The AP40 Call For Entries is extended through February 9th! As the team has been shipping the current annual, AP39 (below), designed by Emily Crawford, with cover photograph by Devin Yalkin, they’ve taking a look into the archive of covers over the past forty years. Showcasing each year’s best editorial, photojournalism, advertising, books and personal work since 1985, the American Photography Archive … Read the full Story >>
Late last month, American booksellers hit a major milestone. Across the United States, 2,000 bookshops celebrated Independent Bookstore Day—breaking participation records. Based on trends from early 2026, the independent bookstore scene in NYC remains strong, with at least 34 independent bookstores in Brooklyn alone participating in the 2026 Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl last month. Above: The Lit.Bar, 131 Alexander Avenue, Mott Haven, The Bronx, is the first … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I've lived in a lot of different places—Maryland, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and finally California. I'm proud to have called Oakland my home for the past 6 years. I love it's diversity, creativity, and individuality—there's really no other place like it. I love that … Read the full Story >>
“No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky” wrote E.B. White in 1949. And lucky are those who head uptown to the Museum of the City of New York for an exhibition of photographs from LOOK, one of America’s most influential pictorial magazines in the post-war era. Some 130 images portray the climbers and self-promoters, the … Read the full Story >>
AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN CALLED "The most electric gallery in print;" "A time capsule in the making;" "Tasty and explosive, the Pop Rocks of eye candy." The creative people who use it, year in and year out, support the founders' idea that cutting-edge illustration stimulates mind and spirit. See for yourself as DART continues to showcase American Illustration's 25th Anniversary special edition. 1994: Untitled, … Read the full Story >>
Illustrations by Jonathan Bartlett have appeared in top-drawer publications like The New York Times, WIRED, Playboy and Fortune, to name a few. But lately, his work is turning up on collectable clothing and the façade of a prominent Greenwich Village building—and he’s giving back to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) at the same time. Bartlett was selected to participate in … Read the full Story >>
The art of ceramic sculpture has lately become more visible in New York, thanks to works by the Italian master Lucio Fontana on view at The Met last fall, and Bay Area outlaws Peter Voulkos and Ron Nagel seen in galleries this year. A new exhibition of pieces by the French artists Andrée and Michel Hirlet, which opened last week at Dobrinka Salzman Gallery, brings mid-century … Read the full Story >>
War, plague, earthquake, fire, flood, and terrorism are some of the forces that have shaped great cities. History has been told and retold in painting, literature and film—and now in a series of sculptures by Matthew Picton, which are on view at Christopher Henry Gallery until the end of the month. First seen through the gallery’s glass doors, from across the street, the … Read the full Story >>
David Byrne, the chief Talking Head, has become something of a Talking Head himself. With the success of his book, Bicycle Diaries, he has turned what would commonly be a book tour into a public forum, complete with public officials, to promote sustainable cities through cycling. As this page posts, Byrne is on his way to Sao Paolo, Brazil, with his Cities, … Read the full Story >>
Lillian Bassman, Wonders of Water, New York, Harper’s Bazaar, 1959 (Variant). Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery. Tuesday, April 10 Opening reception, 7-10 pm: Motofumo Mori | “Chocolate Pencil.” Ouchi Gallery, 170 Tillary Street, Brooklyn, NY. Wednesday, April 11 Opening reception, 6:30-8:30: Jonathan Alpeyrie | World War II Veterans. Anastasia Photo, 166 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Opening, 11 am-6 pm: Evgeny Mokhorev | Photographs 1991-2010. Nailya Alexander Gallery … Read the full Story >>
Friday, April 2, 6-8 pm: Owen James GalleryDavid Sandlin | Belfaust: Paintings, screenprints, books The artist will be in attendance at the gallery Saturday April 3rd (from 2-5 PM) to meet with visitors and discuss his work. The following is a preview. Above: David Sandlin, Belfast Bus, acrylic on canvas. From the late 1960s until 1998, Northern Ireland suffered through The Troubles: an … Read the full Story >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
