Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim, is, like many summer group shows around town, a hodgepodge of “gallery artists”. In this case, the sprawling exhibition showcases works by artists collected, and in a number of instances, commissioned through the museum’s international programs. The best way to see this show is to take the elevator to the top ramp and work your way down. Viewing in … Read the full Story >>
There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described….I photograph to find out what the world looks like photographed.—Garry Winogrand Often placed within the “social landscape school,” Garry Winogrand’s photographs turned ideas about documentary photography literally on edge when his work appeared in exhibitions during the 1960s. Self-taught, with Walker Evans’ book American Photographs as his sole reference to the history of the medium, Winogrand operated through a … Read the full Story >>
The month of June belongs to the Third Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in DUMBO. On Thursday, June 7, the party begins at powerHouse Arena, which is hosting the Fiftieth Anniversary re-launch of Stax Records, the legendary soul and R&B label. Stax Records was home to artists such as Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MG's, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, … Read the full Story >>
Note: Many of the links for today’s post were inaccessible due to the effects of the hurricane. Please try again, or try Facebook. Thursday, November 1-Sunday, November 4: 15th Annual Editions | Artist’s Book Fair. Founded in 1998 by Susan Inglett of I.C. Editions and Brooke Alexander Editions, theEditions|Artists Book Fair has grown in size and stature to become the premier showcase for contemporary publishers and dealers, presenting … Read the full Story >>
As political discourse and debate inevitably take over the media during the run-up to the presidential election, relief from the plethora of talking heads can be found in an array of highly relevant art now on display in museums, galleries and alternative spaces around town. The DART picks below include blinding glimpses of the obvious as well as highly conceptual ways of expressing and … Read the full Story >>
On the way to lunch during the AI-AP Big Talk yesterday, I ran into David Sandlin, who was on a break from teaching at the School of Visual Arts, and we had a chance to catch up. Among the many things on his to-do list for this week is to finish producing a limited edition book in time for the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics … Read the full Story >>
The fall season opens with outstanding variety as always - from political art at Museum of the City of New York and Society of Illustrators to dragon subjugation dances hosted by the Rubin Museum of Art to a full-fledged BLAB! retrospective at Kansas State University's Beach Museum of Art. Roberts + Tilton reopens in LA with a new free-standing building designed to accommodate … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Saturday October 15-Sunday, October 16 Gowanus Open Studios. Various locations. Info Open House New York Weekend. Various locations. Info Books / Talks / Panels / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, October 11 Filip Pagowski | My Father and I, Graphic Arts Across Generations and Oceans, 7 pm. The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Room A510, NY, NY Info Aileen … Read the full Story >>
I first encountered Edward Burtynsky's work back in the mid-1990s when I was dealing with Toronto gallerist Nicholas Metivier on an exhibition project. Back then, the Canadian photographer was shooting mining waste dumps for a series called Tailings. With that project, he launched a sharply focused exploration of the ways in which global industrialization has permanently altered the landscape. Around the same … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, September 24 Artist talk, 6-8:30 pm: Sijae Byun \ Vaginascope. Tally Beck Contemporary, 42 Rivington Street, NY, NY. RSVP Opening reception, 6-8 pm: John Dunivant | The Expatriate Parade. The Lodge Gallery, 131 Christie Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Regina Bogat | New York Years: 1960-1970. Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY. Storefront presents, 7 pm: Interrogation Series | Hotel Yeoville. Storefront for Art and Architecture, … Read the full Story >>
With controversy swirling throughout the pristine floors of Sotheby’s due to a shakeup following a losing battle with an activist investor, a change in leadership, and a pricey acquisition of an art advisory firm, the spring Photograph auction exhibition is now on view. The highest-ticket item is a photogram, Rayograph by Man Ray, from 1924 (below). The print is annotated in pencil on the reverse, 'Original Rayograph' … Read the full Story >>
Week ten of lockdown began with sunshine, cleaner air, and colder than usual for the unofficial start of summer. In a surreal moment of clarity I realized that all who are working from home are unwittingly participating in a revolution. Stranger still, I realized this is a negative revolution, as if we are shifting from having electricity to not having electricity. It seems that … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Northeast, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the Bay Area A: Now I’m in San Francisco, where I am blissed out by the food, people, politics, and panoramas. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between art you create on paper [or other analog medium] versus in the computer? A: Yes. … Read the full Story >>
And the Winner IsDebra Ziss of Brooklyn, NY, entered last week's Book Prize Contest, which asked Where In New York Am I?She wrote:That is a view of the cranes at the Red Hook Container Terminal as seen across Buttermilk Channel. Most likely shot either in the waters of Buttermilk Channel or while standing on Kimmel Road or Craig Road South on Governor's Island. Approximate … Read the full Story >>
Yinka Shonibare MBE, left: Addio del Passato Film Still 1, 2011; right: Addio del Passato Film Still 4, 2011; copyright the artist, courtesy James Cohan Gallery. Tuesday, February 14 Opening day, 11 am-6 pm: Glasstress | New Art from the Venice Biennale, featuring work by Jan Fabre, Tony Cragg, Jaime Hayton, Javier Preez, Kiki Smith, and Patricia Urquiola among others. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY. Lecture, 6 … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from outside New York City what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Toronto? A: The pace of life is much nicer and agreeable in Toronto. I lived in Brooklyn for eight years and there are a lot of small sources of stress you become accustomed to, but that in total take their toll. Q: Do you keep … Read the full Story >>
Submissions are now being accepted for American Photographt 38, the prestigious juried competition for professional photography from AI-AP. The contest is open to all photographers, creative professionals, publishers, agencies, representatives, students and teachers of photography of any nationality living, working or studying in North America (U.S. and Canada). International photographers living abroad who have North American citizenship or representation, or have been published or … Read the full Story >>
One of Adrian Tomine’s New Yorker covers that etched itself in my memory is the one in which a boy and a girl, in subway cars headed in opposite directions, look up from their reading toward each other as they pull out of the station. It seemed to epitomize the contrary emotions that enmesh young people looking for meaning in life and love. Hard … Read the full Story >>
“And so, Sira’s book dummies, in their idiosyncratic way, functioned as ventriloquists’ dummies do: as performative stand-ins. They allowed him not only to articulate what intrigued and concerned him, but to explore how the visual forms, language, and parameters of his interests might best be expressed…. "Curious about the ways similar groupings of photographic images that were sized, sequenced, and somewhat differently formatted would … Read the full Story >>
Pimp Your Bookcases continues with Paul Kopeikin, who must have had a sixth sense going when he shuttered his LA Gallery in January. He currently represents his artists from his Echo Park home and storage unit, while looking forward to the new normal of future fairs and pop-ups. Peggy Roalf: What were you involved with when you decided on your career choice? Paul Kopeikin: … Read the full Story >>
