Peggy Roalf
By
Peggy Roalf Tuesday October 14, 2014
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 >>
By
Robert Newman Thursday March 8, 2018
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 >>
By
David Schonauer Tuesday March 28, 2017
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 >>
By
David Schonauer Thursday November 16, 2017
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Wednesday October 8, 2025
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 >>
By
Jeff Wignall Thursday May 23, 2019
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Thursday August 1, 2024
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Wednesday November 12, 2008
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Tuesday February 19, 2013
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Friday October 9, 2020
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Wednesday October 12, 2022
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 >>
By
Jeff Wignall Thursday January 19, 2017
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 >>
By
David Schonauer Sunday December 30, 2018
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Wednesday October 16, 2013
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 >>
By
Wonderful Machine Monday April 24, 2023
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 >>
By
Jeff Wignall Sunday June 15, 2014
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 >>
By
Robert Newman Thursday July 6, 2017
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 12, 2025
Thursday, March 13: Self-Taught Artists at Hirschl & Adler
Self-Taught Artists at the Crossroads of Fact and Fiction brings together works that explore the fluidity of truth and imagination, celebrating the unique ways in which these artists craft their own realities through art. Each piece in the exhibition offers a fresh, intimate view of the world, blending fact, myth, and fantasy into a … Read the full Story >>
By
Richard Alden Peterson Monday January 16, 2017
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 >>
By
Peggy Roalf Tuesday August 29, 2017
Activism is becoming a necessary way of life for many in the post-truth Trump era. Interference Archive—a people’s center for information and activism—is hosting
its annual block party this weekend, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, to broaden the reach of this organization's programs. Along with food, music, screen printing and other fun and useful
stuff, IA is also offering a short drop-in … Read the full Story >>
