Heading the holiday weekend leader board—for me, at least—is Portal: Governors Island. The 12thannual art fair organized by 4heads, and formerly known as Governors Island Art Fair, has been renamed with a view towards more expansive future programming. This year it opens on Summer’s closing moment, and brings 89 artists from New York and abroad for a month-long stay. Installations, which span the spectrum of … Read the full Story >>
Alpine skiing—not the kind you see in World Cup and Olympic events, where athletes look like muscular sausages stuffed into neon lycra casings—has lent itself to a level of style unusual in recreational sports. I recently came across photos from earlier times, when style was equal to the expertise it takes to navigate off-piste skiing in the Alps. But first, take a look at … Read the full Story >>
The top PPD posts from October 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 this month: An opinion piece from photo-industry veteran Paul Melcher on how brands will define photography for the next decade and a spotlight on how members of Dysturb photo collective are putting their art where everyone will see it—on the walls of NYC buildings. Read the full Story >>
Thanks to everyone who entered the last Book Prize Contest of Summer! While everyone got the bridge right, only two were on the Left Bank, or Roosevelt Island, side of the East River. First reply in gets the prize, Patricia Lindgren of Redding Center, CT. Special thanks to David K. Pearce, who chose the Right Bank tennis bubble, for identifying the presumed location as … Read the full Story >>
The top PPD posts from August 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 this month: a look at 26 amazing Instagram accounts that will expand your worldview; some ideas from Andy Warhol that will make you a wiser artist and person; and a look back at photographer Dorothea Lange, the subject of a recent PBS documentary whose “Migrant Mother” image has become an icon of American history. Read the full Story >>
"We all know the feeling: some familiar music, possibly a few drinks, and that irresistible urge to dance kicks in. It never fails. It is as predictable as night follows day. In a club, outside on a terrace at a fading seaside resort, young or old, this simple and wonderful social phenomenon is what we celebrate in these pages," writes Martin Parr in the … Read the full Story >>
Left to right: Karen with Matadors, pour Palma de Majorque, 1958; Barbara and Marie Helene, pour Elle, Cap d’Antibes, Eden Roc, 1957; Barbara Mullen on the Boardwalk, Saint Tropez, 1957. Photographs by Georges Dambier, courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery. Wednesday, April 20, 7 pm: Talking Books, Aerotropolis: Greg Lindsay in conversation with Andrew Blum. McNally Jackson Bookstore, 52 Prince Street, between … Read the full Story >>
They appeared last Monday without warning, one after another, until by lunchtime, the park was full of them. Then they began showing up on street corners. By the end of the day you couldn't walk 100 yards without bumping into one. Outside shops, on window sills, park benches, in the middle of the pavement. London's snowmen seemed to have a penchant for hats; many … Read the full Story >>
The top MAP 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, 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 posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month: A collection of the top 10 practical movie special effects of all time—including Ray Harryhausen’s famous stop-motion animated monsters—and a motion illustration for a New York Times story about the complexities of modern love. Read the full Story >>
The top posts from Pro Photo Daily are now on view at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. It’s another great way to keep with what’s going on in the photography world, whether you’re working on desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. 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 recent items on Flipboard: a look at the work of Bulent Kilic, chosen by Time magazine and the Guardian newspaper as wire service photographer of the year. Read the full Story >>
You can now access the top DFLA 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, Pro Photo Daily, Motion Arts Pro, 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 DFLA posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up now are close-ups of Latin American Fotografía winners Diana Bejarano, Douglas Cushnie, and Cesar Rodriguez, and Latin American Ilustración winner Diego Penuela . Read the full Story >>
I should be at the AIPAD preview now and since I’ll miss this event, I’ve compiled a list of booths not to miss on a Thursday visit, shared here. Previously featured in DART are Joseph Bellows Gallery; Andrea Modica at L’Artiere, Booth 83; Steven Kasher Gallery; PCNW. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, Booth 500 Artists: John Wood, Constantin Brancusi, Mishka … Read the full Story >>
The AI Timeline Exhibit, created to mark American Illustration's 25th anniversary, debuted in New York at Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts in 2006 and has since traveled, in the form of large-scale giclee prints, to the Savannah College of Art and Design, Pasons The New School for Design, Argentina's Universidad de Palermo and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Now for … Read the full Story >>
The other day when I was filling out the week's calendar, an email came in from Rob Clayton of the Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, in LA. He wrote to let me know that they have a new piece in Lance Armstrong's Stages exhibition, which opens tonight at Art Basel Miami Beach. So here goes: Left to right: Always Alive, the Clayton … Read the full Story >>
The exhibition Cine São José: 35 Years of Estúdio Campana, opening this week at Friedman Benda’s LA outpost, was planned before Fernando Campana passed away last fall, but it’s become an homage to him, and to the legacy of Estúdio Campana. For over 35 years, the brothers Fernando and Humberto pushed the boundaries of furniture design by combining unlikely, often found materials, … Read the full Story >>
Thinking of Op Art usually conjures up ‘60s fashions and geometric pattern paintings in psychedelic colors. But until June 30th, a series of nine stainless steel sculptures whose optical illusions are warping perceptions of form and space are jazzing up Park Avenue between 51st and 67th Streets. Created by Miami-based sculptor Rafael Barrios, the brilliantly painted geometric forms, some over 20 feet high, trick the eye … Read the full Story >>
ICON, the biannual conference that brings media people and artists together to discuss signal issues and trends in publishing, launches in just a month, in sunny LA. One of the keynote speakers who will be talking about the future of publishing, on a panel moderated by the legendary Roger Black, is Kelly Doe, Art Director at the New York Times. I … Read the full Story >>
As China struggles to clear train tracks of snow so millions of migrant workers can finally get home for the Lunar New Year, Shanghaiese who remained in town started the holiday early. After 12 years without any white stuff, two solid weeks of rain, sleet and finally snow brought out the kids -- and the kid in everyone else. Left to right: Shanghai winter … Read the full Story >>
Editor's note: Painter and cartoonist Tom Neely's first graphic novel, The Blot, follows a nameless everyman who, while dealing with the fallout from a doomed relationship, is stalked by a mysterious black splotch. As the story unfolds, this shape-shifting blot appears as a harmless cloud of ink, a faceless demon, and an inescapable nemesis that tests the character in a new way with each … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs & Special Events June 15-21 Art Basel Week Art Basel information; Volta | Basel Information; Scope Basel information; Photo Basel information; the-solo-project information; Liste Art Fair information. Thursday, June 18- Sunday, June 21 Skin and Bones Comic Con. The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, NY, NY. Events Friday, June 19-Sunday, June 21 PCNY presents Long … Read the full Story >>
