Three images by Henry Leutwyler from Neverland Lost: A Portrait of Michael Jackson, opening Thursday at Foley Gallery. Continuing through February 28th: Documentary Fortnight 2011: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, NY, NY. Free with museum admission. View related screenings. Tuesday, February 22, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party, discussion, and signing … Read the full Story >>
DART honors National Hispanic Heritage Month [September 15-October 15] this week with a feature on Salvadoran-born muralist Josué Rojas. The story of how he found his way in life through painting unfolds in two recent articles about this San Francisco artist, who holds degrees from California College of the Arts and Boston University. Above: Josué Rojas, "Enrique’s Journey" (image courtesy Shane Menez) Rojas … Read the full Story >>
Powerhouse Arts opens its doors to the public on Sunday, May 21 following a 7-year rehabilitation. This center for Brooklyn art community makers offers facilities that include a metal fabrication shop, ceramics studio, and print shop. These vital, affordable manufacturing resources for artists are accompanied by a 13,000-square-foot events space that will showcase creative work on a singularly dramatic stage: the Great Hall, formerly the … Read the full Story >>
"My journeys have taken me deep into Myanmar's heart, allowing me to capture its traditional culture and lifestyle with a touch of artistic finesse." So said Aung Chan Thar when we announced him as the grand-prize winner of the American Photography Open 2023 competition. Aung impressed the contest's judges with his image "Night Fisherman," which depicted a fisherman plying his trade on Myanmar's Inle … Read the full Story >>
Will photography become more diverse? As we've been noting of late, there are a number of new initiatives promoting diversity in the industry, from a coalition of photo organizations aiming to make photography more inclusive to a new photo agency attacking the "overwhelming whiteness" of stock photography. This year has seen the launch of Women Photograph, a database of women photographers around the world, … Read the full Story >>
On View through January 22 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is the exhibition "Bruce Conner: It's All True," the first complete retrospective of one of the foremost American artists of the postwar era. Conner emerged from the California art scene and created work touching on various themes of postwar American society, from a rising consumer culture to the dread of nuclear … Read the full Story >>
In Museums New Art at The Frick Madison In a bold move that stemmed from a blinding glimpse of the obvious, The Frick Madison has installed new works by contemporary artists alongside the old masters that are the mainstay of the collection. As The Art Newspaper reports, this project came out of a very simple need to fill empty spaces on the … Read the full Story >>
Fernanda Cohen is a Buenos Aires-based illustrator who has spent considerable time in New York City. Cohen came to the States to study at the School of Visual Arts, and although she returned to Buenos Aires 12 years later, she's a frequent visitor to NYC and her work appears in numerous American publications. Cohen uses pen, ink, and gauche to make vibrant, stylish artwork … Read the full Story >>
In the era of Adult Swim and "Family Guy," it may be hard to recall, but there was a time when animation was strictly for kids. While grown ups might have enjoyed the art and humor of "Tom and Jerry," animation was for years largely ghettoized in Saturday morning children's programming blocks. By late 1980s, however, as Baby Boomers grew up, animation took on … Read the full Story >>
An Instagram site documenting modern mass extinction. A inside look at seances. A photographer helping her own family as waters from Hurricane Harvey rose in Houston. A celebration of French women, and a celebration of Beyonce as icon. These are some of the stories we spotlighted in 2017. Today we continue with our annual holiday series looking back at the memorable photography of the … Read the full Story >>
Peter Kuper, award-winning illustrator, comics artist and co-founder of World War 3 Illustrated, will launch his long awaited book Insectopolis: A Natural History, at the opening of an exhibition of the original work at Society of Illustrators this week. Peter is a long-time contributor to DART, going back to his first stay in Mexico, in 2006, when he fell in love with Monarch … Read the full Story >>
Wesley Bedrosian is a Massachusetts-based illustrator (he lives about 30 miles west of Boston). He works in two very distinct styles: traditional pen and ink work (now done digitally), and a 3D sculptural style, which has been featured on a notable series of Newsweek covers. Bedrosian is also one of many in the illustration community who has done a stint as art director at … Read the full Story >>
Sunday, April 7: Last chance for Going Dark | The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility This exhibition, which fills the Guggenheim’s rotunda, is predicated on a duality: works of art that present the figure, yet obscure it in some way, thus existing at the “edge of visibility.” The exhibition asserts that these experimentations in figuration across media—painting, photography, drawing, prints, sculpture, video, … Read the full Story >>
"Photographers began to make statements with photographs the moment silver turned black in the sun. But perhaps never have those statements been as urgent, or visually compelling, as in the work of Edward Burtynsky, James Balog and Sebastio Salgado, photographers who have created an unflinching record of both the beauty and the death of our planet." So writes the acclaimed photographer Eric Meola in … Read the full Story >>
Hadley Hooper is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Denver. In addition to a successful gallery career and wide experience with editorial illustration, Hooper has illustrated a series of picture books, created packaging for food products, and co-manages an exhibit space at Ironton Studios, her workspace in the River North neighborhood of Denver. Hooper uses a classic mix of ink, … Read the full Story >>
To many, a photographer's worth may come down to a number. Perhaps it's a six-figure contract with a Fortune 100 company or a seven-figure following on Instagram. But what if the number was just one? What if your work changed the life of just "one" person? For over five years, Munich, Germany-based photographer Erol Gurian has been nurturing a personal project -- teaching a … Read the full Story >>
It was an assassination, captured in real time: On Dec. 19, 2016, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrey G. Karlov, was shot to death at an Ankara art exhibit by a 22-year-old off-duty police officer. Covering the exhibition that evening was Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici, who captured dramatic images of the assassin, holding the weapon he'd just used to shoot the envoy and shouting … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, June 8, 6-8 pm: Geles Cabrera | Museo Escultórico at Americas Society The first solo exhibition in the United States dedicated to Mexican artist Geles Cabrera, one of the most prominent female sculptors of her country, will feature artwork created over 40 years of her career and will be on view through July 30, 2022.Above: Geles Cabrera in the museum of her … Read the full Story >>
Edward Burtynsky, the legendary Canadian fine-art photographer who chronicles the exploitation of the planet for its natural resources, brings an incongruous painterly beauty to his subject matter - from strip mines and oil fields to massive factories and sprawling freeway exchanges. "I recognized that there is a whole world that we'd become totally disconnected from. The camera is a fantastic vehicle that helps reconnect … Read the full Story >>
Art Fair ConfidentialArt Wynwood, February 14 - 18, 2013Featuring 70 international galleries featuring emerging, cutting edge, contemporary and modern works and will have its own distinct identity and design. A unique feature will be the highlight of street art, murals, pop surrealism and other genres from the Lowbrow movement. The Art Miami Pavilion, 3011 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL.Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, … Read the full Story >>
