“Another way to take up more space is with perfume.” Ever since Andy Warhol penned those words as he created his Smell Museum back in the ‘70s, New York City has been the site of numerous experimental installations of scent as art. Most recently, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum included a smell map of Central Park, featuring the aromas of organic decay, by … Read the full Story >>
Artist, designer and long-time DART subscriber Jeanne Verdoux has a multi-pronged art practice that continues to expand. Widely known for her ink drawings of people on the subway, inscribed onto New Yorker magazine subscription cards, she also makes photography a medium for her narrative art. [info] Earlier this year, the Paris-born Verdoux created a mural for a French restaurant, LES Enfants de Bohème, located on the fringes of the Lower … Read the full Story >>
How does your day rate compare to those of other pros? Eposure, a marketing platform for commercial photographers in the U.K., recently released the results of a survey it conducted to gather info about the average day rates of U.K. and U.S. photogs. The survey found that almost half of all respondents charge $900 or more per day, while 10 percent charge more than $2,000 for a day’s work, notes PhotoShelter. More revealing, notes PetaPixel, is the survey’s finding that day rates have not decreased across the board over the past five years. The results, notes Eposure, fly in the face of general perceptions about the industry among pro photographers. Read the full Story >>
The internet is mesmerized by a NASA video showing exhaust shooting from a high-speed rocket booster. It was made with a new super camera, the High Dynamic Range Stereo X (HiDyRS-X), which not only records in high speed but also captures multiple simultaneous exposures in order to produce the incredible HDR footage, notes NoFilmSchool. Meanwhile, DP Review has the latest in augmented reality — MIT-developed Interactive Dynamic Video, or IDV, which records tiny vibrations in objects during short video clips.That info is used to enable viewers to interact with objects virtually. Read the full Story >>
Mail Art is back, big time! With the launch this week of Dear Data (Princeton Architecural Press 2016), the performative art of serial correspondence comes to light in a workshop tonight at The Sketchbook Project, in Willimasburg. After only meeting twice, designers Giorgia Lupa [living in New York] and Stefanie Posavec [living in London] decided to embark on a year-long project in an effort … Read the full Story >>
Google Photos now notes when an image was edited with the help of AI, notes The Verge. “Photos edited with tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser and Zoom Enhance already include metadata based on technical standards from The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) to indicate that they’ve been edited using generative AI,” John Fisher, engineering director of Google Photos, wrote in a blog post. “Now we’re taking it a step further, making this information visible. The “AI info” section will be found in the image details view of Google Photos both on the web and in the app. Read the full Story >>
PPD readers know that we are constantly on the lookout for examples of the love between photographer and dog! Today we feature Oregon-based photographer Carli Davidson's new book Shake Puppies. Davidson, of course, is the photographer who shook up the web with her popular images (and slow-mo video) of dogs shaking themselves as dogs do. Her new book includes info on puppy care and development, so that families will be better able to keep the animals once they grow out of that cute phase. And that brings us to Toronto-based photog Pete Thorne’s "Old Faithful Photo Project," a series of portraits that, as the Huffington Post notes, captures the regal beauty of aging dogs. Read the full Story >>
It almost seems like Spring—at least the daffodils and crocus are doing their bit to satisfy our hungry eyes. So this might be a weekend for enjoying some outdoor art installations to celebrate the season. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 2018 Roof Garden Commission opened this week with a colossal bronze sculpture by Huma Bhabha. Titled We Come in Peace, the … Read the full Story >>
Leah Oates, an artist whose work involves photography, printmaking and art of the book, has opened a window onto springtime in the park — underground along the #7 line at the 42nd Street Bryant Park MTA Station. The new work for MTA Arts & Design is comprised of a 7-panel lightbox more than 50 feet long. The backlighted photographs were made, says the artist, at outer-borough parks where … Read the full Story >>
