The official last weekend of summer 2021 in NYC looks promising, weather-wise—so if you are celebrating by staying, there are some great art escapes on hand. The Riverside Park Conservancy presents its largest art show in the park’s history, RE:GROWTH, A Celebration of Art, Riverside Park, and the New York Spirit, populated with works by 24 contemporary artists. Installed between 64th and 151st Streets. You could … Read the full Story >>
Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), longtime editorial director of Condé Nast Publications, was given a Kodak pocket camera by his father shortly before being sent to an England boarding school to avoid the perils the Russian Revolution. His parents, Marxist Jews, subsequently fled to Paris, where he joined them and began his education as a designer and architect. As the Nazi occupation of France made life … Read the full Story >>
The winner of the recent DART Book Prize Contest is Benoit Filion, of Chateaugay, New York. He wrote: You are in front of Galerie Lefebvre (intersection of Quai Voltaire/Pont du Carrousel) looking at the reflection of the Louvre in the window. Every inch of Paris is worth discovering and you likely have seen a lot already. Louvre, d'Orsay and Pompidou since you like art. And … Read the full Story >>
January 12, 6-8pm: CUT at Foley Gallery’s grand reopening CUT, an exhibition featuring new work by Bradley Castellanos, Keith Maddy, and Billy Renkl, continues to explore and deepen the gallery's interest in cut, painted, and manipulated paper, which began with a window installation of work by Mia Perlman back in 2015. Bradley Castellanos' work captures the feeling of coming upon the mysterious and … Read the full Story >>
Photo © Vivienne Sassen, from the series Venus & Mercury, 2019 (detail); cover of Orlando, guest edited by Tilda Swinton/Inspired by Virginia Wolf, Aperture issue 235 Info Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Wednesday, May 29 Selected Shorts: Stonewall at 50, 7:30 pm. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the riot at Stonewall Inn that spawned the gay liberation movement, an … Read the full Story >>
NoCal is a place all its own, with place names that say so: Grass Valley; Paradise; Eureka; Happy Camp, and the like. Its history as a Gold Rush town called Granite gave it a legacy of wealth overlaid by a free-wheeling spirit. Best known today for the Folsom Prison, it is also home to tech giant, Intel. So it’s not surprising that … Read the full Story >>
For those who want to skip town—and NYCs prevailing art fair frenzy—the Hudson Valley and environs beckons. With its proximity to Olana, the spectacular estate of Thomas Cole, Hudson has become the area’s own “Village”, with numerous galleries lining its main drag. But that's just the beginning! There is so much to choose from, the following is a starter. More info here … Read the full Story >>
September 14, 6-8pm: Drawing as Practice at the National Academy After four years of virtual invisibility, following the historic National Academy of Design’s decision to close its museum and school of art, on the Upper East Side, the institution has put its finest foot forward with an historic move. Tomorrow, the Academy opens a gallery space in Chelsea, presenting an exhibition that is likely to … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, September 8, 6-8 pm: Lynsey Addario | The Masters Series Awards Ceremony at SVA Chelsea This fall, School of Visual Arts (SVA) will honor Lynsey Addario, acclaimed war photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant and Pulitzer Prize recipient, with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition. Curated by Maya Benton and Perri Hofmann, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of her fearless, two-decade journey documenting humanitarian issues … Read the full Story >>
"If you're not able to sketch a man who throws himself out of the window in the time it takes him to fall from the fourth floor to the ground, you'll never be able to produce great paintings." –Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) For artists committed to keeping a sketchbook—perhaps even more so for those who struggle in this—the current exhibitions on Eugène Delacroix at the Metropolitan … Read the full Story >>
Women’s Soccer “Forever” Stamp With two World Cup titles along with Olympic gold medals to its name, the U.S. national women’s team is considered among the best in the world, and the odds-on favorite to win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which continues through August 20 in Australia and New Zeland. Growing up, illustrator Noah MacMillan was a devoted fan and player … Read the full Story >>
Edward Weston (1886/Chicago-1958/Carmel), brought photography out of the Victorian age and revolutionized the form by making it modernist in every sense of the word. A humble man who was devoted to his sons Brett and Cole, Weston’s approach to photographing elemental landscapes, nudes and still lifes was, in his words, “to make the commonplace unusual.” When he turned his camera on an ordinary green … Read the full Story >>
Toward the end of her life, Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)) was asked what her favorite photograph was. Without hesitation she replied, “The one I will take tomorrow.” This statement now seems emblematic of the photographer’s life and work, as it is now being celebrated in a major publication organized by Paul Martineau, an associate curator of photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los … Read the full Story >>
Continuing: Karin Bruckner | WayWeSeeIt at Carter Burden In this exhibition, Karin Bruckner presents work that push the medium of printmaking to its limits, straddling the lines between printmaking, drawing, painting, collage, and assemblage. Printmaking became a focus in Bruckner’s work after a career in architecture; Its unique combination of creative flow and process requires a structured, sequenced way of thinking in layers, shapes … Read the full Story >>
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD opens next Thursday, April 4, with a VIP reception followed by a public preview on Wednesday. The 2017 move from the Park Avenue Armory to the Piers has afforded an expansion in public programs, so today’s DART offers a preview of the talks, book events, and special features in the lineup. With nearly 100 dealers from across the globe … Read the full Story >>
The optimism many of us felt as our own ball fell on December 31st probably feels a little tarnished by now. With uncertainty and doubt trying to elbow their way in, this is a good time for a “Call and Response” page in DART. So I invite you to send an illustrated story about how you are handling this phase of the pandemic, specifically: how … Read the full Story >>
May 26-July 2: What Now | 2026 Across Philadelphia Opening this week, ArtPhilly "What Now: 2026" is a five-week citywide festival that bypasses colonial nostalgia to pose an urgent civic riddle: A lot has changed since 1776, so... what now? What follows is not white cube retrospective, but a vibrant, democratic display of a city wrestling with its own layers of history, identity, and erasure. … Read the full Story >>
Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper combines his appreciation of classic architecture with a lifelong fascination with insects in the new exhibition INterSECTS: Where Arthropods and Homo Sapiens Meet, opening January 14, 2022 in the third-floor Stokes Gallery of The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Kuper, a longtime DART subscriber and collaborator, met me by … Read the full Story >>
In his Introduction to the catalogue that accompanies Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed, currently on view at the Met Breuer, Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgård wrote, If you have ever stood in a room in front of a painting by Munch, or Van Gogh or Rembrandt for that matter, you will know that part of the painting’s magic is that … Read the full Story >>
Ellen Wallenstein | Blue Journey at Carter Burden Gallery In late 2021, artist and photography professor Ellen Wallenstein received a life-altering diagnosis: stage three endometrial cancer. Despite the daunting prognosis, Wallenstein found solace and strength in her art, continuing to create cyanotypes—ethereal blue shadow-grams on cloth—each sunny day. These daily practices became a profound medium for Wallenstein to channel her emotions, … Read the full Story >>
