Unlike Wall Street, the art market is booming. So reports Souren Melikian in the July 31st edition of The International Herald Tribune. If that's true, then why are so many people on the front lines - art dealers, auction houses and artists - so worried? The substance of Melikian's piece, which is an update on a story he wrote in The New York … Read the full Story >>
Closing January 7: Regarding Kimber at Cheim & Read Kimber Smith (1922-1981) had his first exhibition in New York in 1951, where his work was paired with Joan Mitchell’s. Smith’s effortless style [above] anticipates the work of influential artists such as Mary Heilmann, Richard Aldrich, and Joe Bradley The first exhibition of his works in NYC since 2011 was held at Cheim & Read's UES … Read the full Story >>
Talk / Discussion / Performance Wednesday, January 6 Gallery Walkthrough with Wm. Hunt | Hunt's Three Ring Circus, 5:15 pm. 1235 Ave of the Americas Gallery/UBS Building, between 51st-52nd Streets, NY, NY. Also on Friday, January 8 at 10 am. Info. Thursday, January 7 Rochelle Feinstein Book Party, 6-8 pm. On Stellar Rays, 1 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Bartholomew Ryan on "Jim Shaw: … Read the full Story >>
When I daydream about summer on the beach vivid memories spent with friends, lovers or often alone appear. I imagine the sunshine against my skin, the smell of the ocean and the sound of waves crashing. I love standing at the point were the waves disappear into the sand-there I write my hopes and my sorrows, allowing the ocean to carry them away. Summer Sorrow is … Read the full Story >>
Since October 2003, Nina Berman has been making portraits of American soldiers who were wounded in the Iraq War. The series has been published in book form and is now on view at Jen Bekman, 6 Spring Street, NYC. The opening reception is tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. A Purple Heart is the badge of honor given to soldiers for their wounds, and … Read the full Story >>
Continuing through November 6th: Riccardo Veccchio | The 31 Degree Project, Open Studio 31 Degrees project gives visibility to environmental injustice through disparities in tree coverage in prosperous or marginalized neighborhoods in NYC, and sets out to work with city agencies, organizations and communities to plant trees in neighborhoods that need them most. Join Riccardo for the launch of this public, multi-site mapping … Read the full Story >>
"Pimp Your Bookcases" continues with Michael Foley, who has kept busy getting the vote out while his Lower East Side gallery is temporarily closed. Peggy Roalf: Just guessing that you might have more than one library: If so, how do they differ? Where are they located? And how do you manage your collection? Michael Foley: You are correct, Peggy! My man stash is in … Read the full Story >>
Best known to the general public for his New Yorker covers, artist Peter de Sève has done the public a favor by cleaning out his studio and making many of his originals available. Opening tonight at Philippe Labaune Gallery is a full-on retrospective of his works on paper. The selection on view spans de Sève's career, “providing clear insight into an illustrator who '’draws like a god'’, as Françoise … Read the full Story >>
The prestigious W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant is given each year to honor the legacy of a photographer whose passionate involvement with seeking the truth set an almost impossibly high bar for what photography can be. The Smith Fund websites states, Gene Smith was a loner, a driving and driven man, who bucked the system of which he was a part. Some say … Read the full Story >>
A full-page infographic decrying fraudulent practices in the olive oil industry, which ran in The New York Times Sunday Review on January 26th, came under scrutiny. As a writer responsible for my own fact-checking and typos, I sympathize with the artist [Nicholas Blechman], the editor, and he or she who was charged with writing this epic erratum [the longest I’ve ever seen the Paper of Record]—and not least, the … Read the full Story >>
The artist Interview—whether a Proustian Q&A; a workspace story; an exploration of the role of bookcases; or the current In the Studio With series—has long been a summer feature in DART. These stories delve into choices about life and work at the most personal level. One of my favorite questions: How do you know when the art is finished—or to stop working on it, … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Wednesday, April 1-Thursday, April 2 Fascisms Across Borders. The New School, Albert and Vera List Academic Center, 6 East 16th Street, NY, NY. Information. Friday, April 3-Saturday, April 4 Feminism and Architecture Part 2 | Women, Architecture and Academia, 9:30-5 pm. The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, NY, NY. Information. Lectures / Discussions / … Read the full Story >>
To say that the photography of Wayne Sorce (1946-2015) flies under the radar is hyperbole. This master of color photography, who worked at a time when anything not black-and-white guaranteed exclusion from the discussion of “fine art photography,” embraced urban chaos as his métier—in extraordinarily measured views of Chicago and New York. Mainly taken during the late 1970s and early 1980s, these vibrant, large-scale … Read the full Story >>
France’s pharmacy sign—a green neon cross fabricated in seemingly unlimited iterations across the land—is the country’s most ubiquitous logo. Sometimes it appears in a static—and in this case, stately—form, here at a deluxe pharmacy in Amiens [row one]. In the second row is an animated sign that provides weather and market reports along with the store’s business hours. In row three, nested crosses in different colors … Read the full Story >>
Four years ago on Wednesday, March 11th I was sitting in Oaxaca, Mexico watching the State of The Union address, in which President Trump UN-reassured us about dealing with an exploding global pandemic. Though the world had suddenly tilted off its axis, Oaxaca showed no sign of this calamity. That would come months later. Visiting Oaxaca has always felt like stepping into the past, with … Read the full Story >>
Q: Hillary Clinton is probably, like President Obama said, the most qualified presidential candidate—ever, or at least, “the most prepared.” Her accomplishments are hard to itemize and she continually fudges facts, even when questioned last week by her trusted friend, Charlie Rose. But she presents a rock solid image and a certainty about the future that verges on truthiness. Does this make her a … Read the full Story >>
A few years ago, when chatting with Jorge Colombo at an opening or some such event, I mentioned that it would be fun to do a studio visit/interview for DART. He said, “Sure, meet me Wednesday on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, that’s where I’ll be.” That seemed odd and interesting, so I did, and found out what Jorge was up … Read the full Story >>
The Counterculture! The Bomb! Women’s Lib! Sex/Drugs/Rock ‘n Roll! Not to mention New York City was on the brink of financial meltdown, with the Bronx, literally, on fire. This was the backdrop for the emergence of underground comics, led by R. Crumb’s Zap Comix, out of San Francisco, and fellow satirists including Gilbert Shelton and Spain Rodrieguez, in NYC’s East Village Other, Kim Deitch, in High Times … Read the full Story >>
Oaxaca, Mexico has had a long history of conquests and political struggle, from A-Z (Zapotecs to Aztecs, that is). Then there were the conquistadors, who slashed their way to power and built the gorgeous 16th century colonial capitol you see here today. For those who rule this state, the biggest change since colonial times has been the method. Instead of swords, wheelocks and horses, … Read the full Story >>
Before last March, I worked on site. I didn't have a single place of work because I carried a thick folder of papers for my collages, my substrate, my water bottle and rag to clean my fingers, and my ziplock bag of tools – scissors, glue, pencils, eraser, fine spike for manipulating tiny bits of sticky paper, ruler – in a big backpack, and settled … Read the full Story >>
