In France, transportation and infrastructure seem to function pretty well, from the new trams linking cities to their suburbs, to highways that rarely have traffic jams or flooding problems, to the TGV. However, you often hear people complain about high taxes, especially now, during the current administration headed by the Socialist president, François Hollande. But social welfare in France has a history that goes … Read the full Story >>
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New York is home to a host of independent bookstores that offer illustrated books sure to stimulate the eye and the spirit. Today, DART tags three author events of interest. Annie Leibovitz A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005 (Random House 2006) Friday, November 3, 7 pm Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street Please call 212.255.4022 for reservations. Perhaps the world’s best-known photographer, Annie Leibovitz will … Read the full Story >>
Photographs by Lori Grinker from Distant Relations. Left: Former Jewish village of Seda, Mazeikiai, Lithuania. Right: Anthony Grinker’s memorabilia, Luxmi, Kwa Zulu, Natal, South Africa. Copyright and courtesy the artist. Tuesday, November 29 Author talk, 7-9 pm: The Roebling Legacy by Clifford W. Zink, in conversation with Kriss Roebling. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP. Free. Opening reception, … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? Grace Danico: The pen. It's the tool I've been using the longest! I started writing and drawing at a young age, and the pen has been my trusty companion throughout life. I've actually graduated to using brush pens these days, so it's the best of both worlds. PR: I noticed that you often make … Read the full Story >>
"Let's work together. Let's throw a bridge across the Atlantic. New York is the nearest city to Paris." When the visionary French architect Le Corbusier (born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in Switzerland, 1887-1965) said this, the ocean liner SS Normandie, called "France afloat," had become that bridge. By the mid-1930s it was most desirable mode of transportation and cross-fertilization between the two world capitals. Paris/New York: … Read the full Story >>
A longtime professor of design, first at Cooper Union and Pratt Institute, in New York, and for over a decade at Yale University, in New Haven, Paul Rand has left a legacy of quotes. Between logos and trademarks for UPS, IBM, Westinghouse, and many more, he prodded his students to be better. Even today, you can’t argue with these ideas about design: “You can't … Read the full Story >>
Getting a book published, for most photographers, is a daunting enterprise, fraught with uncertainty, missteps and, not uncommonly, costs that can sideline vacation plans for a couple of years. Self-publishing is becoming a more reliable option as small-scale printing setups have improved dramatically in the last couple of years. But having a book done by a top publishing house is a kind of Mecca, … Read the full Story >>
From small, finely detailed postage stamps to eye-popping billboard posters, the art and design of Sergio Baradat knows no limits. Recently appointed to the post of Art Director at the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), Sergio took time last spring to design the online advertising and identity for AI-AP’s first Latin America Fotographía and Illustración competitions, for which the deadline has been extended … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, July 17 Dismantling the Gaze: A Visual Primer | Maria Elena Buszek, Patriia Silva, Endia Beal, discussion, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography Museum, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info Wednesday, July 18 Three films by Keneth Anger, 6:30 pm. Seward Park Library, 192 East Broadway, NY, NY Info Saturday, July 21-Sunday, July 22 LES … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, September 15, 5-8 pm: Robert Earle Page | Power to the People at Salon 94 Design first solo exhibition in New York City, curated by Duro Olowu. The show includes Paiges’s textile design, glazed ceramics, collages and etchings. Olowu’s interventions reflect the artist’s myriad of artistic influences and approach to making.Robert Earl Paige (b. 1936) remembers growing up in a city mapped by … Read the full Story >>
American Illustration, the leading juried annual and advocate of contemporary illustration in North America and the world, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special edition and exhibition, which opens on Monday at the Ontario College of Art and Design. The book has a circular jacket illustrated by Yuko Shimizu and features an interpretive timeline of the last 25 years illustrated by 25 of … Read the full Story >>
Long known for a political art that takes no prisoners, Sue Coe, who first gained recognition for her illustrations, has taken the plight of animals as her signature subject -- in particular, the horrors that industrial farming unleashes on animals that end up on our dinner plates. In Sheep of Fools, Coe exposed the inhumane conditions of the sheep industry through a muckraking … Read the full Story >>
In 2006, Gap windows in the US and the UK hosted Product (Red), a campaign created by rock star Bono to help raise money for the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. "Can a T-shirt change the world?" was the slogan. Red T-shirts emblazoned with statements like EMPOW(Red) and ADMIRE(Red) helped bring awareness to the program, which also partnered with Armani Exchange, Converse, … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference on the horizon—four days of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the current roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Robert Hunt will give a workshop on Thursday, July 7, at 10:40 am. InfoQ: Where are you from and where do you live and … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, January 7 Artists’ talk, 6:30 pm: Edmund Clark and Jacqueline Hassink in Conversation. In conjunction with the exhibition Prix Pictet: Power. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, NY, NY. Information. Wednesday, January 8 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Paper | 20 Danish Artists, Works on Paper. Munch Gallery, 245 Broome Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Matthew Oates. Station Independent Projects … Read the full Story >>
The observance of the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, in 1897, is being celebrated with exhibitions, tours, and special events, from New York City to the prairie states that were the architect’s home turf. Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive continues through October 1 at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, NY, NY Info Read the … Read the full Story >>
Missouri native Thomas Hart Benton painted America Today, a 10-panel mural on canvas, to adorn a boardroom at the New School for Social Research, in NYCs Greenwich Village, New York. Eight of the America Today ten panels depict life in different regions of the United States based on studies he made from observation on various trips throughout the South, the Midwest, … Read the full Story >>
A media event is something that happens only because someone made it happen. Today, the top producer of media events is arguably Donald J. Trump. But between 1968 and 1978, the Bay Area artists’ collective known as Ant Farm used performance art as a platform to publicly announce their disenfranchised view of consumptive culture and media. For their 1975 piece, Media Burn, performed … Read the full Story >>
The ICP Library, located in the ICP School, beneath the original glass cube on Avenue of the Americas at 44th Street, is jammed with visual treasure. With open shelves, a large selection of periodicals, and a window that serves as an exhibition space, the Library is a photobook-lover’s destination. The current window offering is Photobook Tehran, which is on view concurrent with a … Read the full Story >>
