Continuing: Chuck Close | Portraits of Artists at Pace Prints Chuck Close (1940–2021) was a remarkably versatile and creative printmaker who utilized a wide range of techniques to render images of himself and his friends. In addition to his self portraits, the exhibition presents images in a variety of printing techniques that portray Close’s friends and fellow artists John Chamberlain, Philip Glass, Lyle … Read the full Story >>
An afternoon of gallery-hopping on the Upper East Side is a perfect cure if you are wishing you were in Europe. With its tree-lined streets, distinctive townhouses, major art museums, and Central Park defining its western edge, the neighborhood’s many contemporary art galleries offer a bracing view of some of the most compelling art of the past 50 years. Yesterday I grabbed an umbrella … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday July 10, 3-5pm: Sculptors Alliance Meetup | Thaddeus Moseley in City Hall Park Grab a friend and your sketchbook and join this fun, free Sculptors Alliance event. Meet in City Hall Park for a close look at Thaddeus Mosley’s new works in bronze, above, presented by the Public Art Fund. Accessible entrances are on the West side on the Broadway and Park … Read the full Story >>
Getting calendars and to-do lists organized so you have everything at your fingertips, anywhere, can seem like a big job. But there's a way, and nomadic illustrator Magoz has figured it out. If you follow his point-by-point method, you can work anywhere. Or play anywhere while keeping tabs on your projects. Here's a start: My Productivity System. How I Use a Calendar and a To-Do List … Read the full Story >>
Talk / Discussion / Performance Wednesday, January 6 Gallery Walkthrough with Wm. Hunt | Hunt's Three Ring Circus, 5:15 pm. 1235 Ave of the Americas Gallery/UBS Building, between 51st-52nd Streets, NY, NY. Also on Friday, January 8 at 10 am. Info. Thursday, January 7 Rochelle Feinstein Book Party, 6-8 pm. On Stellar Rays, 1 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Bartholomew Ryan on "Jim Shaw: … Read the full Story >>
Neither Here Nor There, currently on view at RadiatorArts, in Long Island City, presents work by eight artists born in France who have made a home in New York City. Through mixed media, sculpture, photography and painting, the artists of Neither Here Nor There examine a state of being slightly “out of tune” and how their experience may have impacted their work over … Read the full Story >>
There are still some sunny days ahead to enjoy drawing and painting in the wild—as wild as it gets in the city. Following are some ideas for plein air painting and drawing and other ways to enjoy our parks and gardens. Plein Air Painters of NYC [above] is a free meetup founded by muralist and sculptor Insiya Pardiwala to build a community of artists dedicated to … Read the full Story >>
Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center returns to Rockefeller Center—opening this week and continuing through October 2, 2020. Loring Randolph, Director of Frieze NY, says, “So much has changed since our planned opening of this year’s Frieze Sculpture on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22nd, but what has not waivered is Frieze and Rockefeller Center’s commitment to putting the art of our time in the … Read the full Story >>
Closing Sunday, February 4: Last chance for Frank Webster | Emarkbreen Glaciers Frank Webster, an artist known for large-scale acrylic landscape paintings that explore ideas of time, distance, and the fragility of the world we inhabit, was awarded an Arctic Circle Residency in 2022. This program brings together international artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, and educators who collectively explore the high-Arctic Svalbard Archipelago … Read the full Story >>
Currently on view at The Ukrainian Museum, one of NYCs almost hidden treasures, is Finding Sanctuary During the Pandemic, an installation by Christina Saj. In the catalog for the exhibition she writes, “At the beginning of the quarantine, glued to news outlets, barraged by images of the virus, feeling vulnerable and confused and stuck at home, as an artist my response was to … Read the full Story >>
In Museums New Art at The Frick Madison In a bold move that stemmed from a blinding glimpse of the obvious, The Frick Madison has installed new works by contemporary artists alongside the old masters that are the mainstay of the collection. As The Art Newspaper reports, this project came out of a very simple need to fill empty spaces on the … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from South Dakota, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn? A: The number of artists and designers in the neighborhood is incredible. I live on a busy street that is always bustling with shoppers and deliveries---there are a lot of dollar stores and thrift shops, which are fun to explore. Q: Do you keep a … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, September 17: Coco Fusco | Tomorrow I Will Become an Island at el Museo The first U.S. survey of the influential Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco covers more than three decades of her groundbreaking career. The exhibition explores central concerns that Fusco has addressed across her practice, including immigration, military power and surveillance, post-revolutionary Cuban history, and the lasting legacies … Read the full Story >>
The title ofJade Doskow’s recent work, collected into the book, Lost Utopias, resonates on more than one level, not least of which is the uncommon beauty of her luminous well-observed images. Her photographs of World’s Fair/International Exposition sites, stateside and worldwide, often portray crumbling artifacts of American technological glory, such as the New York State Pavilion at the New York 1964 World’s Fair … Read the full Story >>
Editor's note: As Pride Month comes to a close, this essay from subscriber Carol Fabricatore adds a shimmering grace note to a month of freedom, art, fun and fantasy. Happy Fourth! After the Mermaid Parade was canceled in June 2020 due to the pandemic, I really felt the loss of the day. So I decided to channel all the swirling bright colors and large … Read the full Story >>
It is hard to imagine how New York City as a destination for art could be improved upon, with its wealth of venues offering—in some cases—24/7 access to art of all kinds. But this week ushers in the physical results of the vision and commitment of two leaders in the field. Photo above, courtesy of Pace Gallery Downtown, the family-owned, commercial Pace Gallery has … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 16, 6-8pm: Opening Rception, Edward Gorey at Society of Illustrators The Society of Illustrators presents a new exhibition, Something Else Entirely: The Illustration Art of Edward Gorey, celebrating the centenary of the birth of artist and writer Edward Gorey (1925-2000). Known for his obsessively detailed pen and ink drawings, Edward Gorey published more than one hundred titles himself and illustrated hundreds of … Read the full Story >>
Lunar New Year 2025, the year of the Wood Snake, begins January 25 and ends on February 12. This 15-day festival celebrates the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac, who is characterized by creativity, adaptability, and long-term planning—all the elements that make for solid artistic practice! Following are some of the places where creativity is happening—and this doesn’t even include any of the … Read the full Story >>
The New School Part-time Faculty Strike Update DART has been covering the strike by part-time faculty at The New School, which includes Parsons School of Design, since the Union representing faculty, Act UAW 7902, voted to strike, on December 6th. Yesterday, Ben Davis, National Art Critic for artnet news, updated the situation with a look at the support by prominent artists, writers and … Read the full Story >>
Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in AmericaThe New Museum, February 17-June 6 Originally conceived by Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019) for the New Museum, and presented with curatorial support from advisors Naomi Beckwith, Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash. “Grief and Grievance” addresses the concept of mourning, commemoration, and loss as a direct response to the national emergency of racist violence experienced by … Read the full Story >>