For over 50 years the Garrison Art Center, an hour north of Manhattan by Metro North, has offered community-based art programs in drawing, painting, pottery and printmaking. In addition, its three galleries present several exhibitions each year; a visiting artist program that hosted Judy Pfaff in 2014; a holiday craft fair; and the long-running painting-on-location plus art auction each spring. This weekend, the … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, February 11 - Sunday, February 14 LA Art Book Fair. The Geffen Contemporary at MOFA, 152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA. Info Thursday, February 11 - Monday, February 15 Art Wynwood. 3101 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL. Info Talks / Discussions / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday February 09 Wendy White | On Her Work, 6;30 pm. New York Studio School, 8 … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Tuesday, January 9 The Beautiful Brain | Curator Eric A. Newman, gallery talk on The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 6:30 pm. Grey Art Gallery at NYU, 100 Washington Square East, NY, NY. Info NYC People’s Hearing on the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan, 2:30 and 6 pm. The New School – … Read the full Story >>
Along with great weather for outdoor activities, springtime also encourages artists to open their doors to the public. And this month, on the rebound from COVID lockdowns, artists and their organizing cohorts are ready to offer a rare glimpse inside the studio buildings, former factories, and warehouses where they work. They’ll be on hand to discuss their work and showcase their latest projects; these … Read the full Story >>
Nikon’s newly announced D5600 entry-level DSLR replaces the D5500 — which, notes PetaPixel, was Nikon’s first touchscreen DSLR when it was announced in January 2015. Among the new model’s standout features is the addition of SnapBridge, which allows the camera to stay connected to a smartphone or tablet using the free SnapBridge app. In addition to making the automatic transfer of photos easy, the app can also upload to Nikon’s photo service and add copyright info and comments to your shots. The camera hasn’t yet been officially announced in the United States, adds DP Review. Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, July 28-Saturday, August 13 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! continues at the Prospect Park Bandshell with free performances and screenings. Info Talks / Discussions / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, July 26, 16 Patricia Cronin & Maura Reilly in conversation, 6 pm. FLAG Art Foundation, 545 West 25th Street, NY, NY Info A-I-R Talk with WNYC, 7 pm. Jordan Casteel, … Read the full Story >>
A major exhibition that explores the connections made by Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) with Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is currently on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art, which holds the largest collection of works by the French Modernist in America. Diebenkorn, known today more for the large abstractions through which he sought to convey the emotive qualities of California light and space, began to study … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, Sept 28, 6-8pm: Book signing for Rodney Smith at Staley-Wise Join curator/editor Paul Martineau and Leslie Smolan for a book signing in conjunction with the exhibition, Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith. Above: Self-portrait with Leslie Smolan, 1990 This exhibition reflects a marriage of precise order and geometry with surrealism and eccentricity within Rodney Smith’s images. Paul Martineau, Curator of Photographs … Read the full Story >>
Talks, Walks, Books, and Beyond Thursday, June 6, 19 Alissa Bennett | Pretend You’re Actually Alive; Alison M. Gingeras | Totally My Ass, book launch, 6 pm. Printed Matter/St. Marks, 38 St. Marks/Swiss Institute, NY, NY Info Ken Rosenthal and Lynn Silverman | Works in Black & White, curator’s talk, 7 pm. Klompching Gallery, 89 Water Street, Brookyn, NY Info Dumbo First Thursday Gallery … Read the full Story >>
Through January 10, 2022: Etel Adnan | Light’s New Measure, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The poet, novelist, journalist, and artist Etel Adnan grew up speaking Arabic and Greek at home, and was educated in French and English. She began to paint in the late 1950s, while working as a professor of philosophy in Northern California. It was a period when, in protest of … Read the full Story >>
Anyone who follows this page knows that I love books. All kinds of books. Home-made flip books. Scrappy zines done on copiers running out of toner. Art books. Design books. Photo books. One-off artists books. Stands to reason, being that DART exists solely because of two very special books, American Illustration and American Photography, which have been celebrating the best in design … Read the full Story >>
