The ninth 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. Join another 25,000 artists, book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, independent publishers, DIY book-makers and other enthusiasts at the fair—to … Read the full Story >>
IN ALBERS AND MOHOLY-NAGY: FROM THE BAUHAUS TO THE NEW WORLD, opening today at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Modernism meets Postmodernism head-on. Here a posthumous visual dialog between two artists of the Bauhaus school is placed inside a building designed by a Bauhaus-trained architect in such a way as to be more an art installation than a straightforward art exhibition. Amid the … Read the full Story >>
Lost moments, missed opportunities, or “a moment to be lived, not framed, analysed or reduced in any way”: at a time when not taking a photograph is equivalent to not chatting on the mobile, for a professional photographer, not taking a photograph is equivalent to allowing the world edit itself, as stated above by Simon Roberts. Photographer and writer Will Steacy invited 63 others to … Read the full Story >>
“Buy what you love” is the advice often given to new collectors by art connoisseurs. And now is the time to take action on this good advice because over 200 artworks by established and emerging U.S. and international artists will go on sale Thursday, March 24 at Marianne Boesky Gallery to benefit the Rema Hort Mann Foundation This collection of works on paper, … Read the full Story >>
The top PPD posts from September are now on view at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. 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 look at the youthful winner of the 2014 EyeEm Photographer of the Year Award and an interview with master photographer Stephen Wilkes about his complex and beautiful “Day to Night” photo series. Read the full Story >>
Coda. For a man who almost nobody likes, whose dad may have unliked him tonight. From a letter by George Romney, words to contemplate. The presidential and vice presidential nominees… and Romney and Ryan. Romney Olympics 2012: The Abortion Flip. Sarah Palin, Fox News: “If the Republican Party is racist, why have we elected so many minorities? Why did we elect Susana Martinez?… Why do we … Read the full Story >>
The top MAP posts from September are now on view at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. 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 MAP content—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month: animating public radio star Ira Glass as he explains why artists start with good taste and must learn to make good art, plus a breakdown of how to negotiate and price a TV commercial directing job. Read the full Story >>
The top PPD posts from June are now on view at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. Also look for Flipboard posts from our sister newsletters, Motional 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 this month: All the news about the new Nikon D810 DSLR, and the story of how photojournalist Ben Lowy struck up a conversation with a homeless man in New York City, only to learn that he was speaking to a former news photographer who had run into hard times. Read the full Story >>
Bringing a major exhibition of work by the great German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in celebration of the artist’s 250th birthday in 2024, is a hard sell. So much so that the German ambassador to the United States, Andreas Michaelis, quietly informed visitors to the media preview on Monday why this artist, revered in Germany and … Read the full Story >>
The DART Summer Invitational, Pimp Your Sketchbook, continues with pages by Catherine Lepp, a Bushwick-based artist who paints in oils and other media. My sketchbooks are visual diaries full of notes, scribbles and drawings from life. They are where I work out problems, painting ideas and practice my process. I like the 9 x12 hard bound sketchbooks with smooth Bristol paper that are … Read the full Story >>
You can now access the top PPD posts from March 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, Motion Arts Pro, 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 PPD posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month are a look at the insanely dangerous selfies made by a Russian daredevil atop skyscrapers and a discussion about accusations of abuse hurled at photographer Terry Richardson. Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Turkey, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in California? A: Originally from Istanbul, I live and work in Los Angeles. I love LA for there is more to explore than what meets the eye at first read. There are all sorts of stories hidden everywhere, perhaps under the surface of a dingy local bar, or a … Read the full Story >>
Artist Mark Todd, a long-time DART subscriber and multiple AI awardee, is presenting a large selection of hand-painted movie posters from Ghana, West Africa. In an email exchange this week he wrote: These wild posters were once the product of a much larger industry known as the Ghanaian Mobile Cinema”. This business started in the late 1980’s when Ghanain entrepreneurs formed video clubs. With a … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 16, 6-8pm: Opening Rception, Edward Gorey at Society of Illustrators The Society of Illustrators presents a new exhibition, Something Else Entirely: The Illustration Art of Edward Gorey, celebrating the centenary of the birth of artist and writer Edward Gorey (1925-2000). Known for his obsessively detailed pen and ink drawings, Edward Gorey published more than one hundred titles himself and illustrated hundreds of … Read the full Story >>
As the Fall season approaches, more live art events are opening to the public. Museums are gradually reopening as timed ticked events, and most galleries still require reservations. So this might be good news for art lovers who want to leave their zoom box. Tonight, 25 galleries on the Lower East Side will stay open from 4 to 8 pm. From Foxy productions, … Read the full Story >>
The Museum of Arts and Design is shaking off a long-running identity crisis with NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial. Celebrating craftsmanship and creativity today, the exhibition presents work by 100 artists, designers, and artisans from New York City’s five boroughs. The museum has recently focused more on art and design than hands-on craftsmanship in order to make what was felt to be a … Read the full Story >>
New York’s gallery scene is about to launch its new season come September, with First Thursday openings all over town. If the crowds swarming Chelsea’s galleries are anything like they were last fall, get ready for the biggest peripatetic party of the year.But for now, steal an hour for a quiet visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s small, elegaic exhibition, “On Photograpy: A … Read the full Story >>
As I sat down to post this page, it was just 10 hours until the polls would open here in OFC. And it’s funny how my barely contained revulsion about politics this year has turned into a kind of mild feeling of regret that’s almost-but-not-quite nostalgic. So I'll plan to hit the polling place early enough to get my authentic “I Voted” sticker. But … Read the full Story >>
Lauren Simkin Berke is a hands-on artist from the ground up. What I mean by this is: She draws like a demon [on paper!], and digs through bins of vintage photos and ephemera at flea markets and elsewhere to find reference material for her art. She recently took time away from her work to do the DART Q&A. Here’s what she wrote: As an artist, what are … Read the full Story >>
The third annual Creative Week launches Monday, May 9th, with a blizzard of events celebrating creativity in design, advertising, new media, and the arts in general. Every day until Sunday, May 15th, there will be numerous events to choose from. What makes Creative Week such a feast is that it includes programs of all kinds, from lectures, presentations, job fairs, and demonstrations to networking … Read the full Story >>
