The debut issue of The Guide generated some pretty interesting reader response. Enough, in fact, to prompt a follow-up issue with tips on how to support artists and the arts through the holiday season. In no particular order, here are my top picks for the week: Limited Editions:Post-punk downtown scene photographer Laura Levine, whose work is featured in No Wave (Abrams Image … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Originally from Tokyo, Japan, what were some of the experiences of your formative years that made you recognize that you were an artist? Natsuki Takauji: I always enjoyed the once-a-week art classes in school and some of the work I made; I still remember them to be pretty good for an untrained kid. I knew I could do it better than the … Read the full Story >>
Andy Warhol with his dachshund Archie in 1973. © Jack Mitchell, courtesy The Whitney Museum of American Art. With the Whitney Museum of American Art closing its survey Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back at the end of the month, this week’s DART Interview features a Q&A Glenn O’Brien did with Warhol for Interview magazine [The Crystal Ball of Pop] in June, … Read the full Story >>
The last day of summer slipped by almost unnoticed here in New York. The summer invitational, Pimp Your Sketchbook, continues with Blair Thornley. I use sketchbooks to hunt for and collect images, information, gestures, study the light on something, or to just make unplanned drawings from my unconscious. Of course, also for illustration concepts and lists of what i want to do. I use at least three or … Read the full Story >>
DART launches the New Year with a celebration of sketchbook art and artists. Jonathan Twingley, whose sketchbook habit was explored during the 2015 Summer Invitational, emailed to tell about a recent project for Amtrak that originated in his sketchbooks. This is what he wrote: We seem to be in the midst of some kind of Global Sketchbook Craze. Everybody from stay-at-home-dads in Des … Read the full Story >>
All over the world community gardens thrive, offering city dwellers a chance to get back to nature and, given enough sunlight, put some food on the table. But there are allotments and there are allotments. In Amiens, France, about an hour by train from Paris, a 1.6-acre section of marshland between the Somme and Avre rivers has been cultivated by hortillons, or market gardeners, since … Read the full Story >>
DART presents an occasional lineup of events related to new work by illustrators. Following is the mid-February installment. Please check contact information for details. NEW YORKCalifornia FreshGroup show featuring work by Martha Rich Thomas Lee Bakofsky, Frieda Clayton, and Pamela HendersonAidan Savoy GalleryFebruary 8 - March 3, 2007Opening Reception: Thursday, February 8, 7 - 10 pmIllustration left: © Martha Rich, … Read the full Story >>
The term "comics" has a rather broad definition today, and one that expands even further through the first exhibition of African comic art in the United States, at The Studio Museum in Harlem. The work featured in Africa Comics (on view through March 18, 2007) can be interpreted as documentary art, where format cedes its weight to content. The mostly colorful art found in … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, November 12 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Karim Marquez | Underground at the Lower East Side. Orchard Windows Gallery, 37 Orchard Street, Basement, NY, NY. Opening day, 10am-6 pm: Roni Horn | Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake. Hauser & Wirth, 511 West 18thStreet, NY, NY. Wednesday, November 13 Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Escape Velocities | Symposiumat … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs & Special Events Opening week, July 7-13: Les Rencontres d’Arles. Multiple locations. 50 exhibitions. Continuing through September 21. Information. July 9-12 ICON8 The Illustration Conference. Portland Art Museum and various locations, Portland, OR. Information. July 10-July 13 Art Market Hamptons. Bridgehampton Historical Society, 2368 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY. Information. DART on Flipboard The June issue is now live. You … Read the full Story >>
Since its accidental discovery by Henry Hudson 400 years ago, Manhattan has been the island at the center of the world. Claimed by the Dutch, whose dominance lasted a mere half century, Niew Amsterdam, or New York, was founded in the spirit of Dutch society and culture, with tolerance and international trade its cornerstones. A celebration of New York's Dutch heritage is currently underway … Read the full Story >>
The second annual LA Art Book Fair runs from Friday through Sunday at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Organized by Printed Matter, the event will bring together close to 300 exhibitors from 18+ countries. The LA Art Book Fair is the companion fair to the NY Art Book Fair , held every fall in New York. In 2013, 27,000 artists, book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, … Read the full Story >>
Ralph Steadman, artist and proponent of Gonzo Journalism and its inventor, Hunter S. Thompson, has spent a lifetime loudly informing the world that it is rotten to the core. This Orwellian British artist, who has been visually skewering the bad guys since his schooldays, has collected six decades worth of images that celebrate the grit and glory of a world continually going mad, in … Read the full Story >>
Left to right: Allium SP; Hyacinthacea; Eryngium Maritimum. Copyright Erwan Frotin, courtesy M+B Gallery LOS ANGELES, CAKehide Wiley: The World Stage, BrazilRoberts & Tilton GalleryApril 4 - May 30, 2009Opening reception: April 4, 6-8 pmArtist's Talk: April 2, 7 pm, at the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center, Los Angeles. Free and open to the public; reservations are required. … Read the full Story >>
Could there be a better way for New Yorkers to celebrate the Fourth than to explore Manhattan's watery perimeter? Remember, this is an island, and from now until mid-October, Olafur Eliasson's New York City Waterfalls add vertical dimension to the archipelago. The Danish-Icelandic Berliner, whose 2003 Weather Project at the Tate's Turbine Hall made him the go-to for this assignment, was selected by The … Read the full Story >>
The Old Print Shop, at the southern end of Lexington Avenue in New York, is one of the city’s landmark places for print and art book lovers. Established in 1898, it is known primarily for its inventory of historic American prints, maps, books, objects, and ephemera. Surprising is the first word that comes to mind on entering; after being completely enchanted by the now-famous … Read the full Story >>
To begin the New Year I propose an alternative guide to the universecourtesy Ional Talpazan: Untitled, ca. 1999 Happy New Year!Peggy Born in Romania in 1955, Ionel Talpazan (1955-1915) was raised in a foster home. When he was 8 years old, he experienced the presence of a UFO while sleeping by a lake close to his home: he … Read the full Story >>
With a new president only days away from assuming power, Oaxaca, Mexico, where I spent two years living between 2006 and 2008, has been on my mind. Given the perspective the president-elect has put forward that Mexicans are mostly rapist and murders, it seemed like a good time to counter that fearful black and white snapshot with a palette of color. Oaxaca isn’t only … Read the full Story >>
The tragedy unfolding in Japan has prompted an outpouring of relief fundraising efforts by artists. Among the dozens of announcements that came my way, this one in particular resonates, for two reasons. The photographer, Takahiro Kaneyama, was a student of mine at International Center for Photography in 2002 and through that association has become a friend. In addition, all of the proceeds from … Read the full Story >>
With The Fourth quickly approaching, thousands will be escaping the urban scene for a long holiday weekend or week. Given a choice between seashore and hillside, more New Yorkers than ever are choosing the Berkshires—weekendspeak for Berkshire County, in Western Massachusetts. The region has been known for its liberal leanings since early times—with Shay’s Rebellion, a violent uprising during the late 1780s in protest … Read the full Story >>
