Finding visual reference material can be a source of enjoyment or a well of anxiety for artists, designers and researchers. Many are part-time sleuths with a natural bent for collecting. For others, the task is just that. But as museums and libraries digitize their collections to make space in their crowded quarters, a great many of them are now offering access at no cost—including … Read the full Story >>
Go to Flipboard for a review of the top MAP posts from November. Also look for Flipboard posts from our sister newsletters, Pro Photo Daily, Dispatches From Latin America, and DART: Design Arts Daily. (Once you’ve downloaded the app, you must subscribe to the newsletter to access the PPD content—see button at top.) Among the posts up now: The story of how a filmmaker created a masterpiece of surfing video by taking a $140,000 high-speed camera into the ocean … and some masterful pieces of hard-won filmmaking knowledge from legendary director of photography Roger Deakins. Read the full Story >>
Brooklyn based photographer, Gabriela Herman, a DART subscriber and AP31 Selectee, has an intimate connection to the recent Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing same-sex marriage nationwide. Her mother came out nearly 20 years ago, when she was in high school. Her parents separated, and eventually Gabriela’s mother married her partner in one of Massachusetts’ first legal union. She writes, “It was a raw and … Read the full Story >>
New York City-based video and photo artist Sam Cannon says her GIF series “Mutations” explores “the space between stills and motion.” And that space, apparently, is a haunting one: In Cannon’s work, people often have more than one face, or four legs. Cannon’s GIFs often touch on themes of fashion and beauty. One of her best pieces, titled “My Eyes Are Down Here,” features a woman whose breasts are eyes that dart inquisitively around. The Huffington Post has more. Read the full Story >>
As we noted recently, the deadline for entering the American Photography 32 competition is January 22. Entering the contest comes with privileges, such as a 53-percent discount on the AP annual published in November and an invitation to the AI-AP Big Talk symposium and The Party that follows. (You also receive free subscriptions to PPD, Motion Arts Pro, Profiles, Dispatches from Latin America, and … Read the full Story >>
Anastasia Aukeman, Assistant Professor of Art at Parsons the New School for Design, teaches a foundation year seminar that “brings together reading, writing and [art] making in a manner that is essential to the creative work of artists and designers in every discipline.” A long-time DART subscriber, she contacted artist Lynn Pauley after seeing her Q&A last spring. The result of their conversation was a class … Read the full Story >>
What better place than the Nation's Capitol to launch an art exhibit with the theme, ‘Tug of War'? If you're feeling contentious, pugilistic, or litigious, put this in your calendar: Hemphill Fine Arts, Saturday, March 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you're in a good mood, you'll still be welcomed. From left to right, above: Birds, by Laura Levine; Battlefield, by Tim … Read the full Story >>
You can now access the top MAP posts from April at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. As we’ve noted before, Flipboard is a great way to view this newsletter and our other publications, Pro Photo Daily, Dispatches From Latin America, and DART: Design Arts Daily, on your tablet or smartphone. (Once you’ve downloaded the app, you must subscribe to the newsletter to access the MAP posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month are a look at 11 cinematographers you should be following on Instagram, 10 emerging GIF artists, and 25 masterpiece short films to watch online. Read the full Story >>
Today DART launches the 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their artistic process. We begin with Birgit Schössow, who lives and works in a small town near Hamburg, Germany. When I sit outside with people around—in a cafe, on the beach, on a park bench—I find it very difficult. I always hope that no … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first the pen or the brush? Marcellus Hall: I would say the pen came first. In grade school I loved Mad Magazine. I bought quill pens and ink and emulated the art of Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr, etcetera. Later, watercolor illustrations by Arnold Roth, James McMullan, and George Grosz had me under their spell, as well as … Read the full Story >>
AiPAD The Photography Show | April 23–27 | aipad.com Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan See the preview featured last week in DART Frieze New York | May 7–11 frieze.com/fairs/frieze-new-york Frieze returns to The Shed in May with more than 65 of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries and the acclaimed Focus section led by Lumi Tan The Shed, … Read the full Story >>
Go to Flipboard for a review of the top PPD posts from November. Also look for Flipboard posts from our sister newsletters, Motion Arts Pro, Dispatches From Latin America, and DART: Design Arts Daily. (Once you’ve downloaded the app, you must subscribe to the newsletter to access the PPD content—see button at top.) Among the posts up now: A spotlight of a new book about one of the great but now largely overlooked commercial photographers of the 1960s, William Helburn. You’ll also find a post about the jazz photographer who defined the look of the Blue Note records label, and a list of the best photo books of 2014. Read the full Story >>
Video artist Doug Aitken has characterized his new installation of colossal, multi-part projections on the glass facades of the Museum of Modern Art as a way to "fold Manhattan inside out and create a kind of architecture that is living and flowing, a waterfall of information and ideas." In his first public art installation in New York, most prominently displayed on the walls surrounding … Read the full Story >>
With its first graduating class poised for takeoff; the third group, Class of 2017, expected to land in a few weeks; and an exhibition of work by the Class of 2016 opening tonight, the MFA Visual Narrative program at SVA was asking for a visit. Earlier this week, Chair Nathan Fox welcomed me to the studios, which are currently being fitted out with workstations, … Read the full Story >>
Could it be that President Donald J. Trump has done society a favor by offering so many reasons to mount protest rallies? “Dump Trump.” “I am a PERSON, not a PUSSY.” “Make America Queer Again.” “Impeach Hate Speech.” In the weeks leading up to the Women’s March on Washington this year, for example, Chicago’s Newberry Library issued a call for Pussy Hats and protest … Read the full Story >>
In 1964 a young female artist from Louisiana arrived in New York and began creating a body of work that subsequently turned the macho art world on its ear. This was Lynda Benglis, who was inspired by Jackson Pollock’s action painting and Helen Frankenthaler’s gestural art, among other things. Taking a physical approach to art-making, she also made self-presentation and performance part of her … Read the full Story >>
Beauty Last night Pace/MacGill Gallery opened an exhibition of Duane Michal's new color work. Based on forms created by 19th century Japanese wood block artists who depicted the urbane pleasures of Ukiyo-e, or the floating world, Michal's series presents images of a contemporary pleasure dome completely isolated from mundane affairs. Left: Good Morning Glory, 10/2/07. Right: The skinny dipper's song, 8/2/08. C-prints with … Read the full Story >>
The AIPAD Photography Show opened today at the Park Avenue Armory, and runs through Sunday. Presented by The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), the fair brings together 80 leading fine art photography galleries from around the world, and offers a lineup of stimulating panel discussions on Saturday. At the preview yesterday, I wanted to focus my viewing on a theme, as there … Read the full Story >>
Left: Automaton 04, 2010. Right: Automaton 06, 2010. Copyright Paolo Ventura, courtesy Hasted Kraeutler Gallery. Wednesday, September 7 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Seher Shah: Object Anxiety. Scaramouche Gallery, 52 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8: Lisa Kirk: If You See Something… Invisible-Exports, 14A Orchard Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-9: Joe Brittain: AMP. Toomer Labzda, 100a Forsyth Street, … Read the full Story >>
Today DART launches the 2016 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their artistic process. We begin with Chris Sharp, who lives and works in New York City and loves to travel. I've been working with sketchbooks since 1983. I was mostly using them as a pictorial diary to record my daily life. They helped me relax and … Read the full Story >>
