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Peggy Roalf Thursday September 1, 2022
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday September 28, 2018
"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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday July 26, 2023
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday August 25, 2016
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday November 5, 2020
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday September 10, 2024
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday March 28, 2019
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday January 15, 2021
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday January 13, 2022
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday January 31, 2018
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 14, 2024
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday April 11, 2018
Is there an artist/designer/illustrator out there who hasn’t succumbed to a gnawing sense of inadequacy when trying—very hard—to understand color theory as it’s generally taught in art schools? What ever happened to the delight we took as children when cracking open a fresh box of 64 Crayolas? Often given for an important holiday or a birthday celebration, the colors represented far more than the … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday July 30, 2025
Wednesday, July 30, 6:30-8:30: Rooftop Drawing at Ornithology Jazz Club
Join Danial Pagan on Tuesday, August 5th for an unforgettable evening of figure drawing set to live jazz at Ornithology Jazz Club, one of Brooklyn’s most inspiring music spaces. Bring your sketchbooks, your favorite drawing materials, and settle in as live music fills the room.
We will be drawing from a live model, starting … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday January 19, 2023
Continuing: David Hockney | 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures at Pace
20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures expands on a series of iPad paintings made by David Hockney while quarantining at his studio in Normandy. Inspired by his daily observations, Hockney devoted himself to the iPad, a medium of unique immediacy that allowed him to be prolific in his depictions of his home, the … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday February 9, 2022
Opening February 17: Faith Ringgold | American People at The New Museum
Celebrating six decades of art by Harlem-born nonagenarian Faith Ringgold, this long overdue retrospective features a collection of figurative paintings, narrative textiles, and soft sculptures shaped by a belief in the power of women’s labor and Black visual traditions. Above: American People Series #18: The Flag Is Bleeding, 1967, courtesy of The … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday October 18, 2017
There has not been a showing of Raghubir Singh’s work in New York for nearly ten years—the last being a small, gem-like presentation at the Hermes Gallery, located on the top floor of
the Madison Avenue store. But last week, The Met Breuer opened a major exhibition of photographs by the Indian photographer born in 1942 whose prolific career was cut short when he … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday June 15, 2022
Save the date: June 29-July 2 | ICON11 in Kansas City
ICON: The Illustration Conference is a 4-day eventfeaturing paper presentations by top educators, workshops led by and for illustrators, a marketplace, an exhibition showing original works, a juried animation screening, 2-full days of mainstage presentations, opportunities to meet your heroes, reconnect with friends, and rub elbows with that special … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday October 9, 2017
John Chiara makes large-scale, unique photographs using a camera of his own design. If you were to catch him on the mobile early on a work day, he might say, “Hang on while I
park the camera.” The Big Camera, as it has become known, is roughly the size of a U-Haul, which Chiara has driven all over the San Francisco Bay Area, creating … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 8, 2023
Exceptional art offers an experience apart from explanation. There’s hardly been a better demonstration of this notion than the experience offered by Ebony G. Patterson in her installation titled …things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting…, currently on view at the New York Botanical Garden. Patterson turns a light onto dark subjects: the violence, extinction, annihilation and erasure brought by colonialism, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday September 26, 2025
Saturday, September 27-Monday, September 19: Bushwick Open Studios
Produced by Arts in Bushwick, Monsta House Universe, Bushwick Street Art, this 3-day festival is a testament to an unwavering commitment to fostering a community where creativity thrives year-round. From visual art installations to performances that defy expectations, the 21st installment of Bushwick Open Studios [BOS] promises an exhilarating journey through the heart of creativity
The … Read the full Story >>
