Is New York becoming the new Stockholm? Judging from the crowds lined up at the East River Ferry’s 34th Street pier last weekend, it’s not a bad guess. New York is, after all, an archipelago, with islands of art and culture beckoning. For an art-by cycle-tour of Long Island City and Brooklyn, the ferry company offers an all day hop-on hop-off ticket for $15 … Read the full Story >>
The heartbreaking story of the young woman brutally shot on June 20th in Tehran continues to inspire Iranians who believe the June 12th election was rigged. Neda Agha-Soltan, whose final moments were caught by cell phone video and globally circulated on YouTube, had the misfortune of being out during one of the post-election demonstrations. Tensions were running so high after her death, reported … Read the full Story >>
This is the second to last in a series of reports on great places to find books on the arts and culture. If you're looking for something special for that someone who's obsessed with photography, the Aperture Book Center should be on your source list. The annual holiday sale is now on and whatever your budget is, you can save some real dollars. For … Read the full Story >>
Sometimes discovering a photograph in an archive leads to an avalanche of unexpected information worth knowing. This week’s offering began with the cyanotype print of Waiting in the Forest—Cheyenne by Edward S. Curtis, 1910 (above, center) from the Samuel J. Wagstaff Collection at The Getty Center. The Wagstaff collection was recently celebrated in an exhibition, The Thrill of the Chase, at the Getty. In … Read the full Story >>
April 23-27: AIPAD | The Photography Show at The Armory The Association of International Photography Art Dealers [AIPAD] was organized in 1979. With members in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan, the Association has become a unifying force in the field of photography. AIPAD is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying, and selling photographic … Read the full Story >>
“May you live in interesting times.” This pandemic year has proved, without doubt, that the ancient Chinese curse is ripe for an update. As we exit a year that has left its mark on everyone, reflecting on how we adapt in a world where change is beyond exponential is unavoidable. So I looked at the opening weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to see how the … Read the full Story >>
Last weekend, the northwest corner of Bowery and Houston Street turned into an ad hoc hip hop block party as the legendary graffiti artist Futura (Leonard McGurr) returned to the streets. Known as the Bowery Graffiti Wall, the concrete canvas became the first street writers’ gallery when Keith Haring bombed it, under cover of darkness, in the summer of 1982. During the last decade, the wall has been maintained … Read the full Story >>
Left: Luigi Ghirri, Alpe di Suisi, 1979; copyright the artist, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Right: Donna J. Wan, At the Edge of the Lake, 2011 (In the Landscape series); copyright the artist, courtesy Klompching Gallery. Wednesday, July 20 Curators’ talk, 6:30 pm: Alexander Campos and Jen Larsen on Multiple, Limited, Unique, an exhibition from the permanent collection. The Center for Book … Read the full Story >>
Above: Don Joint, Blue Machine Gun, 2011, from Fishing for Knick Knacks, opening Thursday at Pavel Zoubok Gallery. Tuesday, April 17 Opening reception, 7 pm: Archizines | 80 magazines and printed matter designed by \ / | < | \ | (Giancarlo Valle, Isaiah King and Ryan Neiheiser) with graphic work by Benjamin Critton. Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY. Wednesday, April 18 Opening … Read the full Story >>
Friday, December 5, 6-9pm: Eliana Pérez | Ajar at PS109 Join the artist and friends for this pop-up exhibition at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109. This tapestry and book pairing that depicts the parasitic exploitation of migrants passing through El Tapón del Darién, the narrow land bridge connecting the Americas. See this alongside 3 of her other artist books, all detailing intractable challenges affecting her native country … Read the full Story >>
Next week, the Type Directors Club opens its sixty-second annual typography exhibit, with selections from the annual typeface design competition. At a special presentation on Tuesday evening, the 29th TDC Medal will be presented to Émigré (Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans), the design firm/digital type foundry that arrived in Berkeley at the same moment as the Macintosh computer. Between 1984 and 2005, Émigré published Émigré magazine, … Read the full Story >>
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) lived during an ascendant period of book publishing in France. It was the height of achievement in letterpress printing and in printed editions of books that combined poetry, literature, and art as a collaborative expression. During his lifetime, Matisse was engaged in creating art, typographic and layout design, and hand lettering for nearly fifty book illustration projects. A perfectionist and a … Read the full Story >>
A postage stamp is an important matter. Though it is very small in size it bears a decisive message….The tiny square connects the hearts of the sender and the receiver, reducing the distances. It is a bridge between people and countries. The postage stamp passes all frontiers. It reaches men in prisons, asylums and hospitals. The small postage stamps become big works … Read the full Story >>
“Which came first, the pen or the brush?” The first question in our long-running series, In the Studio with… has steadily drawn readers to its pages. This week, DART celebrates artists who have taken up the pen to make their mark; even when much of the art is finished digitally, the artistic impulse for a sharp nib is evident. We start with … Read the full Story >>
The transformation of the Fresh Kills landfill, on the south coast of Staten Island, to Freshkills Park, has seemed, for years, primarily a figment of my imagination—until recently, when it was announced that the 24-acre North Park will open in Spring 2021. The world’s largest landfill, at 2,200 acres, has already attracted several bird species never before seen in New York City. The island’s … Read the full Story >>
Seymour Chwast is often referred to as “the legendary graphic designer and co-founder of Push Pin Studios.” But how many legends can you think of who are known by a single name? Shakespeare, Caruso, Elvis, Cher, Madonna, Bono, Jesus...The list goes on, of course, and in the world of art and design it includes Leonardo, Daumier, Hopper, Warhol, Milton, Crumb...and Seymour. Subversive. Personal. Obsessive. Radical. … Read the full Story >>
Former North Vietnamese Army Lieutenant and photographer, Doan Cong Tinh, 72, grins widely as he describes using his boots as ad hoc developing tanks while processing film in tunnels dug by fellow troops during the war. Speaking through a translator in Vietnamese, he further explains that “the officer’s boots were called ‘Buffalo Boots’, were leather and Russian-made, and thus superior to the Chinese … Read the full Story >>
The Bread Book by Kenneth Josephson (1973) is a small booklet of twenty pages printed in offset. Starting with the front cover, which shows, besides the title, the cap of a loaf of bread. Each sheet progressively shows the front and back of all ten slices of a small loaf of bread. The back cover therefore shows the other end of the loaf. Josephson … Read the full Story >>
Suburban malaise has proven to be rich fodder in contemporary literature--in Rick Moody’s Ice Storm, Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, to name a few. Rarely has an artist taken up the theme to the extent that Ian Strange has. For his ongoing series, “Suburban,” the Brooklyn based Australian artist spent two years traveling the United States. In Ohio, … Read the full Story >>
If you ever wondered why you never hear Carrie Bradshaw utter the deadly "D" word when referring to her own slender self, the reason becomes clear in The Heartbreak Diet, a new book by Thorina Rose. Bradshaw, as personified by the wafer-thin Sarah Jessica Parker, regularly had her heart broken on Sex in the City. But she remained amazingly slim - and … Read the full Story >>
