Last chance—closing today: Pamela Council | A Fountain for Survivors, Duffy Square, Times Square, NYC. Jasmine Weber writes, in Hyperallergic: "Eighteen-feet tall, A Fountain for Survivors is a magnificent protrusion in the middle of Times Square that manages to stand out despite being surrounded by billion-kilowatt billboards advertising the Jolly Green Giant, Coca-Cola, and every other brand in the American capitalist lexicon. … Read the full Story >>
Originally published in installments between 1844 and 1846 by photographer and inventor William Henry Fox Talbot, The Pencil of Nature was the first book to be illustrated entirely with photographs. Some scholars consider its importance in the history of photography to be comparable to that of the Gutenberg Bible in the history of printing. Talbot invented the Calotype process and his photographs transformed everyday subjects into … Read the full Story >>
"I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in," said photographer Ernst Haas, who died 30 years ago, in September, 1986. All this week we have been paying tribute to Haas, whose color work revolutionized photography and whose teaching influenced a generation of artists. Throughout the past summer photographer Eric Meola collected reminiscences of many of … Read the full Story >>
The first installment of Jade Doskow's long-term photographic exploration of World Fair sites goes on view tonight at Onishi Project Gallery, in New York City. Having been following the progress of this work with interest, I invited the artist to do a Q&A for DART. Here is what she wrote:Q: How did your interest in architectural subjects take hold? A: I spent my … Read the full Story >>
Whitney Sherman: Post Typography Lettering & Type book launch / MICA Falvey Hall / Baltimore: F is a Four-Letter Word At last count, I found Whitney Sherman [a long-time DART subscriber] wearing five hats: Director of the MFA in Illustration Practice and Co-Director of Dolphin Press & Print at MICA; Illustrator, Designer and Proprietor, Pbodydsign.com; Co-editor/Contributing author, History of Illustration (Bloomsbury/Fairchild 2018); and … 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 >>
Ross MacDonald is an illustrator, designer, book artist, letterpress operator, graphic artist, cartoonist, and more. He has created retro-styled illustrations in multiple styles and formats for an extensive list of magazines and newspapers. MacDonald is also a brilliant comic artist; his illustrated graphics have graced the pages of numerous publications and several books. And he has had a very successful second career creating what … Read the full Story >>
Lauren Simkin Berke is a Brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, and zine creator. In addition to regular editorial illustration, Berke's artwork has graced book covers, and appeared in gallery exhibits, and is available on a wide variety of merchandise via the Etsy and Brooklyn Collective. Berke has also been an active comic artist and writer. Most of Berke's illustrations are created pen, ink and watercolor, with … Read the full Story >>
