The Great Wall of China, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is not a single unbroken structure but stretches for thousands of miles in sections, from Shanhaiguan on the east coast to Jiayuguan in the windswept sands on the edge of the Gobi desert to the west. According to a report in The Beijing Times last week, it is so dilapidated in places that estimates of its total length vary … Read the full Story >>
This weekend, Creative Time, New York's prime proponent of avant-garde art and performance projects, continues the largest public art initiative in its 34-year history at the Park Avenue Armory. Democracy in America: The National Campaign takes over the historic structure for six days starting Sunday, September 21st. The year long project, in which the organizers traveled across the country to measure the state of … Read the full Story >>
Montpellier, the capitol of Languedoc-Roussillon, is France’s fastest-growing and youngest city, with over a third of its population made up of university students. It’s also a bit like Paris with palm trees, but smaller and easily manageable on foot, bicycle and the ultra-chic tram system. One of the standout art experiences there is La Panacée, the new contemporary art center housed in a historic building … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, September 8, 6-8 pm: Lynsey Addario | The Masters Series Awards Ceremony at SVA Chelsea This fall, School of Visual Arts (SVA) will honor Lynsey Addario, acclaimed war photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant and Pulitzer Prize recipient, with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition. Curated by Maya Benton and Perri Hofmann, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of her fearless, two-decade journey documenting humanitarian issues … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the North of Spain, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the South? A: Originally from Asturias, my favorite things about living and working in Barcelona are the huge amount of culture and artistic forms. I like meeting my colleagues for exhibitions, discovering art everywhere or going around town by bicycle, as if it were a … Read the full Story >>
According to his blog, Eric Nakamura, co-founder of Giant Robot, is a big baseball fan. He even plays third base for the aptly named Giant Robot softball team. So it's not surprising that the show he's opening at GR/2 this weekend is a celebration of sporty fun by Misaki Kawai. Illustrations above by Misaki Kawai, courtesy of GR/2. The artist, who divides … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 pm | Donna Karan and Valerie SteeleParsons The New School for Design presents an evening with alumna Donna Karan, who helped to initiate the school's innovative new graduate program in fashion through her support. Karan will discuss her work and career, and how it has helped shape this new program. The conversation, moderated by Valerie Steele, Director and Chief … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Art Fairs / and Beyond Tuesday, March 26 Wednesday, March 27 Marie Tomanova | Young Americans, book signing, 6-8 pm. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY Info My Tiny Atlas: Our World Through Your Eyes, book launch and panel with author Emily Nathan; Adobe visual trends expert Brenda Mills; Aperture Executive Director Chris Boot, 6:30-8:30pm. Info Ellen Rothenberg … Read the full Story >>
DART celebrates its first anniversary with the most expansive issue of Photography Coast to Coast ever. Here are over one hundred places where you can see the best in photography today, with half of them in New York City. So if you're in town to help open the Fall season, keep this issue of DART handy. You'll easily find your way to the best … Read the full Story >>
Above: From “Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works” by Wesley Miller & Nick Ravitch, being screened tonight at the Big Screen Plaza. A new moon is rising, waxing to full on Tuesday night. But if you look skyward tonight at 6th Avenue and 29th Street, the stars of ART21’s New York Close Up series will be screened at the Big Screen Plaza at … Read the full Story >>
David Hockney, England’s most celebrated living artist, took New York by storm this spring: first with the major retrospective at The Met [featured in DART]; then with his cover for The New Yorker’s April 23 travel and food issue; and concurrently, a major show of recent work at Pace Gallery, which is closing this Saturday. Info An artist who has made swimming … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, September 10-Sunday, September 13 + beyond Photoville returns to the Brooklyn Bridge Park this week, with more of everything you want from photography. The preview is on Thursday starting at 4 pm, followed by the opening night party at 7 with Down ‘n Dirty, celebrating music photography from over four decades curated by Janette Beckman. Info. More about nights … Read the full Story >>
Above: Mitch Dobrowner, Road; opening Saturday at Kopeikin Gallery The first week of September is a tsunami of art events, including the 14th Annual BLAB! Show. Organized by Monte Beauchamp, this year’s edition presents works by more than 70 artists, including DART subscribers Ana Bagayan, Cathie Bleck,Chris Buzelli, Marc Burckhardt, Matt Duffin, Owen Smith, Ryan Heshka, Travis Lampe, Tim O’Brien, and … Read the full Story >>
I loved the peace and quiet the pandemic lockdown afforded me. Of course, I feel badly for all the people who were suffering with the loss of loved ones—that goes without saying. During the quiet time I found that I could get a lot of work done without any distraction—it provided me with pure undivided attention to create new work in uncharted territory. I … Read the full Story >>
Thrill seekers – get ready for what might be the most exhilarating ten minutes in your weekend. STREB Extreme Action Company will be performing today and tomorrow at Gansevoort Plaza, courtesy the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Williamsburg-based performance company, headed by Elizabeth Streb, was commissioned by the Whitney to create a piece to celebrate the museum’s new building at the High Line. … Read the full Story >>
The 2017 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbook, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their creative process, continues with Christopher Darling, who lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is on the faculty at Kent State University in the School of Visual Communication Design. My favorite thing to do in any sketchbook is to draw people—to me, they … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, August 6pm: Sahana Ramakrishnan | Arctic Circle, talk at Fridman Sahana Ramakrishnan will share her recent experience in The Arctic Circle residency based in the remote Svalbard archipelago. Drawing from underwater recordings of belugas, narwhals, and bearded seals, she’ll explore Arctic ecology, sea ice, noise pollution’s impact on marine life, and reflections on Svalbard’s landscape and deep time. In her paintings … Read the full Story >>
Women’s Soccer “Forever” Stamp With two World Cup titles along with Olympic gold medals to its name, the U.S. national women’s team is considered among the best in the world, and the odds-on favorite to win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which continues through August 20 in Australia and New Zeland. Growing up, illustrator Noah MacMillan was a devoted fan and player … Read the full Story >>
With the Whitney Museum of American Art opening its new survey Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back on Monday, this week’s DART Artist Q&A features an interview Glenn O’Brien did with Warhol for Interview magazine [The Crystal Ball of Pop] in June, 1977. Warhol’s famously laconic speaking style often failed in its attempt to present him as a dumb blond; see for … Read the full Story >>
With her magically exuberant color palette, Aliza Nisenbaum tells human stories: painting people, individually or in groups, with their countenance, posture, and immediate surroundings organically composed to depict their connections with their families ,homes, and communitie. Above: Pedacito de Sol (Vero y Marissa), 2022 In this exhibition the artist’s years-long engagement with people at the Queens Museum and its neighborhood, Corona, highlights Nisenbaum’s personal … Read the full Story >>
