Thursday, November 14, 7 - 11pm: The Party at Angel Orensanz Foundation The year's most anticipated networking schmooze-fest celebrating the American Photography 40 and American Illustration 43 winners is just 20 days away—get your tickets here Once again AI-AP brings the art, photo and design communities together in a one-of-a-kind, trifecta gathering of photographers / illustrators / and creatives to launch the new AP40 and AI43 … Read the full Story >>
It’s Open Studios season in NYC, with hundreds of artists opening their doors for an intimate view of their work and process. Following are some of the upcoming events. Additional public art events are mixed in chronologically. Saturday, October 7, 2-3:30pm: Esteban Cabeza de Baca and Heidi Howard at Wave Hill Join exhibiting artists Esteban Cabeza de Baca and Heidi Howard in conversation with … Read the full Story >>
Danielle Levitt came to New York from LA and began photographing the downtown hipster scene in the mid-1990s. Her street fashions first showed up in The New York Post. Now her highly structured photographs of celebrities and art stars are seen in magazines like Rolling Stone and The New York Times Magazine, and in ads for Target and Nike. Her first book, We … Read the full Story >>
“A Man who Stands for Nothing Falls for Anything.” —Malcolm X “Love’s the only engine of survival,” —Leonard Cohen “When they go low, we go high.”—Michelle O “I will peacefully resist.”—Anonymous These are just a few of the sentiments posted in the corridors of New York’s subways in the days following the unexpected victory of president-elect Donald Trump. When it became evident that fewer than … Read the full Story >>
To celebrate what would have been Andy Warhol’s 90thbirthday, today's DART Q&A is extracted from the interview Glenn O’Brien did with Warhol for Interview magazine [The Crystal Ball of Pop] in June, 1977. Advance tickets to Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again, the Whitney's full-on retrospective that will open November 12 [November 7 for members], just went on sale. For now, … Read the full Story >>
Have you see the Koons? No? Well the Whitney has come up with something for anyone feeling left out of this retrospective extravaganza that will close next Sunday: A 36-hour marathon, during which the museum will be open from 11am Saturday, October 18 through Sunday, October 19. There will be special events, including a book signing with the artist on Saturday night and a Q&A with … Read the full Story >>
Starting today, the Olana State Historic Site, in Hudson, New York, will host the third annual Creating Landscapes within the Landscape event. A group of 30 artists from New York State and New England have been invited to paint here for three days, from the same points of view of the artist who built this magnificent home high above the Hudson River. You can spend the day … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pencil or the pen? David Cruz: First came the pen. At elementary school I use to populate my history books with ink drawings, and I also liked to delete some words to change the meaning of the texts, which made them more fun. My notebooks were always full of drawings from my imagination. PR: Please describe your work … Read the full Story >>
Since the 1940s the exotic and mystical idea of Tibet held by many non-Tibetans has made the region an ideal locale for the setting or subject of comic books. These works often present a slightly distorted view of the region, and they abound with clichés and absurdities. However, one of the dominant characteristics of comics is that they often seek to depict an alternate … Read the full Story >>
An incredible 6 days packed with art from across the globe that was organized into 13 shows scattered through Manhattan, and for the first time in Brooklyn, ended in a drenching downpour last night. I might have been soaked through but it didn't dampen my appreciation for this annual event, which gets bigger every year. If you didn't get there, and you like a … Read the full Story >>
October 18-20: Open House New York Open House New York 2024 is an annual weekend-long, free event during which historic buildings, architectural masterpieces, landmarks and top New York attractions welcome the public to expl0re more deeply. This weekend, OHNY celebrates 22 years of "unlocking" the city. Above: EverGreene Architectural Arts, the largest specialty contractor in the nation specializing in historic restoration and conservation … Read the full Story >>
Coming up: Photoville 2014 This year’s edition of a new classic promises to bring photo buffs of all stripes together on Brooklyn’s sunny shores, starting next week. This crowd-pleasing photo destination is a pop-up, modular venue built from shipping containers re-purposed into galleries exhibiting a wide array of cutting-edge photography. The event epitomizes the work of United Photo Industries, which seeks to identify, harness, and conjure … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, October 1 Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Image of the Studio | A Portrait of New York City Graphic Design. The Herb Lubalin Study Center, 41 Cooper Gallery, Cooper Union. Information. Wednesday, October 2 Opening day, 11am-6-pm: Chris Burden | Extreme Measures. New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY. Thursday, Oct 3 Book launch party and installation, 6-8 pm: Adam Silverman | Ceramics (Skira/Rizzoli). One Great Jones … Read the full Story >>
If you've never seen Christopher Makos' portraits of Andy Warhol entitled Altered Images, a selection from this 1981 artistic collaboration is now on view at Yancey Richardson Gallery Using highly theatrical makeup and a variety of wigs, Warhol transformed himself into a number of female personas, several of which embody attributes of his own celebrity subjects. Wearing a man's shirt and plaid necktie … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, March 26 In Los Angeles Opening day: Japan’s Modern Divide | The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Wednesday, March 27 The Photographers Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Mark Steinmetz, moderated by Phillip S. Block. The School at ICP, 1114, Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Tickets $15. Watch live online. Thursday, March 28 … Read the full Story >>
Los Angeles based photographer Simone Lueck is a transplant from the Twin Cities who knows how to locate and celebrate the vibrant and the off-beat. Her latest book. Cuba TV, is a prime example, as she tells here: It happened by chance. In 2000, I tagged along with a good friend on a two-week trip to Cuba. I took my 35mm camera and a … Read the full Story >>
Brooklyn Museum, September 15: María Magdalena Campos-Pons | Behold Spanning nearly four decades of visually engaging artworks, the exhibition explores Campos-Pons’s prescient and sensorial work—transporting viewers across geographies, mediums, and spiritual practices. In her explorations of migration, diaspora, and memory, Campos-Pons draws on feminism, photoconceptualism, and Yoruba-derived Santería symbolism to weave together personal narratives and global histories. The first multimedia survey of the artist’s work … Read the full Story >>
Downtime is the perfect title for an exhibition of photographs by Julie Blackmon currently on view at Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles. It implies carefree, lazy summer afternoons with plenty of lemonade and ice cream and nothing but happy days. On the seamless surface of these large-scale images, composed in sunny colors, maybe, but carefree and lazy are the opposite in fact. Blackmon creates … Read the full Story >>
DART presents an occasional lineup of events related to new work by illustrators. Following is the mid-January installment. Please check contact information for details. NEW YORK, NY David Choe: Gardeners of Eden Jonathan LeVine Gallery January 6, 2007 - February 3, 2007 Animated Filmmakers, Screening and Discussion Eastman Kodak Company 360 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 (between 8th and 9th Ave.) Tuesday, … Read the full Story >>
If you’re packing some books for a weekend escape or a summer vacation, consider some page-turners based on the art world, both real and imagined. Famous forgeries and thefts, a long-awaited biography of Diane Arbus, a new look at Modern and contemporary art, and two novels are all available in analog and digital form: Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s … Read the full Story >>
