Wilson, the wildly anticipated new graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, has arrived - and so has the artist. Out on a national book tour, he will be at the Strand Book Store in New York tonight and at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend, then heads to the West Coast next week. The acclaimed author of Ghost World and … Read the full Story >>
Thomas Struth, a leading proponent of large-scale color photography, began his work in photography creating typologies of cities, which stemmed from his studies with Bernd and Hilla Becher. First of his native Dusseldorf; then in 1977, of London. Above: Crosby Street,Soho, New York (1978). © Thomas Struth. That same year he was awarded a scholarship which enabled him to live and work in New York for six months with a studio at … Read the full Story >>
Artist and longtime DART subscriber/contributor Thomas Libetti—a transplant from New York City to Western Massachusetts—is known for his striking line-based art that captures gesture and style in seemingly minimalist strokes. With a one-day pop-up show this weekend and an open studios event opening next weekend, I invited him to this email chat, which just came in. Peggy Roalf: Where do you live … Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs & Special Events Through Wednesday, February 11 Codex Foundation Book Fair. Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbourway South, Richmond, CA. Information. Wednesday, February 11-Friday, February 14 103rd Annual College Art Association Conference. Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Information. Thursday, February 12-Friday, February 13 The New School Center for Public Scholarship presents, Fear of Art, with video keynote by … Read the full Story >>
As the annual Oscar buzz heats up, film buffs have a unique opportunity to enjoy an insider's view of movie making. Seen Behind the Scenes, an exhibition of Mary Ellen Mark's photographs made on location over the last 40 years, is currently on view at New York's Staley-Wise Gallery. But these are not production stills in any sense of the word. Mark, the consumate … Read the full Story >>
Roger Ballen is a photographer who sees before he looks. Having been behind the lens for nearly 50 years, first as a youth, then as a dedicated amateur while working as a geologist in the mineral extraction industry in South Africa, he has had decades to make the craft his own. A footloose New Yorker, he moved there permanently in 1982; he soon began to photograph the different … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Saturday, November 19-Sunday, November 20 American Fine Craft Show at Brooklyn Museum. 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. Info The Alternative Art School Fair. Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY Info [Red Hook] Books / Talks / Panels / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, November 15 Donald Judd Writings, Panel with Flavin Judd, Roberta Smith, Ann Temkin, Michael Govan, 7 pm. … Read the full Story >>
Graphic memoirist Guy Delisle will be in Cambridge, MA tonight to present his latest book, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, which was released by Drawn & Quarterly yesterday. Delisle and his wife, an administrator for Doctors Without Borders, spent a year with their young children in East Jerusalem. During their stay, they witnessed the short but brutal Gaza War and a military strike that claimed more … Read the full Story >>
Marcos Chin is an artist and illustrator whose practice ranges from fashion illustration to fashion itself to surface design and beyond. Having created art for the long-running Lavalife ad campaign, which had a big presence in New York’s subway cars, he was a natural choice for an Arts in Trasit assignment celebrating Grand Central Terminal’s centennial. The original art for Grand Central Catwalk remains on view … Read the full Story >>
It's time to "Think_Postive." That's the theme of the American Photography 36 annual, which is now accepting entries. (The deadline is January 24, 2020.) Entries are also being accepted for the International Motion Art Awards 8 competition and the American Illustration 39 competition. All photographers, creative professionals, publishers, agencies, representatives, students and teachers of photography of any nationality living, working or studying in North … Read the full Story >>
Frank Webster, who lives and works in New York, is a painter who often inhabits places that are difficult to be in—from frozen glaciers in the Arctic to overbuilt suburban areas. In these seemingly different environments, he finds the poetics of a natural history as inhabited by humans. So even when his paintings seem to be of buildings they are, in a … Read the full Story >>
The Film Society of Lincoln Center finally came out from hiding when it formally opened the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on June 17th. While the Society is best known for the annual New York Film Festival, it presents a rolling film festival all year long – but somewhat hidden away in the Walter Reade Theater, located upstairs, behind the Julliard School, on West … Read the full Story >>
Deborah Brown, this week at Burning in Water Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Continuing Teresita Fernández: Island Universe. Ford Foundation, 310 East 43rd Street, NY, NY Info February 5-April 7 Exposure | Alberta’s Photo Festival. Exhibitions and special events throughout the month at Calgary’s historic Pioneer Building. Info February 6-28 BRIC Biennial Vol. iii: South Brooklyn Edition, featurig 19 … Read the full Story >>
If you are anywhere near the Motor City, don’t miss the chance to see Patti Smith: Camera Solo, on view at Detroit Institute of Arts until September 2. The pioneering musician, poet, and artist who became a legend of the downtown scene, and who won the 2010 National Book Award for her memoir, Just Kids (Ecco 2010), writes about her life-long attachment to photography … Read the full Story >>
Art Ludique—literally, recreational art—is the name of a new museum that opened in Paris, in November, with a presentation of Pixar: 25 Years of Animation. The show, which opened at MoMA New York in 2005, is on a world tour that has already made stops in Oakland, Lausanne, London, Tokyo, and Melbourne, and will move on to three venues in Spain in the spring. The show … Read the full Story >>
Eight bridges connect the San Francisco Bay, so it is an apt name for a gallery platform that brings the Bay Area art world together despite restrictions on travel, celebrations and other larger gatherings. For its first iteration, in October 2020, 8-bridges sponsored the Museum of the African Diaspora. Featured galleries in January include: Fraenkel Gallery, Jessica Silverman, Ration 3 and Altman Siegel, in … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, January 16 The Work is Never Done: Yvonne Ranier and the Judson Dance Theater, discussion with Ana Janevski and Thomas Lax, 7 pm. SVA MA Curatorial Practice, 132 West 21st Street, 10th floor, NY, NY Tickets Above: Yvonne Ranier, “Bach from Terrain (1962-65). Photo: Al Giese, The Getty Research Institute, courtesy School of Visual … Read the full Story >>
Concresco by David Galjaard was awarded the 2012 Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award for a first book. An exhibition of the 30 shortlisted books in twocategories [general and first book], featuring the winners, continues at Aperture Gallery and Bookstore through January 24. In his summary of the book, Galjaard writes, “Fearing an attack from abroad, Albanian Stalinist leader Enver Hoxha had around 750,000 above-ground bunkers built during his time in power, from 1945 … Read the full Story >>
Why do people become so deeply enamored of birds? If you are lucky enough to receive a copy of Jeffrey Fisher's long awaited book on the subject, as I did yesterday, the answer is spelled out by the artist in his Introduction: "This book is nothing but an enthusiasm for birds. There being a bevy of collective terms for our winged friends - a … Read the full Story >>
On my way to the AIPAD Photography Show yesterday I stopped in my tracks on seeing Barneys latest window. The glass is ringed with whorehouse pink butterflies in stilettos and emblazoned with quotes about Simon Doonan, Barneys' legendary creative director. Why? Tomorrow, from 2 to 5 pm, Doonan will be signing his new book, Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You. … Read the full Story >>
