Francisco Goya (1746–1828), who served as court painter to a king he despised, was an artist for whom drawing was the equivalent of breathing. He worked at a time when Spain was locked in deadly combat with the armies of three countries, and bands of roving guerrillas, in the Peninsular War of 1807-14. His prolific activity as a draftsman and printmaker is spectacular, if known mainly to scholars; … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs & Special Events Thursday October 17-Saturday, October 19: Gowanus Open Studios.Directory of artists, and special events, here. Various locations, Gowanus/Park Slope. Thursday October 17-Saturday, October 19: Foley Gallery Moving Sale and Pop-Up ExhibitionThe gallery is relocating to larger accommodations just a few blocks from where we are now, beginning on November 1 (exact location to be announced later this month). In order to prepare, … Read the full Story >>
Lisk Feng is an illustrator who grew up in China, studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and now lives in Queens, New York. Although she is primarily and editorial illustrator, she has also done commercial work and product design, and is currently working on two children's books. Her work is created digitally, primarily with Photoshop, but the illustrations maintain an old school, … Read the full Story >>
Last May 13, Los Angeles-based photographer Joan Allen's mother passed away at age 81. Since 2009, Allen had been both helping to care for her mother, who had Alzheimer's Disease, while putting her photography career on hold. But she never stopped taking pictures. Throughout those years, Allen was also creating a photographic record of her mother and their days together - work was featured … Read the full Story >>
This week the photo world celebrated in Paris. The annual Paris Photo art fair featured 190 exhibitions from 29 countries, as well as talks and a variety of photo-related events taking place throughout the city. One of the highlights came with the announcement of the winners of the 2017 Paris Paris-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. French-Venezuelan photographer Mathieu Asselin's "Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation" (Verlag Kettler) … Read the full Story >>
In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois at Pratt Manhattan Contemporary artists reflect on the legacy of one of the most profound and influential African American intellectuals of the 20th century and on the impact that Du Bois has had on their work in this new exhibition. Works by a diverse range of artists—from Derrick Adams to Carrie Mae Weems to Theaster Gates—offer aesthetic contributions … Read the full Story >>
Shane Russeck describes himself as a modern day photographer, adventurer, and explorer who is "...driven by the chase for finding the extraordinary beauty in uniquely dangerous situations." This quest frequently means getting up close and personal with situations most of us might prefer to avoid-staring down a lion or coming eye-to-eye with an orca. His photographs of these moments are brazen reminders of the … Read the full Story >>
Friday, August 2, Noon-3pm JIMMY! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth at the Schomburg Join NYPL on James Baldwin’s 100th birthday for the opening reception for our newest exhibition JIMMY! God's Black Revolutionary Mouth. Stay for this public program featuring Yahdon Israel, Senior editor at Simon & Schuster and two-time Grammy Award-winning recording hip-hop artist and humanitarian, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, in a conversation … Read the full Story >>
For those of you who still aren't getting enough politics and policy, there is plenty afoot in Our Fair City this week and beyond. Parsons The New School for Design continues its public programs in conjunction with the exhibition, OURS: Democracy in Action, through January. This Saturday, Parsons' annual Illustration Program Symposium jumps in with Picturing Politics, exploring current political and social … Read the full Story >>
In Savannah, GA: Monday, February 19- Saturday, February 23SCAD deFine Art, an annual showcase of lectures, exhibitions, and public events, with kenote by Shirin Neshat on Thursday, February 21 at 6-8 pm. Information. Art Fair ConfidentialThe Artist Project - Contemporary Art Fair, February 21-24The Artist Project will celebrate its 6th year with another exciting show featuring original works from over 200 carefully juried, independent contemporary artists. From seasoned … Read the full Story >>
The other day I saw something on Intagram that captures the dilemma: EARTH without ART is EH….. Here’s what’s upin NYC this weekend: David Salle Monoprints at Pace Prints The most convincing works tend to be those in which the thinking is inseparable from the doing.–David Salle Over the course of several months in 2019, David Salle worked at Pace Editions … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, October 15 is City of Forest Day! Our Fair City is home to more than 7 million trees, hundreds of acres of woodlands, and miles of trials. A healthy urban forest makes for a healthy city, cleaning our air and water, cooling our neighborhoods, providing critical habitat for wildlife, and improving our environment. Presented by Forest for All NYC in partnership with the Parks … Read the full Story >>
What does the future hold for cameras? To see which way the wind blows, our prognosticating photographer Wiggy hits the streets (and the clubs) with the brand new mirrorless Pansonic Lumix G85 and the Lumix G Vario 12-60mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH lens! Read the full Story >>
Noguchi’s New York at the Noguchi Garden and Museum In 1922, Isamu Noguchi first moved to New York—a city that would remain his on-again, off-again home for the remainder of his life. Though he was an avid traveler who built meaningful connections and temporary homes around the world, Noguchi always returned to New York. It was here that he created some of his … Read the full Story >>
Did you enter the American Photography Open 2018 contest? The competition, which was open to all photographers at any level, brought in thousands of entries. From them, our judges chose 10 images from nine finalists: Susan Cannarella (Connecticut); Jose Maria Perez (Argentina); Stephen Hikida (Ohio); Alessandro Marcello (Italy); Debdatta Chakraborty (India); Chee Keong Lim (Malaysia); Mauro De Bettio (Spain); Zay Yar Lin (Singapore); and … Read the full Story >>
Martine Fougeron, whose work is regularly seen on the pages of the New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, and The New Yorker, among others, is a quintessential New Yorker, transplanted from France. Her exhibition, Teen Tribe, continues at the Gallery at Hermès through November 8th. Martine stopped shooting last week long enough to do this Q&A for DART:How were you first introduced to photography? I … Read the full Story >>
A master of surrealism, a young AI actress looking for an agent, and a World War I-era aviator took their place in photographic news during the final three months of 2025. In October, PPD spotlighted an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum examining Man Ray's "radical reinvention" of art through the rayograph--his term for the camera-less images he made of ghostly objects. We also … Read the full Story >>
Winning an award in international photo contests is the dream of many photographers and often the pinnacle of their careers. Beyond that, there is no doubt that winning a respected award can be a massive boon to a photographer's career. Many photographers find that participating in awards can not only get their work noticed and give them credibility as a photographer, but also spur … Read the full Story >>
In 2009, a watershed event occurred in filmmaking: the release online of Vincent Laforet's short film "Reverie." The first 1080p video shot with a DSLR--the Canon 5D Mark II--it was viewed over two million times in just a few weeks, and it helped turn Laforet, a one-time New York Times photographer, into an acknowledged leader in an emerging world of low-cost, versatile filmmaking. This … Read the full Story >>
Dan Bejar is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and artist. His illustrations are primarily monotypes on paper, and his smart, conceptual editorial work appears consistently in numerous publications. Bejar says that "illustration is about communication with images," and to that end he has also created vibrant artwork in a variety of mediums, whose purpose is "to critique and question the roles that history, place and identity … Read the full Story >>
