This June the School of Visual Arts launched the new MFA Visual Narrative program, “Story Visualized.” Chaired by illustrator/comic book artist Nathan Fox, the low residency program brings students to New York City for three summers connected by two years of online study during the fall and spring semesters. The summer sessions concentrate on advanced writing, digital media and technique-based workshops. Working in tandem, … Read the full Story >>
At the AI-AP launch party on November 9th, I ran into Zachary Zezima, the artist who created the multilayered cover art for the eye that wraps AI31. He agreed to tell DART subscribers how this incredibly intricate piece of art came about: Q: I understand that you landed the AI31 cover assignment because you had created a small edition self-published book on the subject … Read the full Story >>
Last week DART experienced some technical problems. In the course of retrenching, I overlooked some important information in Thursday's post: Photographer Beth Dow is represented in New York City by Jen Bekman. Having seen her work myself, I can say that the prints must be seen to be appreciated. Here is a look at Dow's recent series, Ruins, accompanied by an extract … Read the full Story >>
Ellen Weinstein is an artist who knows her heroes. In her blog she noted, “Norman Rockwell said, ‘If a picture wasn’t going very well, I’d put a puppy in it.’ Why stop at one?” The drawing she made in response [below] landed on The Atlantic Magazine’s “Gallery Page.” Ellen recently took time out from art and teaching to do the DART Q&A. Here’s what … Read the full Story >>
Just two months ago, Lincoln Center reopened its public plaza, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfrew Architects. Some of the key features on North Plaza include a new reflecting pool that replaces the original Dan Kiley design, which suffered leaks so serious that, from the outset, the arts complex was known to insiders as "Leaky Center." The new incarnation seems smaller, if only because … Read the full Story >>
Last month on my way to LES galleries I ran into an artist painting a mural on storefront gates at Orchard and Grand. The artist was Marcellus Hall, a DART Q&A featured artist, Book Prize winner and longtime subscriber. Here's his story about the mural, told in Q&A form this week: What is there about mural painting that engages you? I was [commissioned by … Read the full Story >>
Wilderness, or wildness, is a mystique. A religion, an intense philosophy, a dream of ideal society—these are also mystiques. As the fisherman depends upon the river, lakes and seas, and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind … depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence. —Ansel Adams, from a speech to … Read the full Story >>
Selma. Little Rock. Fruitvale Station. The crossroads of Florence & Normandie. These are well known as points on a map and as points of collision where events still carry both cultural and historic resonance. And now Ferguson, Missouri, a tiny suburb of St. Louis, is such a place. It is a modern Rorschach test in America's social fabric. What happened there in 2014 depends on how you … Read the full Story >>
You can now access the top PPD 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, 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 MAP posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month are a look at 101 photo industry leaders to follow on Twitter and 27 talented pro and amateur photographers to follow on Twitter. Read the full Story >>
National trauma is a subject of increasing interest to academics, scientists, scholars, as well as the general public. As zones of civil conflict expand, with borders and fronts often indefinable; as natural and industrial disasters unfold with increasing frequency; as individuals with unpredictable agendas shoot to kill in unlikely places around the world, news media outlets are increasingly impacted by the dangers inherent in … Read the full Story >>
I met Mathieu Renard, artist and publisher of LENDROIT Éditions last summer in France, and again this fall at the NYArt Book Fair. Amid the chaos of the NYABF, his cutting-edge limited edition books, prints, and art posters stood out, attracting a steady flow of buyers and browsers during the time I was visiting his booth. I caught up with Mathieu again, last week, for a Q&A about art … Read the full Story >>
Art Fair Confidential September 19-22: The NY Art Book Fair 2013. Information. September 19-22: Expo Chicago 2013. Information. September 19-22: Houston Fine Art Fair. Information. September 16-18: Art International Istanbul. Information. September 18-22: Art Moscow. Information. September 19-22: ABC Art Berlin Contemporary. Information. September 19-22: Preview Berlin. InformationEdward Burtynsky, Oil Spill … 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 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
