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Peggy Roalf Friday May 10, 2013
Opening day, 10:30 am-8 pm: XL | 19 New Acquisitions in Photography Featuring a
selection of recent acquisitions by an international, cross-generational group of artists, XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography addresses photography's influential role in
contemporary art. These primarily multi-part and serial works, which are being shown at MoMA for the first time, range from postwar experiments with darkroom processes (such as photograms
and photomontages), … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday June 3, 2014
Call for Entries Deadline: June 10, 20142015 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Fashion is accepting
applications from foreign-born fashion professionals age 38 and under. Eligible applicants include fashion designers, stylists, hair/makeup artists, writers, curators, photographers, filmmakers
and illustrators. Three winners will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize. Categories include illustration and photography as well as fashion design. Information. Call for Entries Deadline extended: … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday January 4, 2008
As the presidential campaign heats up, the subjects of war, politics and religion feature in several exhibitions around the country this month. Artists Against the War, at the Society of
Illustrators in New York, brings together work by 60 artists from around the world. In Los Angeles, paintings from David Sandlin's Wonderfool World, which continues his ongoing project, A
Sinner's Progress, appear … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday November 12, 2008
For those of you who still aren't getting enough politics and policy, there is plenty afoot in Our Fair City this week and beyond. Parsons The New School for Design continues its
public programs in conjunction with the exhibition, OURS: Democracy in Action, through January. This Saturday,
Parsons' annual Illustration Program Symposium jumps in with Picturing Politics, exploring current political and social … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday March 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 19 Opening day, 6 pm: Against the Grain | Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and
Design. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY. Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm: Curator tour/ Pay
what you like. Information. Panel discussion, 6:30-8:30
pm: Celebrating Harvey Kurtzman | with Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, All Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, moderated by Peter Kuper. Society of
Illustrators, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 24, 2008
As political discourse and debate inevitably take over the media during the run-up to the presidential election, relief from the plethora of talking heads can be found in an array of highly
relevant art now on display in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around town. The DART picks below include blinding glimpses of the obvious as well as highly conceptual ways of
expressing and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday October 11, 2016
Special Events Saturday October 15-Sunday, October 16
Gowanus Open Studios. Various locations. Info Open House New York Weekend. Various locations. Info Books / Talks / Panels / Screenings / and Beyond
Tuesday, October 11 Filip Pagowski | My Father and I, Graphic Arts Across Generations and Oceans, 7 pm. The New
School, 66 West 12th Street, Room A510, NY, NY Info Aileen … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday September 24, 2013
Tuesday, September 24 Artist talk, 6-8:30 pm: Sijae Byun \ Vaginascope. Tally Beck Contemporary, 42 Rivington Street,
NY, NY. RSVP Opening reception, 6-8
pm: John Dunivant | The Expatriate Parade. The Lodge Gallery, 131 Christie Street, NY, NY. Opening reception,
6-8 pm: Regina Bogat | New York Years: 1960-1970. Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker Street, NY,
NY. Storefront presents, 7 pm: Interrogation Series | Hotel Yeoville. Storefront for Art and Architecture, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday June 17, 2014
Art Fairs & Special Events June 16-21 Volta Basel. Information. Viaduktstrasse 10, Markthalle, Basel, Switzerland. June 17-22 Design
Miami/Basel, Basel Switzerland. Information. Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel, Messeplatz, Basel,
Switzerland June 18-22 The Solo Project Contemporary Art Fair. Information. St. Jakobshalle, Brüglingerstrasse 19-21, Basel, Switzerland. June 19-22 Art Basel. Information. Halls 1 and 2, Messe Basl, Messeplatz 10 Basel, Switzerland.
June 19-22 Scope Basel. Information. Scope
Pavilion, Uferstrasse 40CH-4057 BaselSwitzerland. Reminder Deadline, June 30: 2014 Photo Review … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday December 21, 2007
For the last article this year on great places to find illustrated books, I randomly polled illustrators about their favorite haunts. Peter Kuper, who was on his way to Brussels to promote his
latest book, Stop Forgetting to Remember, just had time for a quick note about the Strand and Forbidden Planet. So
then I invited every illustrator who emailed or phoned during … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday October 6, 2015
Special Events October 8-11
New York Comic Con. Javitz Center, NY, NY. Information Talks / Lectures / Demonstrations / Screenings / Beyond Tuesday, October 6
Bell hooks+ Kevin Powell | Black Masculinity: Threat or Threatened, 4 pm. The New School, 65 West 11th Street, NY, NY. Information. NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium, 7 pm. Joyce Farmer on
her career in Underground Comics in an audience-led … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday May 19, 2016
Anthony Freda is a Long Island-based artist who is equal parts editorial illustrator and visual political activist. He worked for several years in his own corporate advertising agency before quitting
to focus on editorial illustration. Freda explains, "I may have started my career pimping alcohol and cigarettes, but I have repented and now use my visual communication skills to sell ideas." Freda
creates his … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday December 3, 2007
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday November 6, 2007
November brings a host of group shows that offer a broad perspective on the tremendously varied world of illustration. In New York City, the Jewish Museum has just opened a retrospective comprised
of over 200 pieces by William Steig, one of the most influential and prolific artists of the 20th century. In Stockbridge, MA, the Norman Rockwell Museum opens an exhibit this weekend on … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday December 5, 2006
Whenever I encounter one of Saul Steinberg's ink drawings by his very human patchwork cat
character, especially one in which he draws swooping spirals that soar upwards, releasing all kinds of whimsical figures, I'm reminded of a Chinese poem that begins, "I think, therefore I am a
butterfly." The imaginary worlds that unfold on even the
smallest of Steinberg's notebook pages have offered laughter, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday February 28, 2019
Whitney Sherman: Post Typography Lettering & Type book launch / MICA Falvey Hall / Baltimore: F is a Four-Letter Word At last count, I
found Whitney Sherman [a long-time DART subscriber] wearing five hats: Director of the MFA in Illustration Practice and Co-Director of Dolphin Press & Print at MICA; Illustrator, Designer and
Proprietor, Pbodydsign.com; Co-editor/Contributing author, History of Illustration (Bloomsbury/Fairchild 2018); and … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday March 30, 2017
Steve Brodner is a New York City-based illustrator best known for his powerful political illustrations and caricatures. Brodner's illustrations have appeared in countless newspapers and magazines, and
have included political commentary, elegant portraits, graphic reportage, and much more. Brodner is an equal-opportunity visual commentator-although his current work leans heavily on Donald Trump and
his minions (check out this amazing group portrait of The Court … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 3, 2008
The fall season opens with outstanding variety as always - from political art at Museum of the City of New York and Society of Illustrators to dragon subjugation
dances hosted by the Rubin Museum of Art to a full-fledged BLAB! retrospective at Kansas State University's Beach Museum of Art. Roberts +
Tilton reopens in LA with a new free-standing building designed to accommodate … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday January 12, 2015
Q: Originally from northeastern New Jersey, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Baltimore? A: It's weird, historic and cheap. It's an old industrial
city wrapped around a harbor. There is at least one of everything here and greatseafood; a super nice creative community, perfect for artists to work and not have to chase a buck to make rent. We … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday April 4, 2018
This weekend the MoCCA Arts Festival takes over Metropolitan West for two days of art, entertainment and enriching talks with artists and publishers of comics, graphic novels and more. Guests of
Honor for the 2018 edition are:Roz Chast, who needs no introduction, will participate in panels both days and be on hand to sign books as well. Liniers, the
Argentine comic … Read the full Story >>
