If it's August, it must be time for a new Book Prize Contest!Correctly identify my exact location in New York Cityand get into the drawing for the DART Book Prize Contest. Hint The more information you include, such as historical details, interesting facts, notable people, geolocation data, google map, gifs, whatever you're into now, the better your chance of winning. Contest rulesUse … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, October 19 Film screenings, 4pm-midnight: Maritime Film Festival | An Evening of Life and Expedition on the Water.The first annual Maritime Film Festival, a marriage of oceanic and filmmaking pursuits, aims to celebrate Red Hook as a community and honor its astounding resilience in the face of natural disaster. The program includes films, talks, installations, and live performances by Swoon, Duke Riley, Andrew Poneros, Adam … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, October 14-Sunday, October 15 High Line Open Studios, noon-6 pm. DART subscriber Tom Cocotos sent info about this self-guided tour of over 45 artist studios in the heart of the West Chelsea Arts District. The self-guided tour begins at the West Chelsea Arts Building on West 26th Street. Pick up the map and event information in the lobbies at 508 and 526 West … Read the full Story >>
The sixth annual New York Art Book Fair (NYABF) is back at MoMA PS1 with a hi-voltage program of exhibitions, conferences, book signings, and live music—in addition to miles of books from the world over. Scenes from the 2010 NY Art Book Fair Left: Printed Matter installation. Right: Werkplaatz Typografic project room. This year, the special exhibition on the main floor features … Read the full Story >>
Today the International Center for Photography opens its summer exhibitions, with plenty of surprises in store. Seen at the preview yesterday: Curatorial Assistant Pauline Vermare (row 1 below, background, right) presents Christer Strömholm: Les Amies de Place Blanche, an absorbing view of a Parisian transgender subculture in the 1960s. Tonight at 6pm: A guided tour of the exhibition; a panel discussion; the screening … Read the full Story >>
For the inaugural LES Art Week, the twenty-four participating galleries are featuring work by woman artists, both established and emerging—offering fuel for the blazing evidence for why there have been, until now, “no great woman artists.” Linda Nochlin’s dramatic feminist rallying cry of 1971 is being proclaimed in venues from coast to coast, and around the world, more so than ever this year. And … Read the full Story >>
True or False / Answers Below: 1) Those vanilla beans you scrape into your homemade ice cream are from an orchid plant2) Charles Darwin further proved his theory of evolution using an orchid that is named for him3) Orchids only grow in hot, humid climates. That’s why it’s so hard to grow them in hot, dry city apartments Orchids are some of the … Read the full Story >>
The revolution in aerial photography gets a low-tech twist with the AER — which is essentially a lawn dart for your GoPro. Now being Kickstarted, the throwable AER protects your GoPro Hero 3+, 4 and 5 with a foam bumper that leaves the camera view unobstructed on its journey aloft and cushions it upon landing. “Possible uses for this tool could be for shots requiring the POV of a spinning ball, or dropping it off the side of a building to show the POV of anything falling,” notes Cinema 5D. No FAA registration required! Price: $55. Read the full Story >>
© William Christenberry, Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama, 1974-2004; courtesy Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta About William Christenberry in The Washington Post About William Christenberry in DART: 2016; 2012; 2010; 2006 William Christenberry's Klan Room Tableau will go on view at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Decker Gallery starting December 9, 2016. MICA, Fox Building, 1301 West Mount … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Special Events / and Beyond Tuesday, October 9 Tell Me Something Good | Discussion with Matvey Levenstein, Dana Schutz, Rirkrit Tiravanija, moderated by Jarrett Earnest, 6:30 pm. New York Studio School, 8 West 8th Street, NY, NY Info W. Eugene Smith Talk | Daniel Castro Garcia, 7 pm. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, NY, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I'm originally from Vancouver, Canada and am currently back in the West Coast after living in the East Coast of the States for the past couple years but will be moving to France this fall! Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What … Read the full Story >>
DART Partners With the Arts at the South Street Seaport MuseumThursday, June 14 at 6:30 pmBen Rubin on Terminal 8 Media artist Ben Rubin's piece Terminal 8 at the South Street Seaport Museum juxtaposes the current port of New York—JFK Airport—in the historic rooms of the old port: the Seaport. Filming the comings and goings at JFK Airport in January 2011, … Read the full Story >>
The most recent entry in DART’s Mountain View series is from Bruce Osborn, born and raised in the Golden State, who left the music and skateboard culture of Southern California for Japan in 1980. Here’s what he wrote: Fuji is probably the most recognized symbol of Japan, but it is often hidden behind a blanket of clouds. There are a number of photographers here who … Read the full Story >>
Holiday pop-up markets offer alt shopping experiences, often accompanied by seasonal treats, like hot cider and donuts. Here's a selection for this weekend: Friday, December 11-Saturday, December 12 Salon 94 | R & Company Holiday Shopping Party. 12 East 94th Street, NY, NY. Info Friday, December 11-Sunday, December 13 Roberta's Holiday Market, 6pm Fridy-7 pm Sunday. Robertas, 261 Moore Street, Brooklyn, NY [Bushwick] Saturday, December 12 … Read the full Story >>
Gallery Night on Fiddy-Seventh Street. One day when I was in the N, R, or W train I could swear I heard the trainman announce, "Seventh Avenue and Fiddy-seventh Street." It was such a transitory New York moment that I wanted to keep it alive somehow. I know... But when 54 galleries along Fifty-seventh Street band together to stay open late on a Thursday … Read the full Story >>
From the Take Refuge series, by Kevin Cooley; copyright the artist, courtesy Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles. Thursday, January 5 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Margaret Evangeline | Time Bomb. Stefan Stux Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Thomas Woodruff | The Four Temperament Variations. P.P.O.W. Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. Opening reception and book signing, 6-8 … Read the full Story >>
The long wait is finally over: The rebuilt Roosevelt Island tram resumed service on a rainswept morning this week. After a nine-month gestation, a $25m price tag, and a champagne ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:00 am on Tuesday, it was business as usual. My first ride took place later in the day, along with islanders happily resuming their regular commute. The photographer to my right … Read the full Story >>
Firooz Zahedi, Elizabeth Taylor in Iran, Left: Dressed as an Odalisque I, 1976. Right: Dressed as an Odalisque I, 1976. Copyright the photographer, courtesy Leila Heller Gallery. Tuesday, September 20 Talk, 6:30 pm: Aperture and the Photography Program, Parsons, present Christopher Anderson of Magnum Photos. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Yutaka Sone, Island. … Read the full Story >>
DART Partners with the Arts at Museum of the City of New York Monday, November 21 at 6:30 Black Gotham: African American Life in New York City Join author Carla L. Peterson, Professor of English, University of Maryland, as she discusses her book, Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City (Yale University Press, 2011). Mining city archives, … Read the full Story >>
DART Partners with the Arts at Museum of the City of New YorkMonday, June 11 at 6:30 pmThe Greatest Grid: Curator’s Talk Architectural Historian Hilary Ballon, curator of The Greatest Grid, will present the third in her series of illustrated talks about the creation of Manhattan's numbered system of streets and avenues—one of the most distinctive and defining features of the … Read the full Story >>
