With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Olympic Games, there's definitely something in the air. You can see it, hear it and feel it. First there's the infamous Beijing smog. According to a page-one story in the state-run China Daily, it has been at unhealthy levels for four days running despite the recent reduction of construction and factory output. … Read the full Story >>
A cool breeze from the north, in the form of Tony Cederteg, has brought in a group show featuring 18 photographers he invited to create work that expresses pure emotion. The Stockholm publisher, curator, and tv fashion show host, known here mainly for his zines, asked each of the artists to photograph someone or something that's very dear to them. The exhibition of portraits … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Protest / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, July 11 Ánde Somby Art Residency | Yoiking, 12-1 pm. Madison Square Park, 11 Madison Avenue, NY, NY Info Performances all week, hours vary Marlon Riggs & “No Regrets” | Disclosure, Performativity & Legacy, 6:30 pm.The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th Street, NY, NY Info Sketch Night at Society of Illustrators, with … Read the full Story >>
The title ofJade Doskow’s recent work, collected into the book, Lost Utopias, resonates on more than one level, not least of which is the uncommon beauty of her luminous well-observed images. Her photographs of World’s Fair/International Exposition sites, stateside and worldwide, often portray crumbling artifacts of American technological glory, such as the New York State Pavilion at the New York 1964 World’s Fair … Read the full Story >>
The line between insanity and genius is said to be a fine one, and in early 20th century France, anyone envisaging a near-2,500-km-long cycle race across the country would have been widely viewed as unhinged. But that didn’t stop Géo Lefèvre, a journalist with L’Auto magazine at the time, from proceeding with his inspired plan. His editor, Henri Desgrange, an avid cyclist, was bold enough to believe … Read the full Story >>
Last week’s art by cycle escape took me to Brooklyn Bridge Park on a day so hot that eggs were dropping from their hens hard-boiled. But an ocean breeze sweeping across New York harbor, with its view of Lady Liberty set off by a humid smoggy sky, was as refreshing as the home-made ice cream at the Blue Marble cart on Fulton Landing. Oscar Tuazon (b. 1975, Seattle, … Read the full Story >>
Garry Winogrand's often quoted line, "There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described," could be aptly applied to a new exhibition of photographs that opened yesterday at the Museum of Modern Art. Barry Frydlender: Place and Time consists of ten photographs made in Israel during the last five years. They are remarkable on several counts, not least of which is their mammoth … Read the full Story >>
The man affectionately known in the world of photography as H.C.B. famously refused to be interviewed throughout most of his life. In his later years, after essentially quitting photography, he relented. In two interviews, one with Charlie Rose on PBS, in 2000, another with David Friend for Vanity Fair, in 2003. Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke about his passions, his beliefs, and his work. … Read the full Story >>
When Earth Day was proclaimed a national celebration in 1970, the words "ecology" and "biosphere" were rarely heard outside of spelling bees. Since then, clean air, clean waterways and clean fuel have become the norm; toxic dumping is a federal offense; and Superfund cleanup stories usually make it to page one of the newspapers. In the last several years, photographers around the globe have … Read the full Story >>
Marco Palli, a New York-based sculptor from Venezuela, opened an exhibition of new work at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (NYSS) last week. The show honors the Larry Einbender Travel Award, which sponsored his anthropological research in Europe last fall. As a friend and colleague who often writes on the subject, he graciously agreed to meet in the … Read the full Story >>
Book Arts. Art of the Book. Artist’s Books. Printmaking. Book Binding. Paper Arts. These are just a few of the terms that come into play in the subject at hand, and one of the reasons that [I’ll stick with] Book Arts is, perhaps the ultimate interdisciplinary art of our time. The Center for Book Arts, located in New York City’s Flatiron District, is a leader in … Read the full Story >>
Special If you wish to help save the National Endowment for the Arts, you can make you voice heard through the Americans for the Arts Action Fund. Info Talks/ Book Events / Performance / and Beyond Tuesday, March 21 Panel: Contemporary Perspectives on De Chirico, 6 pm. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, NY, NY Tickets Panel: Fashion and Celebrity in 1960s … Read the full Story >>
As we hit the end of Week Nine of SIP, I’ve noticed that a lot of people in the arts here in NYC are taking a deep breath—and a second look: At their close surroundings and companions; their objectives for getting through the hour, the day, or the week; and what the future beyond that week might hold. By now anyone who had never … Read the full Story >>
Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non-profit gallery at Kenmare and Grand Streets in New York, is hosting a party this Saturday to launch the renovation of its famous facade. Designed by artist Vito Acconci and architect Steven Holl, the wall is composed of vertical and horizontal panels that pivot and swing open to create doors, windows, seating and display space. Built … Read the full Story >>
Art Fair Confidential Paris Photo Los Angeles, April 25-28The first edition of Paris Photo Los Angeles will take place from April 25th - 28th in the heart of the city at Paramount Pictures Studios. The fair will gather 80 international exhibitors, selected by a committee of gallerists. Looking ahead: 2013 Palm Springs Photo Festival, April 28-May 3 There is still time to register for events at … Read the full Story >>
Vivienne Flesher has a long and notable history as an illustrator. Her career spans U.S. stamps; national media such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone Magazine; Martha Stewart and Starbucks, to name a few. Flesher has shown her paintings in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Venice, and Nashville and San Francisco. She is also a longtime subscriber to … Read the full Story >>
In the favela of Rocinha, in Rio de Janeiro, there is a man who has spent 25 years building over 100 apartments, several stores and even some churches. Nicknamed the ‘Engineer of Rua 2’, Ricardo de Olivera has no formal training in architecture and design. He says that he never needs to draw anything because he can build from his mind’s eye. Using the … Read the full Story >>
The great Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa once said, “Being an artist means never looking away.” These words resonate when considering the work of photographer Eugene Richards. In Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time, the George Eastman Museum, in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum, has pulled together a collection of 146 photographs, 15 books, and a selection of short films that might be the … Read the full Story >>
Anniversaries are probably celebrated more by publishers than by lovers—so as a book-lover I’m taking this opportunity to celebrate a book that came into my hands almost ten years ago: Isamu Noguchi: A Sculptor’s World (Steidl 2018).This is a great time to take a deep dive into this exceptional publication, in light of the exhibition, Noguchi’s New York, which just opened at … Read the full Story >>
Upstate Art Weekend [UPAW] is one of the miraculous outcomes of the Pandemic lockdown. Founded by art world phenom Helen Toomer in 2000, it has grown from a smattering of 23 participating galleries and institutions to more than 145 this year, running from Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21. The opening celebration of the fifth edition takes place at The School | … Read the full Story >>
