New Sculpture by Richard Van Buren. Left: Olongapo (2011). Right: Rogue Bluffs (2010). Courtesy Gary Snyder Gallery. Wednesday, November 9 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Liliana Porter | Recent Work. Hosfelt Gallery, 531 West 36th Street, NY, NY. Book signing, 6-8 pm: Marisa Berenson | A Life in Pictures (Rizzoli). Clic Gallery, 255 Centre Street, NY, NY. Information. Benefit auction, 6:30 pm: Slideluck … Read the full Story >>
Educating generalists in a world that increasingly rewards specialists is a daunting prospect—especially when you're talking about American high school students following the Common Core curricum. So when I saw the announcement from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum for a chair design competition, I dug in. The announcement begins: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announces the launch of Student Design Challenge #ThinkOutside, … Read the full Story >>
Performance art as we know it originated in the Happenings that Allan Kaprow began staging in New York in 1968. In blurring distinctions between art and life, between performers and audience, between music and art, between spontaneity and design, he made way for what is perhaps the medium of choice for the avant-garde today. Performance is now so thoroughly embedded in global culture that … Read the full Story >>
Photograph by Jen Davis, from her Webcam series, will be available at the CCNY Benefit Silent Auction on Monday, October 25, 6:00-8:00 pm. Friday, October 1, 7:00 pm: Roy Lichtenstein on Screen. To coincide with the exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein: The Black-and-White Drawings, 1961-1968. Free with museum admission. The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, NY, NY. Saturday, October 2, … Read the full Story >>
How will you declare your independence this year? From what? Send me your stories and whatever illustration you come up with to express your take on the subject for a future page in DART: Design Arts Daily. Subject: Independence, to peggy@ai-ap.com I took these photos with a completely manual Yashika 35mm camera fitted with a Planar Zeiss 50mm/1.4 lens and Fujicolor 400 … Read the full Story >>
In NYC, spring showers bring a dazzling array of art fairs—with a dozen now preparing their exhibits for openings next week. Here’s a preview of what’s in store from March 7th to the 11th: The Armory Show leads the pack as the biggest in what is now known as Armory Arts Week. This year the marquee art fair features over 120 exhibitors in its … Read the full Story >>
DART subscriber Jeanne Verdoux created the illustrations and lettering for Jerry Saltz’s pull-out guide in this week’s New York Magazine. I guess you could say this is the (UN)Armory Art Crawl. Here’s an excerpt: See This Art by Jerry SaltzNew York is awash in art, with Whitney Biennial going up and the Armory Show coming to town. But New York is always awash in great art (much … Read the full Story >>
Spring is in the air—at least it was last weekend, with New Yorkers locked in a strolling frenzy—so that means: it’s time for the first DART Book Prize Contest of the year! So, where in New York am I? Correctly identify my exact location and get into the drawing for the DART Book Prize Contest. Hint The more information you include, such as interesting … Read the full Story >>
Next Saturday, The Brooklyn Museum opens © MURAKAMI, a retrospective exhibition of more than 90 works by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the show broke attendance records there and caused something of a tectonic shift in the relationship between art and commerce, with a Murakami retail outlet located among the gigantic sculptures and installations. Installation at … Read the full Story >>
Multiple, Limited, Unique: The title of the exhibition currently on view at the Center for Book Arts contains part of the answer to the question, What Is an Artist’s Book? While the term “Artists Books,” coined in the 1970s, is relatively new, many specialists agree that the book as an art object originated with poet, artist, and printmaker William Blake (1757–1827). As seen in … Read the full Story >>
As the Great Heat-wave of 2016 fades into memory, it’s time for the last DART Book Prize Contest of Summer! So, keep cool, and guess: where in France am I? Correctly identify my exact location and get into the drawing for the DART Book Prize Contest. Hint The more information you include, such as interesting facts about the city, best shopping/museums/galleries and cafés here, the … Read the full Story >>
Night’s magic will be the star of the weekend around the globe this Saturday as 25 cities celebrate Nuit Blanche (French for “white night” or “all-nighter). This after-dark arts festival, which originated in Paris in 2001, assumes different forms in different places. New York’s second installation takes place along the waterfront in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, from 6 pm to midnight. Left: Camille Scherrer, In the … Read the full Story >>
In teaching her graphic design students the principles of composition, writer and educator Veronique Vienne has come up with a formula that is both memorable and fun. In a walk through Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens last week, she elucidated: “In order to be interesting a photograph must have one of three elements: An umbrella; a bicycle; or a black chicken.” The umbrella she refers to appears in a … Read the full Story >>
I find amazing images in the process of project research, many of which generate a little laugh to brighten the day. But once in a while I find something truly amazing, as I did yesterday. I was preparing for a workshop I'll be giving at ICP at the end of the month and discovered this group of photos made by Graeme Williams, whose work was … Read the full Story >>
Last year Bruno Bressolin, a painter, graphic artist, and photographer in Paris, became obsessed by the effects of natural disaster and human conflict. Hurricane Sandy proved to be his tipping point, so on October 30, 2012, he began a marathon art project. When I asked about an installation he had in Paris this fall, he wrote: it's a one year diary more than 400 drawings now … Read the full Story >>
This late-August edition of the DART Board previews photography shows coming up this fall, Coast to Coast, in date order. Saturday, September 1 Gideon Mendel | Drowning. Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL Info Wednesday, September 5 NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960, 6-8 pm. Grey Art Gallery, NY, NY Info Neorealismo: Nuova Fotografia Italiana | Nino Migliori, Tranquillo Casiraghi, Giuseppe Vaggi, Stefano … Read the full Story >>
The Whitney Museum of American Art recently announced the roster of artists and curators for the 2014 Biennial, which once again will include large-scale off-site installations. This just in from Tony Tasset, one of the off-site participants, who has just completed an installation in Dallas, Texas. The thirty foot, three dimensional Eye was erected earlier this fall as part of the Joule Hotel’s expanding art collection. … Read the full Story >>
WHERE IN NEW YORK AM I? Correctly identify my EXACT location in New York City and get into the drawing for the August AI-AP DART Book Prize!Hint: the more information you include, the better your chance of landing in the hopper! CONTEST RULES:Use this subject in your reply: I Love Art Books. All others are disqualified. Include: Your … Read the full Story >>
WHERE IN NEW YORK AM I? CORRECTLY IDENTIFYMy exact location in New York City and get into the drawing for the third annual Holiday DART Book Prize Contest. Be the first to win a copy of AI32 or AP29 – the new volumes, recently launched here in New York! HINT 1The more information you include, the better your chance of landing in the hopper … Read the full Story >>
