Saturday, September 28, 7-10pm: American Punchline at Subliminal Projects Cartoonist/artist/illustrator Ward Sutton—the creator of the Sick-O cartoonist Stan Kelly, who has been telling people what to think at The Onion for an interminable length of time—is now branching out into the FINE arts, with his debut on Saturday at Shepard Fairy’s gallery, Subliminal Projects, in L.A. [Just stick with me, ok?]. Fairy, … Read the full Story >>
Since last Saturday, the subject of racism has figured prominently in my daily news. Between Frank Rich's recent Op-Ed on Sara Palin (he points out that she stood for the "real America") to the horrific news of the defilement of Emmett Till's coffin at Chicago's Burr Oak Cemetery, racism again surfaces as an essential subject for reflection and debate. And my DART calendar … Read the full Story >>
Jan Staller: Target, Missouri, included in exhibition Heavy Duty Landscapes, at ISE Cultural Foundation, through March 2nd. 555 Broadway, NY, NY. Tuesday, February 7 Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens! Today, the Morgan Library & Museum offers free admission to everyone who mentions the author’s bicentennial birthday. (On other days, admission is $15.) The exhibition “Charles Dickens at 200”, which features manuscripts, … Read the full Story >>
Last week, Ken Carbone emailed the news that he had completed his apple a day project, which has been unfolding on Instagram and Facebook for the past year. This is what he wrote: An apple a day. No. 365!!! [above, right] Mission accomplished! It has been a beautifully exhausting journey, in all the right ways. I learned to love the daily challenge of making art. It … Read the full Story >>
Left: Gidropark (#45), 2008; right: Gidropark (#67), 2008. Copyright Yelena Yemchuk, courtesy Gitterman Gallery. 67 is group; 45 is couple Wednesday, June 15 Book Launch, 6:30 pm, for Penelope Umbrico (Photographs) along with a reading by poet Rob Fitterman and a conversation with Virginia Rutledge, Vice President and General Counsel of Creative Commons. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Costa Rica, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: I was born and raised in San Jose, Costa Rica. I lived among trees and mountains my whole life so moving to a big city like New York six years ago was a big shock at first. But I’ve learned to enjoy the … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Tuesday, January 9 The Beautiful Brain | Curator Eric A. Newman, gallery talk on The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 6:30 pm. Grey Art Gallery at NYU, 100 Washington Square East, NY, NY. Info NYC People’s Hearing on the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan, 2:30 and 6 pm. The New School – … Read the full Story >>
Editor's note: To celebrate the release of his new graphic novel, the normally reclusive Peter Kuper agreed to take a few questions about his book, Stop Forgetting To Remember. When we looked to find an appropriate interviewer the obvious choice was cartoonist Walter Kurtz. After all, Kuper's new book is the autobiography of Mr. Kurtz. -PR Walter Kurtz: Let me start by asking-where … Read the full Story >>
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) began making photographs at the age of 48 when given a large-format wet-plate camera by her daughter, in 1863. Mrs. Cameron lived at the center of Britain’s artistic and intellectual society and counted among her friends (and sitters) Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Darwin and Thomas Carlyle. Left to right: A Beautiful Visson, Julia Duckworth, June 1872; Thomas Carlyle, … Read the full Story >>
The foreword by Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks sets the tone for everything that follows in No Wave Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976 - 1980. Written by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Byron Coley, variously the editor of NY Rocker and underground editor at Spin, the book features photographs by Julia Gorton, Godlis, Laura Levine and others. The book … Read the full Story >>
The 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, continues with Vivienne Flesher, who lives and works in San Francisco. Her current sketchbook (above) has a collaged cover. I like to sketch in ink. I love the medium but I’m not often asked to use it in my work, so it feels like a break from illustration. Usually I don’t enjoy sketching in front of people, … Read the full Story >>
There are many places to view contemporary art beyond the confines of white cube spaces, so today, DART offers a roundup of several that have special appeal for summer days—including seven community gardens on the Lower East Side: Continuing through September 30: Seven Gardens, various LES community gardens Inspired by the history of community gardens in New York City, 7 Gardens explores artistic engagement … Read the full Story >>
Marshall Arisman, chair of the School of Visual Arts graduate program Illustration as Visual Essay, which he initiated in 1984, celebrates the program’s 30th anniversary this year. An exhibition of over 350 works by its graduates opened this week at SVAs Chelsea Gallery, where an artists’ reception will take place next Tuesday. Following is an excerpt from the publication for the show. Writing is easy: all … Read the full Story >>
Q: Who was Mona Lisa? Editor’s note: Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] himself never wrote on the subject, but scholars have pieced together the following narrative from accounts by one of his supporters, Niccolò Machiavelli [The Prince], and Giorgio Vasari [The Lives of the Artists] as follows. Above left: the Isleworth Mona Lisa [now called “the Earlier Mona Lisa” Info; … Read the full Story >>
It’s probably safe to assume that most events in hurricane-socked areas will be rescheduled. And because many servers are down, information is sketchy. Here are a few updates and notes from the field. Pictoplasma will return to Parsons at a later date—probably in February 2013. In its 4th US edition, the Pictoplasma Conference originating from Berlin will return to New York to present a marathon of … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, January 16 Life Model Drink & Draw | Instruction, Discussion & Exploration of Process with Catherine Lepp, 6;15-8:30 pm. Back Room at the Cobra Club, 6 Wycoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Info Continues every Tueseday through February Wednesday, January 17 Gender & Justice | Sarah Maslin Nir, Lucy Lang, Rev. Vivian D. Nixon, 7 pm. … Read the full Story >>
Susan Wides, a photo artist who traded NYC living for a new home upstate, near Catskill, during the Pandemic lockdown, is a long-time DART subscriber and contributor. Recognized for her innovative use of shift-tilt distortion in large-format photography to explore perception and presence, her work was first featured in AP17, in 2001. Since her immersion in the wildness of her present environment, the images … Read the full Story >>
The 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, continues with Katherine Streeter, who lives and works in New York City. I keep many sketchbooks that are always in various stages of completion. Some of them are filled from first page to last, in that order, while others are a timeline zig-zag, with random pages chosen without sequence. I feel compelled to use collage, even when using … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Sunday, May 29 Boogie on the Boulevard, noon-4 pm. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY. Info Talk / Discussion / Screenings / And Beyond Tuesday, May 24 Seymour Chwast in conversation with Steve Heller, 6 pm. The Cooper Union, The Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NY, NY. Info Lydia Panas, 7 pm. SVA MPS Digital Photography, 136 West 21st Street, Room 418F, … Read the full Story >>
Provincetown is my home. It is comfort food and my favorite reading chair. It is the smell of a newborn’s hair or that moment when you first wake up in the morning snuggled against your lover. It is the place that offers me the intangibles: security and happiness, as well as a place for discovery, development, and ultimately a source of inspiration. I have spent … Read the full Story >>
