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Peggy Roalf Wednesday February 6, 2013
Seismic Shift: Ten Visionaries in Contemporary Art and Architecture opened Friday at the National Academy Museum. “Visionaries,” as
defined during a walkthrough last Wednesday with curator Marshall N. Price, are people whose innovative thinking and practice have shifted the dialogue, in this case, on the arts. The exhibition
features works by Nick Cave, Thornton Dial, Tom Friedman, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, BetyeSaar, and Bill Viola, and recent projects by architects Greg … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday September 2, 2021
One day, after gazing at a pattern of red flowers on the table cloth, I looked up to see that the ceiling, the windows, and the columns seemed to be plastered with the same red floral pattern. I saw the entire room, my entire body, and the entire universe covered with red flowers, and in that instant my soul was obliterated and I was … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday January 13, 2017
This week we learned which portrait of Donald Trump would hang in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during its traditional tribute to incoming chief executives: Photographer Michael
O'Brien's 1989 portrait of the real-estate mogul tossing an apple, shot for the cover of Trump's book "Trump: Surviving at the Top," mixes surrealism with self-promotion. We also noted that a number
of artists … Read the full Story >>
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Dart Admin Wednesday January 31, 2007
As DIY (Do It Yourself) has recently become a post-collegiate choice for legions of socially conscious 20-somethings, Stitch and Bitch evenings have popped up in cafés and knit shops nationwide.
Now there's an emerging trend for Stretch and Kvetch (that's - you've got it! - yoga and knitting). Knitting and craft groups are forming to provide support as well as goods to needful people … Read the full Story >>
By Wednesday October 27, 2010
In a blink, two years has past since our departure from Oaxaca. If I went by the reports about Mexico in the US press we would have been too terrified to ever return. Between the
drug war murders and the swine flu pandemic (Oaxaca State was said to have the first reported death from H1N1) one would have the impression the entire country was … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday February 7, 2017
East Coast Martin Roemers | Metropolis. Through April 26 at Anastasia Photo, 143 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change. Through May 7 at the International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info Richard Mosse | Heat Maps. Through March 11 at Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20th Street, NY, NY Info Uta Barth. Opening February 9, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday November 6, 2018
Talks / Book Events / Art Fairs / and Beyond Continuing
Times Square Arts Midnight Moment |Chitra Ganesh: The Scorpion Gesture, 11:57 pm-12 am. Times Square, NY, NY Info Wednesday, November
7-Thursday, November 8 Pictoplasma NYC | Coference on Contemporary Character Design and Art. Parsons School of Design, The Auditorium, The New School, 66 West
12th Street, NY, NY. Tickets Thursday, November 8-Sunday, November … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday June 30, 2015
Suffering for one's art is generally held to be a positive thing. Surfing and outdoor-lifestyle photographer Chris Burkard believes in the value of suffering, but not strictly for art's sake. In his
case, it's not mental anguish that motivates and gives meaning to his work, but physical pain that, he says, leads to a personal bliss. In recent years, he's been chasing that bliss … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday March 22, 2018
As we enter a new age of protest—or is it simply a continuum of “I can’t believe I’ve been carrying the same sign for 45 years”—it’s a good time to delve
into photo archives regarding issues of social change. And how photography has foregrounded important landmark causes. At The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, which runs from
April 5th to 8th at Pier … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday August 29, 2017
Activism is becoming a necessary way of life for many in the post-truth Trump era. Interference Archive—a people’s center for information and activism—is hosting
its annual block party this weekend, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, to broaden the reach of this organization's programs. Along with food, music, screen printing and other fun and useful
stuff, IA is also offering a short drop-in … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday April 24, 2018
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Performance and Beyond Tuesday, April
24 Marcel Duchamp, The Blind Man, and New York Dada, 6:30 pm. The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY Info Wednesday, April
25 Josh Begley on surveillance and incarceration, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Broadway, NY, NY Info Richard Koek | New York, New York, book launch/ conversation … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 27, 2017
This week The Museum of Modern Art opens a fashion show – its first in 70 years. Items: Is Fashion Modern? asks a question whose answer lands squarely in the sensibility of the
know-it-all now-ness that is New York City. While Paris has been the capital of couture, New York is the place where some of the past century’s most culture-defining garments have originated, … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday November 11, 2019
Back when he was a student at New York City's School of Visual Arts, Timothy Fadek would head home after classes and then detour into a storied bar called the Subway Inn, on East 60th Street and
Lexington Avenue. There, amid the beery air and warm revelry, he found a kind of home, and a cross section of New Yorkers. He began photographing the … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday February 22, 2017
Special Events Thursday, February
23-Saturday, February 25 BlackLives Matter Pratt Teach-in, 9am on. Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Info Thursday, February 23-Monday, March 6 Japanese Young Artists’ Book
Fair, 11 am-8 pm. Printed Matter, 231 Eleventh Avenue, NY, NY Info Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Wednesday, February
22 Ike Ude | Nollywood Portraits: A radical Beauty, Book … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday July 12, 2023
Wednesday, July 13, 6-8pm: Panel | The Legacy of A.I.R. at P•P•O•W
In conjunction with Dotty Attie’s What Surprised Them Most, a survey exhibition of major works from 1974 to 2023, P·P·O·W is pleased to host a panel discussion with Attie and fellow A.I.R. Gallery founding members Judith Bernstein and Daria Dorosh.
Founded in 1972 as the first nonprofit artist-run cooperative gallery for women … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday June 12, 2020
The art world is reacting to racism. Meanwhile, photojournalists are debating how to cover protests. This week we noted that arts workers nationwide are calling on cultural institutions to divest
from police and to instead invest in communities. Recently, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago announced it would cease contracting with the city's police. We also noted that photojournalists
are discussing how to … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday August 15, 2017
Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Tuesday, August 15
SVA Alums present: PleinAir Drawing, 6-8 pm. Madison Square Park, Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, NY, NY Info Wednesday, August
16 Bowery Poetry [hearts] John Giorno | Poetry Jam, 7 pm. Artists Space, 55 Walker Street, NY, NY Info Jill Mulleady | Figments, talk/screening, 7 pm. Swiss Institute, 102 Franklin Street, NY, … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday September 28, 2017
Modern and impressionist art is selling for 12 below a 2007 peak. Old masters and 19th-century art are fetching 40 percent less at auctions than before the financial crisis of 2008. But, we learned
this week, photography is heating up the art market, with one private bank declaring it the hottest new investment area among collectables. Within that context, we also learned that Christie's … Read the full Story >>
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Varun Raghupathi Wednesday October 23, 2019
In 2015, Alabama journalists Andrew Beck Grace and Chip Brantley traveled to the city of Selma for NPR's White Lies podcast to investigate a decades-old murder. In 1965, Rev. James Reeb, a white
civil rights activist, was beaten to death there by a group of white men for promoting rights for black Americans. Atlanta-based photographer and avid NPR listener Fernando Decillis got a chance … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 26 The Open Show New York #5, 7-9 pm: Arlene Gottfried | Bacalaitos and
Fireworks. The Half King, 505 West 23rd Street, NY, NY. RSVP Artist talk, 6:30 pm: Benjamin
Lowy. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, NY,
NY. Donation $5 suggested/Free with student I.D. Opening reception and book signing, 6 pm: James Prosek | Ocean Fishes. National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park … Read the full Story >>
