Donald Judd (1928-1944), an artist who rejected painting for the exploration of space, scale, industrial materials, and primary colors, changed the perception of sculpture through his unadorned, rectilinear works. He rejected the notion that his work was “sculpture,” which he said implied that carving was involved. He also rejected the label “minimalist,” stating that he was an “empiricist.” Once he found his mature style—expressed … Read the full Story >>
City parks and neighborhood green spaces are vital to their residents, offering places to stop for a break in the crush of urban life: lunch away from the desk; coffee and chat with a friend; if you’re lucky, an hour or so to read a book, sketch, or to simply to gaze at some lovingly tended plants. The Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita is … Read the full Story >>
Forty years after Earth Day was proclaimed a national day of observance, our planet faces greater perils than ever before, according to the Earth Day Action Center. The idea of marking a day on which to take notice, on the most basic level, of what surrounds us began as an "environmental teach-in" in Seattle and launched a worldwide environmental movement. This year's observance … Read the full Story >>
Before beginning his career as a photographer, Marc Riboud worked as a factory engineer until 1951. After a week on holiday, during which he covered the cultural festival of Lyon, Riboud dropped his engineering job for photography and moved to Paris in 1952. He was invited by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa to join Magnum as an associate that same year. Photo above: © Marc Riboud, Darjeeling, India, 1956. Between 1954 … Read the full Story >>
Modern to Contemporary at MoMA Two exhibitions across the hall from each other on the second floor offer a coherent view of two defining moments in art. First, the small, scintillating installation of works by Jackson Pollock from the museum’s collections presents about 50 pieces that encapsulate the artist’s struggle to define his process. Through a selection of paintings, drawings and prints, his movement away … Read the full Story >>
Lions released from a zoo in war-torn Baghdad; the cruel conditions of the sheep industry; an American expatriate searching for her identity in Mexico - serious subject matter for any medium, but particularly so for a new wave of critically acclaimed and commercially successful graphic novels. This weekend, the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts opens "LitGraphic," a major exhibition covering the development of … Read the full Story >>
Monday, October 7-Saturday, October 12Design Week Portland. Information. Events. Venues. Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mary Saran | Continuum. Orchard Windows Gallery, 37 Orchards Street, basement, NY, NY. Book launch, 7-9 pm: Studio Life by Sarah Trigg (Princeton Architectural Press). Hotel Particulier, 4-6 Grand Street, NY, NY. RSVP appreciated. Panel discussion, 7-8:30 pm: The Art of Horror | … Read the full Story >>
Japan Today, an exhibition currently on view at Amador Gallery, is profoundly elegiac. It features images by three photographers who have taken divergent views of the country that existed for them before the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Left to right: Taiji Matsui, JP-22 #16, 2005; Osama Kanemura, from Today’s Japan, 2005; Mikiko Hara, Untitled (Is As It), 1996. Courtesy Amador Gallery. … Read the full Story >>
Saturday is the third and last day for Summer Streets – and the last chance this year for New Yorkers to cycle – carfree – from East 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, from 7 am to 1 pm. Park Avenue will be closed to traffic; then Lafayette Street picks up the action from Union Square on. It’s a great way to enjoy all … Read the full Story >>
Art in and for the garden has a long history in American decorative arts, and the New York Botanical Garden has become a major proponent of this popular combination. In fact, it has come full circle with the recently opened installation of more than 20 works by Seattle glass artist, Dale Chihuly. When the garden first hosted an installation of his work in 2006, … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, January 28, 6-8 pm: To the Studios at JJ Murphy Gallery See paintings by Elisa Jensen, John Lees, and Liam Murphy-Torres, three generations of artists associated with the New York Studio School, an alternative art school founded in 1963 by Mercedes Matter. The title of the exhibition was suggested by Elisa Jensen [above] and refers to a series of paintings by … Read the full Story >>
Yamamoto Masao, Itteki, at Yancey Richardson Gallery through February 8 Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, February 5 Nancy Spero | Active Histories, in conversation with Christopher Lyon, 6:30 pm. New York Studio School, 8 West 8th Street, NY, NY Info Yonia Fain’s Map of Refugee Modernism, gallery tour, bilingual Yiddish-English poetry reading, film screening and conversation, 6:30 pm. The James … Read the full Story >>
For Beauford Delaney, drawing was both a sanctuary and a space for experimentation. Through his works on paper, he could explore ideas with intimacy and spontaneity, yet this vital area of his oeuvre has been largely overlooked. In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney marks New York's first major Delaney museum exhibition in over thirty years and the first … Read the full Story >>
Continuing: Midsummer at McBride/Dillman Taking its title from the spirit of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this show brings together artists whose work moves between reality and imagination, intimacy and myth, instability and transformation: thestrange, fertile energy of the season itself: a brief period when the world feels suspended between what is and what might be. Across painting and sculpture, the artists engage states … Read the full Story >>
There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.—Charles Bukowski In her new series of paintings currently on view at Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Raven Schlossberg turns the gender tables in a dystopian world fabricated from, and filtered through, her childhood memories. In psychedelic tableaux, seemingly sourced from pulp fiction and soft-porn … Read the full Story >>
With panoramic harbor views, nearly 6 miles of bike trails, and fresh air unspoiled by urban traffic, Governors Island has become a don't miss daytrip for New Yorkers. Just a quick hop from Manhattan on the free ferry, the island welcomes visitors Friday through Sunday during summer months. Left: Bird's-eye view of Governors Island today. Right: Architect's vision for the 40-acre park currently under … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in Los Angeles? A: I was born in Korea. I went to college in California. Living in LA is good because I get to see nature more often and it gives me positive energy for myself. I can go to mountains and beaches everyday. Also, there are so many wonderful people who inspire … Read the full Story >>
Veronika Spierenburg’s In Order of Pages presents a compendium of the artist’s many hours of research and reading at the Sitterwerk art library. The Sitterwerk, located in a valley outside the city of St. Gallen, is part of a group of art and craft resources including a foundry, a materials archive, and a photography studio and lab. The library originated through a bequest by Daniel Rohner, … Read the full Story >>
New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and plenty of eye candy in the form of photo books, illustrated books, prints and objects. DART’s short list of the best follows, in geographic [south to north, then east] order. Downtown Tenement Museum Shop, 103 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Well chosen array of books about New York and New York-themed gifts. Bluestockings … Read the full Story >>
In 1964, a Long Island real estate developer named Herbert Sadkin came up with the idea of building affordable vacation homes on Montauk Point. The idea was to have completely standardized models easily mass-produced, which were fully furnished right down to enough toothbrushes for the entire family. The marketing plan was daring and original. A full size model was built on Macy's ninth floor, … Read the full Story >>
