Sunday August 13, 1-4 pm: Life Drawing in the 6 & B Community Garden, East Village Life drawing with a clothed model, in a sheltered pavilion, is one of the many events offered by this legacy community garden. Originating under the city’s Operation Green Thum, in 1984 the garden, with it’s hundred-some members, has flourished over the years, often against considerable odds. The Garden … Read the full Story >>
“The limits of photography cannot be determined. Everything is so new here that even the search leads to creative results... It is not the person ignorant of writing but the one ignorant of photography who will be the illiterate of the future." --László Moholy-Nagy This maxim of László Moholy-Nagy, made famous by Walter Benjamin in his writings, is rooted in the artist’s search for new art forms for … Read the full Story >>
Conversational use of the word “genius” often conveys opposite sides of the spectrum, from schoolyard taunts to recipients of the MacArthur Fellowships (referred to as the “genius grants”) and, of course, Albert Einstein. And “self-taught” usually infers a somewhat lowly status, especially where art is concerned—think clunky wood knick knacks found at craft fairs. But when the two words combine to name an exhibition … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 7-Sunday, October 11: New York Comic Con at Javitz For its milestone 20th anniversary, New York Comic Con trades some of its sleek corporate sheen for a brilliantly gaudy nod to old-school Gotham, endowing the Javits Center in a celebratory Coney Island theme. While its highly commercial media reach inevitably draw the crowds, the true pulse of the festival remains anchored … Read the full Story >>
Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3: Jersey City Art Book Fair The ink is dry, the doors are open! If you’ve spent any time in the industrial corridors of Jersey City lately, you know it’s no longer just Manhattan’s sixth borough—it’s a formidable creative engine in its own right. This weekend, the focus shifts to Mana Contemporary as the fourth annual Jersey … Read the full Story >>
The next couple of weeks brings a deluge of photography book events covering terrain that ranges from sequencing and laying out a book on a Mac to starting a library, with advice from publishers, photographers, and booksellers. A batch of new spring books is also flowing in, with photographers on hand to talk about how they came to light. Please check links for more … Read the full Story >>
With The Fourth quickly approaching, thousands will be escaping the urban scene for a long holiday weekend or week. Given a choice between seashore and hillside, more New Yorkers than ever are choosing the Berkshires—weekendspeak for Berkshire County, in Western Massachusetts. The region has been known for its liberal leanings since early times—with Shay’s Rebellion, a violent uprising during the late 1780s in protest … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, October 19: Linda Troeller | Self Power / Self Play at Museum of Sex Half a century of erotic portraiture by Linda Troeller comes to light in this solo show. Now in her 70s, DART subscriber Troeller continues to produce dynamic, provocative portraits that assert the right to control the pleasures and potentials of her own body. Since 1973, when she first … Read the full Story >>
This interview is extracted from the one he did with curator Sarah Howgate in September 2019 when David Hockney: Drawing from Life was showing at the National portrait Gallery, London. The exhibition opens at The Morgan Library & Museum on Thursday, October 2, and continues through January 17, 2017. Info. Above: David Hockney. My Parents and Myself, 1976. Copyright David Hockney The artist and … Read the full Story >>
Continuing: Calder’s Circus at 100 at The Whitney High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 celebrates the centennial of one of the most cherished and storied works in the Whitney’s collection. In 1926, Calder began constructing his miniature multi-act spectacle while living in Paris, using commonplace materials—wire, fabric, cork, wood, string, and found objects—to create a cast of acrobats, animals, and other circus performers, … Read the full Story >>
Opening Friday, July 8: Sensory Poetics | Collecting Abstraction at the Guggenheim Sensory Poetics: Collecting Abstraction brings together highlights from the Guggenheim’s growing collection of contemporary art. Acquired over the past ten years, and shown at the museum for the first time, this selection of artworks reflects developments in painting, sculpture, and video from the 1960s to today that demonstrate an expression of gesture … Read the full Story >>
“Unfair labor practices” is not exactly a phrase that springs to mind when one considers the ins and outs of teaching at the historically progressive New School for Social Research. Founded in 1919 as a radical alternative to the tradition-bound Ivy League, The New School, which includes Parsons School of Design, “has produced some prominent academics and intellectuals, including the philosophers Hannah Arendt and … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, March 14, 6-8[m: Eric Fischl | Hotel Stories at Skarstedt Nine new paintings by Eric Fischl, of hotel rooms, take on an array of meanings, associations, and possibilities for each of their inhabitants. For some, they feel personal and cozy, like a safe haven. For others, they’re simply a space to put their things. They can be sites of nefarious, taboo activity; a … Read the full Story >>
Friday, March 7, 6-8pm: First Friday Beats and Spoken Word at The Bronx FUTURA 2000’s critically acclaimed retrospective, BREAKING OUT, is on view through Sunday, March 30th! Don’t miss your chance to view this exhibition showcasing Futura’s five-decade career spanning his origins in the graffiti scene, his practice as an abstract contemporary artist, and his collaborations. Join crowd-favorite DJ Stormin’ Norman for a … Read the full Story >>
The American Manifest is Charles Gaines’s first public art project, unfolding in three parts over the course of two years across three sites — Times Square, Governors Island, and the banks of the Ohio river in Cincinnati. Presented by Creative Time, Governors Island, and Times Square Arts and staged in three chapters, The American Manifest begins with a performance-based installation and sculptural series … Read the full Story >>
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at The Met Through some 160 works, the exhibition will explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways in which Black artists portrayed everyday modern life in the new Black cities that took shape in the 1920s–40s in New York City’s Harlem and Chicago’s South Side and nationwide in the early decades of the Great Migration when millions of African … Read the full Story >>
For the first DART Book Prize Essay Contest, students in Dr. Anastasia Aukeman’s Integrative Seminar 2: Visual Culture course at Parsons School of Design, in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, submitted their critiques of the Beauty –Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial exhibition. First place for the afternoon section goes to Angela Yang. First place for the morning section as well as runners … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday March 6, 6-8 pm: Joan Jonas | Animal, Vegetable, Mineral at Drawing Center Ahead of the full-on retrospective at MoMA, this retrospective of works on paper by Joan Jonas offers a denitive look at the integral place of drawing in the career of this pioneering artist. One of the most signicant experimental voices in American art over the past five decades, Jonas used the medium of drawing as … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, July 13, 6-8pm: Panel | The Legacy of A.I.R. at P•P•O•W In conjunction with Dotty Attie’s What Surprised Them Most, a survey exhibition of major works from 1974 to 2023, P·P·O·W is pleased to host a panel discussion with Attie and fellow A.I.R. Gallery founding members Judith Bernstein and Daria Dorosh. Founded in 1972 as the first nonprofit artist-run cooperative gallery for women … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, June 5: Cannupa Hanska Luger | Attrition at City Hall Park Cannupa Hanska Luger, an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold from the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota cultures, is a descendant of buffalo people. The form of Attrition, a larger-than-life skeletal sculpture made from steel with an ash black patina, emerges from the soil beneath, visible through grasses … Read the full Story >>
