Abundance. Vitality. Progress. This was New York City circa 1848, in a painting that depicts Manhattan’s downtown skyline as seen from Brooklyn. Thanks to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, New York City became the Eastern hub of continental commerce. This view celebrating the optimism of the day, by an unidentified artist, is in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum. … Read the full Story >>
The art of fashion illustration is alive and well at a show on view at the Society of Illustrators through May 2. Some of the top names from its heyday to the present are represented, including Rene Boucher, Joe Eula, Kenneth Paul Block, Michael Vollbracht, Antonio Lopez, and Glenn Hilario, to name a few. Drawings in a staggering array of mediums, and highly finished … Read the full Story >>
The mid-February fire that damaged Pratt Institute’s landmark Main Building destroyed work by 35 of the 44 senior drawing and painting students in the BFA program. For many of them, most of the work they produced during their four years of study went up in smoke, leaving them with nothing to show for their thesis exhibitions at Pratt, or for grant and graduate school … Read the full Story >>
Margaret Morton, noted phototographer, educator, and activist, died last week in her East Village apartment at age 71. Known for her pioneering work documenting the home-building practices and social lives of the homeless who moved into the cavernous underground below Penn Station in the 1990s, Margaret became a fierce advocate for their equal treatment by city agencies conditioned to sweep them further into … Read the full Story >>
A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial, a global survey of contemporary photography and video, opens at the International Center of Photography on Friday, May 17. The exhibition will feature 28 emerging and established artists from 14 countries whose works speak to and illuminate the new visual and social territory in which image making operates today. Artists include Nayland Blake, A.K. Burns, Thomas Hirschhorn, Elliott … Read the full Story >>
"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery," which opened last Friday at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), proves that whatever medium an artist chooses is strictly a matter of choice. The exhibition presents work by 48 artists from 17 countries, using everything from stone, comic books, discarded work gloves, and human hair, as well as linen fabric and silk thread, to offer provocative, and often satirical … Read the full Story >>
Moyra Davey, Copperhead No. 285; Copperhead No. 295, 2015. Available in Baxter Street/CCNY benefit auction. Special Events Wednesday, October 14 The 36th Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography Awards, 7 pm. SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, NY, NY. Information. Online now: 2015 Photo Auction Benefit | Baxter Street / Camera Club of New York. Information Register. Preview: 2015 Photo … Read the full Story >>
Special Events May 16-20 Akris x Vivian Maier. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, NY, NY Info May 17-21 LIC Arts Open. Various venues, Long Island City, NY Info Open studios: May 20-21, noon – 6 pm. Info May 19-20 Brooklyn Art Book Fair. McCarren Park Play Center, Brooklyn, NY Info [Greenpoint} May 20-21 Sunset Park Open Studios, noon-6 pm. Various venues, get … 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
