Q: Originally from Scandanavia are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York? A: I’m from Denmark; my family moved to the States when i was 13. I recently left China for New York City, after 13 years living there. Being in China allowed me to concentrate on a body of work, mainly large paintings called Mountain Machinery (above). Living in … Read the full Story >>
Holiday Pop-Ups / Special Events Thursday, December 17 Book Launch Party / Print Sale | Ceramics Sale, 6-8 pm. White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, NY, NY. Info Friday, December 18 Holiday Book Sale Party, 6-8 pm. Robert Mann Gallery, 525 West 26th Street, NY, NY.Saturday, December 19KARMA Book Market | 6 Decades, Boo-Hooray, Hassla, Harper's Books, Karma, Primary Information, Printed Matter, … Read the full Story >>
Photographer and educator Margaret Morton spent three summers in Kyrgyzstan (2006-2008). During one of her visits she photographed the great bazaar in Osh, which was demolished during the recent conflict. Here is her brief account of that visit and her recent communication with people she met during her stay. The city of Osh is among the oldest settlements in Central Asia, located at a … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in Israel? A: It’s great to have my family around. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between the art you create on paper versus in the computer? A: I’m 100% digital these days, but uses a sketchbook on occasion, especially if I’m blocked creatively and can’t get my head around tackling a … Read the full Story >>
As an artist, working with what you have can be one of the most subversive—and liberating—enterprises. It is surely the mainstay of the contemporary craft movement, which emerged midcentury and now occupies the interest of galleries, museums and, significantly, the public. Not surprisingly, working with what you have is also freighted with the resounding echo of women’s work. For example, Anni Albers noted that … Read the full Story >>
Best Photobooks of 2016, that is. But not every list is a “top ten.” Time magazine had photography editors, curators, and writers from here and abroad take a stab; their list runs to more than 30 titles. And American Photo, with three separate llsts, has even more. This year, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Independent eschewed this category, opening the field to Photograph magazine and … Read the full Story >>
An engaging group show of works on paper at Gallery Molly Krom, on the Lower East Side, offers more than meets the eye. Titled “Embossed,” the exhibition presents 41 works by 15 artists, on sheets that are all the same size. The initial effect is of a white room with walls covered by multi-color rectangles of astonishing variety, in terms of design and the use … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roaf: When did you realize that you had the ‘artist gene,’ and what caused you choose illustration? Francesco Ciccolella: I’ve been drawing and painting ever since I can remember. I grew up speaking German to my mom and Italian to my dad so switching between languages has always felt sort of natural to me. At some point, perhaps during my graphic design studies, … Read the full Story >>
Joan Jonas | Good Night/Good Morning at MoMa I didn’t see a major difference between a poem, a sculpture, a film, or a dance,” Joan Jonas has said. For more than five decades, Jonas’s multidisciplinary work has bridged and redefined boundaries between performance, video, drawing, sculpture, and installation. The most comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States, Joan Jonas: Good … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Protest / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesdays in August Art Church | Artist and curator networking hub, 6-8 pm. MW Projects at Doing/Living, 218 West 57th Street [formerly Lee Art Supply], 2nd floor, NY, NY Info Three Saturdays in August Summer Streets DOT Arts and Culture Hub7am-1pm. Rudin Plaza, 51st Stret and Park Avenue; Astor Place Rest Stop, … Read the full Story >>
Marco Palli; from The New Herd of Thoughts, closing Thursday at The New York Studio School Last spring I met the sculptor Marco Palli at his MFA thesis exhibition at The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. Installed in the historic Chester French Studio, this group of towering "figures" made of rusting steel, together with several that reclined … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, July 9, 8pm: Doug Aitkins | Lightscape at The Shed. Doug Aitken’ nsew film installation redefines the boundaries of immersive media, transforming the industrial expanse of The Shed into a hyper-accelerated, seven-screen cinematic ecosystem. Stepping into the 12,000-square-foot gallery feels less like entering an exhibition and more like dissolving into a beautifully fragmented, 65-minute fever dream of modern consciousness. Aitken masterfully juxtaposes … Read the full Story >>
Each September the global arts intelligentsia converges at the NY Art Book Fair, proving beyond doubt that printed matter of artistic origins is, more than ever, a viable form of expression. Organized by Printed Matter, and held at MoMA PS1, the roster of participants covers the spectrum of art book publicatios, from trade to one-off zines; from hand-held art experiences to installations—and an … Read the full Story >>
This week, "Cutting Edges: Cartoon Art Defining the World," an exhibition of political cartoons from around the globe, opens at the Society of Illustrators and will be on view until October 13. The show features 125 prize-winning pieces from the 2006 Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Competition, held annually since 1983 and sponsored by the Aydin Dogan Foundation of Istanbul, whose mission is to create … Read the full Story >>
Photographer Alejandro Cartagena has taken the theme of suburban sprawl to a new level of visualization and power in a body of work entitled Suburbia Mexicana: Cause and Effect. Shot over period of three years in his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, the series focuses on disruption to the landscape, both physical and social, that has occurred as a result of overbuilding. Since 2001, … Read the full Story >>
During Prohibition (1919-1933), New York City's speakeasies were home to drinking, dancing and the swinging sounds of the Jazz Age. At their height of popularity, which coincided with the Great Depression, the city's speakeasy count grew to over 32,000. For New Yorkers, there can't be a better place to swing to the Lindy Hop, the Balboa, and the Charleston than the terrace at the … Read the full Story >>
This week, the Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, are off to China to debut a new body of work. "Patient," which consists of 15 large-scale paintings and 7 works on paper, explores an interior world in which an assortment of medically besieged characters experience the fragility of life. Gone is the wacky fun world of the neighborhood Laundromat, the subject of the brother's show … Read the full Story >>
Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) is the second most translated author in the world following Agatha Christie, and each year more new editions in translation are drawn from his novels and stories—over 80 all told—more than for any other writer. The prolific author was one of the earliest to create science fiction novels [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under … Read the full Story >>
Friday, May 3 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Anselm Kiefer | Morgenthau Plan. Gagosian Gallery, 522 West 21st Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Richard Misrach | On The Beach 2.0. Pace/Pace MacGill, 510 West 25th Street, NY, NY. Saturday, May 4 Curator’s talk and Countdown To Venice, 3pm: Alise Tifentale | Latvian Art Talk. Art In General, 79 Walker Street, NY, NY. Information. In Madison, GA … Read the full Story >>
