This weekend a number of DART subcribers are opening exhibitions of their work, from San Francisco to Leipzig. From west to east, here’s the rundown. Ward Schumaker at Jack Fisher Gallery, San Francisco: Ward Schumaker, an artist who lives near the Dogpatch area of San Francisco, has created illustrations, calligraphy, and art for just about every type of printed matter imaginable. His passion for painting inflects his work, and over the past … Read the full Story >>
Corrections have been made to yesterday's post Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen, the brush, or the tablet? Julia Breckenreid: The pen, the brush. No tablet! I use my finger on my trackpad in Photoshop. It is a bit ridiculous. PR: Please describe your work space and how it figures in to the way you work. JB: I had rented shared studio spaces … Read the full Story >>
The winner of the last Book Prize Contest of the summer is Margaret Morton, Professor, School of Art, The Cooper Union. She wrote, Your photographs immediately brought back fond memories of my wonderful morning walk in June, 2012, on the Promenade Plantée. It also is known as Coulée Verte, which literary means “green course” but is usually translated as "Tree-lined walkway" and is considered the first elevated park in the world. We began our … Read the full Story >>
Friday, March 31-Sunday, April 2: AIPAD | The Photography Show The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, now in its 42nd edition, is the longest running exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium. The fair will feature cutting-edge contemporary and modern photography, and exemplary 19th-century photographs, as well as photo-based art, and new media presented by its 44 member galleries. The VIP preview is Thursday, noon … Read the full Story >>
The 2013 Hasselblad Award, with a cash prize of EUR 105,000, will be announced on Thursday, March 7, on the company website. On October 25, 2013 an exhibition of the award winner’s work will open at the Foundations’ exhibition hall Hasselblad Center, at the Gothenburg Museum of Art. In honor of Hasselblad's legendary quality, and its long service to photography, I've been running … Read the full Story >>
What are some of your favorite things about living and working in your current locale? I grew up in a far eastern Hollywood influenced Silverlake type neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Current Locale: Below the ice sheet of Europa, moon of Jupiter. My favorite thing about living and working in my current locale is that I have discovered that life exists outside of New York City. I don't have to struggle … Read the full Story >>
The Art Show at the 7th Regiment Armory. The Armory Show at Pier 94. Pulse New York at the 69th Regiment Armory. Scope New York at the Damrosch Pavilion. DiVA at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Battery Park. Red Dot New York at the Park South Hotel. LA Art at the Metropolitan Pavilion. This weekend seven art fairs will assemble close to 450 art … Read the full Story >>
The city of Amiens, France, dates to pre-Roman times, having been an important trading center throughout history due its accessibility via the river Somme, and was recognized by the King of France in 1185. The great cathedral, completed around 1247, is the tallest of the large classic Gothic churches and a designated World Heritage Site. Amiens had been continually under siege since Roman times, … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, May 15 Ai Weiwei: Trace at the Hirshholrn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Info Created in 2014, when the noted contemporary artist was under house arrest, this monumental display portrays activists, prisoners of conscience, and advocates of free speech from around the world. On view at the Skirball Cultural Center are eighty-three of the work’s original 176 portraits, each one … Read the full Story >>
Having recently streamed The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix, I was struck by one of those out-of-the-blue questions I sometimes get waiting for the F train: What if Andy had an iPhone? The iconic American Pop artist, who anticipated the issues, effects, and pace of our current digital age, styled himself a machine; made duplication and repetition key features of his output, … Read the full Story >>
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 >>
James McAnally, editor of Temporary Art Review recently asked Matthew Coolidge, founder of the Center for Land Use Interpretation [CLUI] how his vision of the manmade landscape forms a “cultural inscription” [for America] that can be read and interpreted, and what is the central narrative he sees in the inscription. Matthew Coolidge replied, “Any central narrative shifts, depending on the angle of view. Our projects and … Read the full Story >>
I went to Printing Show—TKY at Aperture Gallery last Friday afternoon in order to do a feature for DART. Deep into the process of streamlining my library, I had no intention of participating in the creation of another book, but after about fifteen minutes observing the high energy, highly focused work going on, I caved in and bought one of the three remaining tickets, … Read the full Story >>
Art Fair ConfidentialThursday, September 19-Sunday September 22: Expo Chicago. Navy Pier Festival Hall, 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL. Information Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Ted Riederer | Only Forever. The Lodge Gallery, 131 Christie Street, NY, NY. Book signing, 6-8 pm: Juergen Teller | Eating at Hotel Il Pellicano. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, between Bowery & Lafayette, NY, NY. … Read the full Story >>
As commencement exercises roll out from coast to coast, DART takes a moment to reflect on what it means to face the future with hope, pride and optimism. For some, it seems inevitable that success is on the horizon. For others, the view is not so crystal clear. Either way, a little book that came my way from Art Center College of Design, in … Read the full Story >>
Frank Viva is an illustrator and designer whose first children’s book, Along A Long Road, landed at the top of major top ten lists when it was published in 2011. And it was one of my favorites in The Original Art show that year. On Saturday, June 1, he will read to children age 6 to 8 from his new book, A Long Way … Read the full Story >>
Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back opens this weekend at The Art Institute of Chicago. More than 400 works offer a new view of the iconic American Pop artist, not only illuminating the breadth, depth, and interconnectedness of Warhol’s production across the entirety of his career but also highlighting the ways that he anticipated the issues, effects, and pace of our current … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Art Fairs / and Beyond Tuesday, October 24 Sale to benefit relief efforts in Mexico City and Puerto Rico, 6-8 pm. Baxter St / Camera Club of New York, 126 Baxter Street, NY, NY Info Optics: A New Way of Seeing Contemporary Culture | Protest, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info NYU’s … Read the full Story >>
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s holdings of art from sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas are integral to the museum’s legacy. When it acquired the former Museum of Primitive Arts, in 1974 (founded by former Governor of New York, Nelson A. Rockefeller) and further established the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, where the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas are on view, … Read the full Story >>
The summers in Rhode Island seemed to last forever. Despite all the boat rides, swimming and biking, the days slowed to a crawl, tipped gently into dusk and at last succumbed to star filled nights. Summer’s end always loomed but never intruded. So, when September arrived, distracted by the excitement of new lunch boxes and school clothes, we soldiered on with out looking back … Read the full Story >>
