November 2-January 11, 2025: Lorna Simpson. | Earth & Sky at Hauser + Wirth Born in Brooklyn, Lorna Simpson came to prominence in the 1990s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. Simpson’s early work—particularly her striking juxtapositions of text and staged images—raised questions about the nature of representation, identity, gender, race and history that continue to drive the artist’s expanding and multi-disciplinary … Read the full Story >>
Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered 50 years ago this month. June will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. This week we looked back at the two tragedies, as captured in historic photographs. One was an image of King's widow, Coretta Scott King, veiled at her husband's funeral. A year later, the photo, taken by Moneta Sleet Jr, was … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s Note: Tomorrow night, The Drawing Center opens the first American museum retrospective exhibition of Tomi Ungerer's drawings, All in One, with a reception from 6 to 8 pm. Information. From children's books, to erotic drawings and political propaganda posters, at 82 the Alsatian/French illustrator Tomi Ungerer is still restless, curious and eternally self-taught, with an insatiable thirst to learn and produce as much as possible as long as his … Read the full Story >>
Eric Nyquist is a Los Angeles-based illustrator, artist and educator. His illustrations have appeared in many publications, including National Geographic, The New Yorker, Nautilus and Audubon magazines, as well as on a series of covers for The New York Times Book Review section. Nyquist's work has also appeared on book covers, Beck tour merchandise, murals for NASA, and much more. His illustrations are rich … Read the full Story >>
The great travel, people and scenic shooter Rick Sammon talks with writer Jeff Wignall about the new Canon 5D Mark IV, his relentless travel schedule and why Iceland is just so darn popular (and crowded) with photographers! Read the full Story >>
Opening Friday, July 8: Sensory Poetics | Collecting Abstraction at the Guggenheim Sensory Poetics: Collecting Abstraction brings together highlights from the Guggenheim’s growing collection of contemporary art. Acquired over the past ten years, and shown at the museum for the first time, this selection of artworks reflects developments in painting, sculpture, and video from the 1960s to today that demonstrate an expression of gesture … Read the full Story >>
A few years ago, when chatting with Jorge Colombo at an opening or some such event, I mentioned that it would be fun to do a studio visit/interview for DART. He said, “Sure, meet me Wednesday on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, that’s where I’ll be.” That seemed odd and interesting, so I did, and found out what Jorge was up … Read the full Story >>
As President Obama said in his farewell address: “The Constitution is just a piece of parchment. We the people give the constitution power, with the choices that we make.” Above: February 15, 2003, NYC Peace March; photo © Mario Tama/Getty Images #mario_tama These are the words that made me pick up and read Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility, edited by Steven … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 10: Flow States | La Trienel 2024 at El Museo El Museo del Barrio announces commissioned projects, exhibition highlights, illustrated catalogue, and opening week programming for Flow States – La Trienal 2024, the museum’s second large-scale triennial of Latinx contemporary art. The exhibition will feature 33 artists working across the United States, Puerto Rico, and—for the first time—geographies that reflect the … Read the full Story >>
Pimp Your Bookcases 20/20 begins with the massive library of Steven Guarnaccia, from somewhere in Brooklyn. I was thrilled that Steve replied to the invite, and took time from his busy days to tell his story: Peggy Roalf: When did you realize that books were a drug of choice? Above: Children’s books (with a side of books on toys) Steven Guarnaccia: They … Read the full Story >>
Special public preview, Thursday, April 17, noon-8pm: Rashid Johnson | A Poem for Deep Thinkers at the Guggenheim For nearly 30 years, artist Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago) has cultivated a diverse body of work that draws upon an array of disciplines such as history, philosophy, literature, and music. This major solo exhibition highlights Johnson’s role as a scholar of art history, a … Read the full Story >>
Arlene Gottfried has been investigating life on the clamorous corners of New York City for three decades. She' s photographed lovers caressing on park benches, the homeless sleeping on subway seats and choirs belting out gospel songs. As a photojournalist, she has worked for Life, Time, Newsweek and Fortune and is admired by generations of photo editors. But only now, as she releases her … Read the full Story >>
What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best light, or the most revealing light? In Richard Avedon's portraits, gesture, expression, clothing and facial features all convey information about the subject. The highly detailed pictures are an invitation to scrutinize the photograph and, of course, the person Avedon reveals. Avedon made radically … Read the full Story >>
As the Fall season of art openings and events escalates here in New York, there’s never been a better time to resort to a quiet library full of books on art and design. So, this week DART resumes its Bookcases department, in which artists and designers are invited to pimp their bookcases. We are pleased to continue this series with designer and artist, Paul … Read the full Story >>
In Aperture magazine #199, from 2010, I interviewed Richard Learoyd about his life-size portraits made with a room-size camera obscura, on the occasion of his first U.S. solo exhibition, at McKee Gallery. This fall, Aperture released Day For Night, a deluxe monograph of Learoyd’s photographs, to coincide with a solo exhibition of the artist’s work at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Tonight, he gives a talk at Aperture … Read the full Story >>
Craig Cutler calls himself a "conceptual photographer and director" who "turns ideas into images and stories." And he's been very successful doing so, for clients like Samsung and NASCAR, editorial work for Esquire, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine. He has the ability to boil big, unruly notions into memorable visual moments. Where his concepts for images comes from is a mystery. … Read the full Story >>
Acclaim is one thing. Impact is another. But photographers don't get that, says photojournalist Tim Matsui. "We go out there and we shoot images, and we hope they get published, and we're happy when we get awards, and so often I hear someone say, "I just hope my images will make a difference,'" Matsui says. "But they don't do anything with that." With his … Read the full Story >>
The deadline for the 2014 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is May 31, 2014. Considered one of the most honorific awards in photojournalism, the prize grants $30,000 to an individual photographer to complete a work in process. The 2013 winner is Robin Hammond, a 37-year-old freelance photojournalist born in New Zealand. He has been part of the photo agency Panos Pictures since … Read the full Story >>
In the 1990s Karen Kuehn was one of the most in-demand editorial and advertising photographers in New York, shooting for The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and "Saturday Night Live," where she produced the show's famous "bumper" photos. But 16 years ago she fulfilled a dream by moving to a little town in New Mexico where she has chickens and horses. The challenge … Read the full Story >>
Waters were still rising in southeastern Texas when an image of elderly women in a nursing home surrounded by waist-deep flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey stunned viewers on social media Sunday morning and prompted an emergency evacuation of the facility. By Monday the photo, taken by the woman who owns the nursing home in Dickinson, TX, and posted by her son-in-law in Florida, became … Read the full Story >>
