Thursday, December 21, 6-8pm: Exposure at Ceres Gallery Works by Marcy Bernstein, Robert Bunkin, Aliza Driller, Sung Gross, Leigh Jerome, Francine Perlman, Alan Reddick, Jenny Tango Ceres Gallery is a feminist, not-for-profit, alternative gallery in New York City, dedicated to the promotion of contemporary women in the arts. Over the years Ceres has encouraged not only artists but writers, musicians, dancers, poets and storytellers … Read the full Story >>
Film Still from Magnificent Cake, this week at Socrates Sculpture Park Summer in The City offers a feast of arts-related events—outdoors and in—across the boroughs. This week, for example: Wednesday, August 7 Screening: Rooftop Films presents: Dark ’Toons, 7 pm; Highlighted by De Swaef and Roels’ masterful This Magnificent Cake!, the films in this program utilize groundbreaking visual innovations, eerie sound design, … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, June 12, 19 Reading:Harry Dodge | My Meteorite or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing, 7 pm. Callicoon Fine Arts, 49 Delancey Street, NY, NY Info Art Talk:Seph Rodney on Leonardo Drew’s City in the Grass, 6 pm. Madison Square Park, at the Farragut Monument, Broadway between 23-24thStreet, NY, NY Info Above: Leonardo Drew Installation, … Read the full Story >>
Miami is popular worldwide thanks to its year-round warm weather, its great beaches and intense nightlife, though Art Basel Miami Beach, which ended yesterday, has managed to shift the city’s attention more towards the arts in the past decade. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this month, Art Basel Miami gets enough national and international press to be known by pretty much anyone interested in … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from northeastern New Jersey, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Baltimore? A: It's weird, historic and cheap. It's an old industrial city wrapped around a harbor. There is at least one of everything here and greatseafood; a super nice creative community, perfect for artists to work and not have to chase a buck to make rent. We … Read the full Story >>
Magnum Photos, the great photographer-owned and directed agency founded 60 years ago at New York's Museum of Modern Art, rings in another decade with a festival that runs through June. In celebrating the documentary tradition, the festival includes film as well as still photography, in venues all around town.Tonight, Robert Capa: In Love and War kicks off a month of special screenings at the … Read the full Story >>
Photographer Danny Lyon became famous for documenting the civil rights struggle and death row inmates in Texas prisons and riding with bikers in the 60s, To make these affecting, intimate images, Lyon was both a participant and an observer. He got to know his subjects and often captured their stories in highly descriptive, opinionated texts as well as in photographs. His goal, he said, … Read the full Story >>
Even with the centennial exhibition celebrating the life and work of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), organized by the Walker Art Center in 2007, this quixotic figure still has been somewhat shrouded - both by the mystery she herself created as well as by the influence of others in her life, notably her husband, the muralist Diego Rivera. Frida Kahlo: Her Photographs, a new book … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from South Asia, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the American heartland? A: Originally from India, I am currently based in Indianapolis. I love the peace & quiet in scenic Indiana, especially the stormy summer season. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between art you create on paper [or other analog medium] versus … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Friday, July 22-Sunday, July 24 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair, presenting its inaugural festival of artists' publications, with 70 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors and enthusiasts. Minnesota street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, CA Info Lectures / Discussions / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, July 19 Lunchtime Lecture Series presents Dread Scott in conversation with Ron English, 12:30 pm. … Read the full Story >>
The tides are right and the corvina are close to shore. This kind of 'croaker' is delicious, running up to 20 pounds. We go to the beach at dawn and dusk, bobbing in waves up to our armpits, casting our lures, immersed in the transitional times of day, when its not so hot. By the third day of good fishing the word was out; four people fishing became a party of 45. … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, May 14-Sunday, May 18: LIC Arts Open Had enough of global art fairs and commercial vibes? Join LIC Arts for 5 days filled with art, music, performances, and more. Immerse yourself in the local art scene and discover the zeitgeist of this vibrant art community, with Open Studios on May 17 & 18th from 12pm - 6pm. Whether you're an art enthusiast, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Connecticut, what are some of your favorite things about living in New York? A: I grew up in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, always described, at the time, as a bedroom community for New York City. I never really understood what that meant, though it sounded slightly licentious. My parents were public school teachers so it was really a bedroom, living room and … Read the full Story >>
If you're heading to Long Island's South Fork this weekend, and want to add an international art event to your calendar, consider the second annual installment of The Big Show, at Silas Marder Gallery. For the season opener, Silas Marder distributed custom-made 8 x 10" blank canvases to more than 50 painters. Half are from the Hamptons, known for its high concentration of … Read the full Story >>
The upcoming holiday weekend introducing Summer 2019 is a perfect time to escape to the Hudson Valley. Following is a brief introduction to art destinations less than two hours away. Photo above: courtesy of Storm King Art Center Storm King Art Center Storm King Art Center presents Mark Dion: Follies, the first exhibition to unite Mark Dion’s signature folly works into a major survey. … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, January 29, 6pm: Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos at Americas This exhibition inaugurates a series in which Americas Society invites two artists who are friends and collaborators to jointly explore how they influence each other's work. This new approach shares insight into a vital part of artistic production that is seldom the subject of exhibitions: the conversations … Read the full Story >>
Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao is a photographer who has made the borough of Queens his inspiration and his young life’s work. His first major project is the Habitat 7 series, which was his MFA Thesis project at School of Visual Arts. It won the New York Times Magazine "Capture the Times" photography contest in 2005 and was subsequently exhibited at the Queens Museum, published in … Read the full Story >>
Media coverage of a new colossal statue of Mao Zedong went viral this week after a news blog in China posted the image above, and more. Located near the city of Kaifeng in Henan province, the statue stands 36 meters high. The statue was sponsored by locals, who reportedly raised 3m yuan (about $460,000), according to The Guardian. Its placement in one of the poorest areas … Read the full Story >>
Adolph Sutro, the self-made San Francisco millionaire who designed Sutro Heights and later the second Cliff House, developed the amazing Sutro Baths in 1894. His dream for the Baths was to provide a healthy, recreational and inexpensive swimming facility for thousands of city dwellers. A classic Greek portal opened to a massive glass enclosure containing seven swimming pools at various temperatures. There were slides, … Read the full Story >>
New York cartoonist Peter Kuper has written and drawn Spy vs Spy for Mad magazine since 1997, and is a co-founder and editor of World War 3 Illustrated. His 25 books in the graphic novel form include an adaptation of Kafka’s Metamorphosis; an autobiography; and The System. His latest, Ruins (Self Made Hero 2015), charts the migration of a creative couple from New York, to Mexico. … Read the full Story >>
