The fall benefit auction season winds down tonight with Camera Club of New York (CCNY) offering a selection of outstanding photographs that have been donated for a great cause. Admission is $20, with all proceeds going to CCNY, a non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization that has been nurturing talented photographers since 1884. To see all of the photographs available, visit CCNY’s online auction preview. For … Read the full Story >>
The second month of summer can mean only one thing for DART readers—the second DART Book Prize Contest of the year! So grab that ice-cold drink, kick back, and tell me: where in New York City am I? Correctly identify my exact location and get into the drawing for the DART Book Prize Contest. Contest rules Use this subject in your reply: I Love Art … Read the full Story >>
The first heat wave of summer can mean only one thing for DART readers—the first DART Book Prize Contest of 2017! So grab that ice-cold drink, kick back, and tell me: where in New York am I? Correctly identify my exact location and get into the drawing for the DART Book Prize Contest. Hint The more information you include, such as interesting facts about the … Read the full Story >>
Where In New York Am I? The first two people who correctly identify my exact location in New York City will win the Fall DART book prize. Contest rules: Please use this subject in your email: Where In New York. All others will be disqualified. Include: Your name, mailing address, and your preference for a book on photography, illustration, graphic design, printmaking, or … Read the full Story >>
The exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What opens today at the Brooklyn Museum, the last stop on a U.S. tour that started, in a somewhat reduced form, at Washington’s Hirschorn Museum last year. At the media preview on Wednesday, the artist, who is not permitted to leave his home city of Beijing, produced a video for the occasion in which he named himself a representative of all … Read the full Story >>
© Ogemos, Houston Street and Bowery Mural, 2009; the artists, Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, will be in New York for the opening of their show at Lehmann Maupin next week. Photo courtesy of the gallery. The fall art season starts with an avalanche of openings next week. Here’s an outline of thought-provoking presentations, mostly on the bleeding edge, to add to your calendar before … Read the full Story >>
Each fall, Society of Illustrators offers a view of the best in children’s picture book art. And the best way to see it. Not only are the galleries packed with original artwork, the first floor becomes a mini-library with kid-sized book racks and hassocks for hanging out and paging through all the books that have been chosen winners in this annual awards program. … Read the full Story >>
In any other year hundreds of photographers, artists, creative directors, art buyers, and editors would have gathered in New York City for what has become a popular industry event, casually known as The Party. This year, for obvious reasons, the Angel Orensantz Center will not be hosting this event; its walls will not be papered with nearly 200 spreads representing the 348 selected images … Read the full Story >>
New collectors of photography have lots to look forward to in the lineup of fall benefit auctions this year. To launch the season, one of New York’s most astute collectors, Joseph Baio, opened his home and his collection on Monday evening, offering advice and inspiration. The event honored Camera Club of New York (CCNY), now in its 127th year, and it’s programs, which … Read the full Story >>
A number of events scheduled for today and tomorrow have necessarily been postponed. Here, today’s announcements, with further updates to follow in tomorrow’s DART Board. CCNY’s annual benefit auction has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 6-8 pm. You can pre-register online [$25] and now have until noon tomorrow, October 30, to bid online. The live auction will take place at 25 CPW, 25 … Read the full Story >>
Special DART raffle toJoin Peggy for a preview ofNorman Rockwell: Behind the Camera at the Brooklyn MuseumThursday, November 18, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Left: Photograph and art from Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera. Right: Reference photo for Boy in a Dining Car, 1946. (Photo montage by Ron Schick), courtesy Little, Brown. Beginning in the late 1930s, Norman Rockwell adopted … Read the full Story >>
The winner of the Second Annual DART Book Prize contest is Anastasia Aukeman, an art historian who teaches at Parsons The New School for Design. For identifying four of the nine events pictured below, she will receive a copy of Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book by Lynda Barry. Row 1, left to right: The Annual Student Show, The Cooper … Read the full Story >>
As promised, today the winners of DART's holiday picture contest are revealed. The response was great considering how many subscribers were away for the holidays. The first two participants to identify 3 out of 9 [well, 8 to be fair] images from the archive will receive a swell arty gift. And they are: Author and curator Vince Aletti, and photographer Ofer Wolberger. … Read the full Story >>
Jan Corey Helford and Bruce Helford, of the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA, wanted to do a charity event to benefit Los Angeles' children living in poverty. And they wanted to do something that would lure in the top underground and alternative artists from across the country. They came up with the idea of providing vintage paint-by-numbers canvases to the artists, who … Read the full Story >>
Thanks to everyone who sent in a Mountain story. Here's one from DART subscriber David Butow, of Oakland, CA. In the fall of 1986, I was 21 years-old with a semester to go before graduating from the University of Texas. My mentor, Ed Hille, invited me along for a six-week shooting trip through Asia, basing ourselves in Kathmandu for 10 days. It was the biggest, most exotic trip … Read the full Story >>
Photographs from the preview last week. An oasis of tranquility has opened in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall. The grand space, with its 48-foot high ceiling, is currently filled with an exhbition of more than 50 photographs celebrating nature. Created by the septegenarian Korean photographer, Ahae, who also operates an organic farming concern, these carefully observed images present the world he views throughout the … Read the full Story >>
Monday, October 25, 6:00-8:00 pm: Camera Club of New York Annual Benefit Silent Auction. Preview. Exhibition Lab, 548 West 25th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues, NY, NY. 212.260.9927. Wednesday, October 27, 6:00-8:00 pm: Book signing for Atlanta: Hip-hop and the South by Michael Schmelling. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, between Lafayette & Bowery, NY, NY. 212.387.8520. Wednesday, October 27, 6:00-8:00 pm: … Read the full Story >>
Third in a series of 2018 Fall Previews, today’s post adds info to Part 1 and Part 2. The DART Board resumes next week. Continuing Governors Island Art Fair, through September 30. Colonel’s Row, Governors Island, NY Info Bergman 100 | Discoveries & Rarities, through November 4. Berkely Art Museum/Pacific Film Archives [BAMFA], Berkeley, CA Info Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me: A Story in 5 Parts, … Read the full Story >>
Every year there are more pictures of previews, events and other stuff than can possibly fit into the posts that come your way. Here are some images that offer a view of the kinds of art and culture scenes that DART covers. Stay tuned for another amazing year, starting next Monday. A DART Contest - Enter now!The first two people who identify three … Read the full Story >>
Armory Art Week Fairs run through Sunday, March 8 All you'll need in your smartPhone to get from point A to point Z is here: ADAA | The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, NY, NY. Information. Artsy preview. Map. The Armory Show, Piers 92 and 94, 12th Avenue at 55th Street, NY, NY. Information … Read the full Story >>
