visitors on a visceral tour of the … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, February 8, 6-8 pm: Vernita Nemec | Evil Plastic Blues Sculptor, performance artist, and curator, Vernita Nemec finds fascination in the weathered beauty of broken and discarded objects, drawing inspiration from the Japanese philosophy Wabi-Sabi, which embraces the value of imperfection and material transience. Evil Plastic Blues features her latest series Eco-Plasticism, which includes vacuum-formed bas relief collages and small sculptures created from … Read the full Story >>
The 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, continues with Paul Hoppe, who lives and works in Brooklyn. For the DART Summer invitational, I’m sharing the travel sketches I made during a month-long trip to Europe this summer. While my everyday sketchbooks have become mostly utilitarian, this was a great opportunity to start a fresh book and dust off my location drawing chops. It seems … Read the full Story >>
Left to right: Paolo Ventura, Winter Stories #42, 2007, copyright the artist, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery; Handset type and Esther K. Smith's new book, courtesy Purgatory Press; Stuart O'Sullivan, Dionicia in Lake, Vermont, 2006, from the Proect 5 Portfolio, copyright the artist, courtesy Daniel Cooney Fine Art. Today, 6:00-8:00 pm: Paolo Ventura, Winter StoriesOpening reception at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery, 537 … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs and Special Events July 24-July 26 ArtExpo is an eclectic selection of emerging artists and do-it-yourself creatives featuring original artwork, books, prints and collectibles July 24-26. Created by the students at Media Design School of Digital Arts at NSAD, ArtExpo is an alternative art fair taking place during Comic-Con and Gam3rCon at the Wonder Bread Factory, 121 14th Street, San Diego. Free … 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 American Illustration 40 and American Photography 37 - along with last year’s American Illustration 39 and American Photography 36 books – and the Int'l Motion Arts award Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7-11 pm Angel Orensanz Foundation … Read the full Story >>
