Thursday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 pm | Donna Karan and Valerie SteeleParsons The New School for Design presents an evening with alumna Donna Karan, who helped to initiate the school's innovative new graduate program in fashion through her support. Karan will discuss her work and career, and how it has helped shape this new program. The conversation, moderated by Valerie Steele, Director and Chief … Read the full Story >>
Like our son’s discovery once of a two-carat gemstone sparkling among the tourist-worn cobbles of Bourbon Street, in New Orleans, our family’s visit to the South Street Seaport Museum was an unexpected delight. Tucked in among the mall boutiques and gelato carts, this collection of venerable buildings and seacraft in lower Manhattan is an enchanting treasure trove of New York’s history—well worth braving the tour buses … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Wednesday, November 5 & Thursday, November 6 The BIG TALK & The Party. Come celebrate, with AI-AP/DART. Information. [Online registration is closed; tickets for The Party are available at the door.] November 5-9 IFPDA Print Fair 2014. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, NY, NY. Information. November 6-9 EAB Editions/Artists’ Books Fair. 306 West 37th … Read the full Story >>
As the Fall season of art openings and events escalates here in New York, there’s never been a better time to resort to a quiet library full of books on art and design. So, this week DART resumes its Bookcases department, in which artists and designers are invited to pimp their bookcases. We are pleased to continue this series with designer and artist, Paul … Read the full Story >>
Hugo Brehme, Popocatepelt, Mexico, ca. 1920s, from Eternal Mexico, continuing through June 9th at Throckmorton Fine Art, 145 East 57th Street, NY, NY. Wednesday, May 2 Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Prabir Purkayastha | Photographs of India’s Ladakh Region. Tally Beck Contemporary, 42 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Bruno Cals | Horizons. 1500 Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, #607, NY, NY. Thursday, May 3 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: … Read the full Story >>
Above: Mitch Epstein, from Property Rights, this week at Sikkema JenkinsTuesday, September 3 2019 Chubb Fellows Exhibition| Shiqing Deng, Erin Pollock, Atalanta Xanthe, 6-8 pm. New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin Street, NY, NY Info Wednesday, September 4 George Byrne |Exit Vision, 6-8 pm. Olsen Gruin Gallery, 30 Orchard Street, NY, NY Info Sharon Louden & Hrag Vartanian | Origins, 6-8 pm. … Read the full Story >>
New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and plenty of eye candy in the form of photo books, illustrated books, prints and objects. DART’s list of NYC’s best follows, in geographic order [south to north, then east], with a few new entries this year recommended by subscribers. Downtown Tenement Museum Shop, 97 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Well chosen array of books about … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Art Fairs / and Beyond Tuesday, October 24 Sale to benefit relief efforts in Mexico City and Puerto Rico, 6-8 pm. Baxter St / Camera Club of New York, 126 Baxter Street, NY, NY Info Optics: A New Way of Seeing Contemporary Culture | Protest, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info NYU’s … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 pm: Aperture presents Daniel Gordon on his large color photographs, including Flying Pctures (powerHouse Books, 2009), in the Parsons Lecture Series. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 546 West 27 Street, 4th floor, NY, NY. Free. Tuesday, November 30: Last chance for Vogue'ology, an exhibition created by the Ballroom Archive & Oral History Project and the sound art collective Ultra-red, in … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, November 20 Reception and benefit auction, 6-8 pm: International Print Center New York | prints by Jane Kent, Endi Poskovic, David Sandlin and more. 508 West 26thStreet, 5th Floor, NY, NY. Information. Friday, November 21-Sunday, November 23 CultureHub presents, REFEST 2014: A Festival of Art and Technology. La Galeria, 47 Great Jones, NY, NY. Information Talks / Discussions / Workshops Wednesday, November 19 SPD … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs / Special Events Tuesday, May 11– Sunday, May 17 Salon Zürcher. Zürcher Gallery, 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY. Information. Wednesday, May 13-Friday, May 15 Anti-Fair | Harper’s Books Pop-Up at The Carlysle. 35 East 76th Street, NY, NY. Information. Wednesday, May 13– Sunday, May 17 Select Art Fair NYC. Center 548, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. Information. LIC Arts Open. Open studios and events … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? Jeff Lowry: Definitely the pen, as long as I can remember I have always drawn in either pen or marker. I love other materials for sure, but pen has a special place in my heart. I especially enjoy sketching in ink only, as this forces me to be more mindful the decision I make … Read the full Story >>
Keith Negley is an illustrator based outside of Bellingham, Washington. His work has appeared in numerous major magazines and newspapers, on book covers, posters, album covers, and children's books. Negley's newest children's book, My Dad Used To Be So Cool, was published in June. His illustration style is a delightfully graphic mix of old school materials ("pencil, charcoal, cut paper, magazines") mashed up and … Read the full Story >>
If it's December, it must be time to fly south for North America's hottest trade fair, recently dubbed "Artmageddon." During the run of Art Basel Miami Beach, a growing number of satellite art fairs present works of art starting in the three-figure range, adding a slice of sanity to the proceedings. Quite a few galleries regularly featured in Coast to Coast are represented … Read the full Story >>
Talks, Walks, Books, and Beyond Thursday, June 6, 19 Alissa Bennett | Pretend You’re Actually Alive; Alison M. Gingeras | Totally My Ass, book launch, 6 pm. Printed Matter/St. Marks, 38 St. Marks/Swiss Institute, NY, NY Info Ken Rosenthal and Lynn Silverman | Works in Black & White, curator’s talk, 7 pm. Klompching Gallery, 89 Water Street, Brookyn, NY Info Dumbo First Thursday Gallery … Read the full Story >>
In choosing a subject for his MFA Thesis project back in 2002, John Hendrix settled on the idea of disasters. Whimsical disasters, earthquakes, border skirmishes and the like. The work got noticed and straight away, he became the go-to guy for any type of train wreck. It turned out that what he likes to draw most of all is complex and complicated scenarios. … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, November 3-Sunday, November 6 Editions/Artists’ Book Fair [E/AB Fair]. The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue, NY, NY Info Thursday, November 3-Sunday, November 6 IFPDA NY Print Week. Various locations, NY, NY Info Buy the Book Fair 2016. Central Booking, 21 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Through Friday, November 4 The Magnum Square Print Sale | Conditions of the Heart: On Empathy and … Read the full Story >>
Rafael Alvarez is a Berlin-based illustrator who was born in Madrid and went to art school (SVA) in New York City. His comic book-styled illustrations have appeared in numerous publications and websites, and lately he has been creating some very cool animations for Fandom.com. Read the full Story >>
The seventh annual NY Art Book Fair runs from Friday through Sunday at MoMA PS 1. Organized by Printed Matter, the event will bring together 283 exhibitors from 26 countries in high-ceilinged galleries that would otherwise sit empty, awaiting installation of PS 1’s fall exhibitions. Last year over 15,000 artists, book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, independent publishers, DIY book-makers and other enthusiasts came to the … Read the full Story >>
The eighth annual NY Art Book Fair runs from Friday through Sunday at MoMA PS 1. Organized by Printed Matter, the event will bring together over 230 exhibitors from 29+ countries in high-ceilinged galleries that would otherwise sit empty, awaiting installation of PS 1’s fall exhibitions. Last year 25,000 artists, book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, independent publishers, DIY book-makers and other enthusiasts came to the … Read the full Story >>
