Between 1972 and 1983, the artist Colette transformed her Lower Manhattan loft into an immersive, ever-evolving installation and invited the public to join her in a dreamlike pastel world. Covering the ceilings and walls with ruched silks, blush satins, mirrors, cascading ropes and light boxes, Colette obsessively created a complete Living Environment in which every surface was a work of art. Now Company Gallery … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, October 10: Flow States | La Trienel 2024 at El Museo El Museo del Barrio announces commissioned projects, exhibition highlights, illustrated catalogue, and opening week programming for Flow States – La Trienal 2024, the museum’s second large-scale triennial of Latinx contemporary art. The exhibition will feature 33 artists working across the United States, Puerto Rico, and—for the first time—geographies that reflect the … Read the full Story >>
April 16, Film Forum, NYC and Laemmle NoHo, LA Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts, a new documentary on the life and art of Bill Traylor, an American artist with a remarkable and unlikely biography, will be released next week, in person and online. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama. After the Civil War, Traylor continued to farm the land as a sharecropper until … Read the full Story >>
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.—Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwit (b. 1928) might have added, “it’s about being there” to his summation of a life in … Read the full Story >>
June 20 & 21, 7:30-10pm: Van Gogh’s Flowers After Dark at NYBG Experience Van Gogh’s Flowers after dark. The exhibition comes aglow for outings that capture the twinkling allure of the artist’s nighttime scenery. Within and around NYBG’s iconic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, find yourself surrounded by the botanical beauty that inspired Van Gogh. Wander through a breathtaking lawn of sculptural and real … Read the full Story >>
The NYCxDesign festival gives space to artisans, manufacturers and students showing off their latest inventions in architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design and more. This annual, citywide celebration highlights hundreds of events - from exhibits and trade shows to talks and tours - drawing design enthusiasts from around the globe. As the city's most influential design event, the festival provides a dynamic … Read the full Story >>
In August of 1953, Look magazine sent Tony Vaccaro on assignment to East Hampton to photograph Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner for a feature article. The piece was killed, but Vaccaro filed away the black and white images. Out of sight for six decades, the negatives and contact sheets were recently uncovered during a move. Among the people he captured at work and … Read the full Story >>
The harvest season is on, with examples of the bounty of our planting fields on view at the New York Botanical Garden. The annual Giant Pumpkin display will seem more at home than ever, with Yayoi Kusama’s sculptural ode to its seedy cousins currently on view. Showcasing the artist’s lifelong fascination with the natural world, KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is installed across the Botanical Garden’s … Read the full Story >>
Special public preview, Thursday, April 17, noon-8pm: Rashid Johnson | A Poem for Deep Thinkers at the Guggenheim For nearly 30 years, artist Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago) has cultivated a diverse body of work that draws upon an array of disciplines such as history, philosophy, literature, and music. This major solo exhibition highlights Johnson’s role as a scholar of art history, a … Read the full Story >>
Thursday July 3, Last Chance: Picasso: Tête-à-tête at Gatosian You see me here, and yet I’ve already changed, I’m already elsewhere.—Pablo Picasso, 1963 Picasso: Tête-à-tête, presented in partnership with the artist’s daughter Paloma Picasso, offers a unique opportunity to view over fifty rarely seen works. On view are paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the full span of the artist’s career—1896 to … Read the full Story >>
The good news for book lovers is that indie booksellers, publishers, institutions and makers continue to team up with events and unusual offerings designed to satisfy the visual treats we all yearn for. Following is just a snack for the coming weeks. More to follow as the DART Board continues to keep you posted. Monday, January 12, 6pm: Sergio Ruzzier and … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, May 20, 6-8pm: Guy Billout | Quiet Catastrophes at Philippe Lebaune Philippe Labaune Gallery is pleased to present Quiet Catastrophes, a comprehensive solo exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed illustrator Guy Billout. The exhibition brings together original drawings and editorial works spanning Billout’s career. This collection highlights Billout’s decades- long influence on American and European editorial illustration, while simultaneously showcasing his … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, August 21, 5-9pm: Edel Rodriguez | Worm at Society of Illustrators Join this Museum Mixer celebrating the opening of Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey, showcasing the art of Edel Rodriguez. The night will also feature a screening of Edel’s documentary Freedom is a Verb (2024) at 6:00 pm followed by a Q&A with Edel and his parents, and a book signing. The … Read the full Story >>
Last Chance, June 14: Martha Cooper | Streetwise at BDC Annex Long before the art world sanitized New York’s streets into destination gallery districts, photographer Martha Cooper was out there, capturing the precise moment the Hip Hop subculture was born. For decades, her lens has been trained on the raw, kinetic energy of New York City. With Streetwise, at the Bronx Documentary Center … 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 >>
American Photography Open Announces Winners This just in from David Schonauer at Pro Photo Daily[Yesterday we announced] the 10 finalists of the American Photography Open 2021 competition. Congratulations to Craig Bill; Hardijanto Budiman; Debdatta Chakraborty; Fernando Decillis; Diana Feil; Zay Yar Lin; John Vermette; Sarah Wouters; Steve Wrubel; and Marcin Zajac. One will be named the contest’s grand-prize winner and receive $5,000 and … Read the full Story >>
Wangechi Mutu, an artist who divides her time between New York and her native Nairobi, has made her presence felt here since the late 1990s. Once moved in to study at the New School, then earning her BA at Cooper Union School of Art and later an MFA at Yale, she began making art that went against the grain of prevailing trends. She made … Read the full Story >>
Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici, currently on view at The Met, brings a soul-stirring correction to myths that surround the extraordinary art of colonial Mexico. This show of more than 100 paintings, most of which have never been exhibited or published before, and half of which were restored specifically for this exhibition, was years in the making. Organized by Los Angeles County Museum … Read the full Story >>
Hang Loose at Union Square Plaza with Bead Maze A collaborative project between Union Square Partnership (USP), the FIT’s School of Art and Design, Scale Rule, and the New York City Department of Transportation’s Art Program (NYC DOT Art), Bead Maze is a large-scale sculptural work inspired by the classic bead maze toy often found in pediatricians’ waiting rooms. … Read the full Story >>
Andy Warhol with his dachshund Archie in 1973. © Jack Mitchell, courtesy The Whitney Museum of American Art. With the Whitney Museum of American Art closing its survey Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back at the end of the month, this week’s DART Interview features a Q&A Glenn O’Brien did with Warhol for Interview magazine [The Crystal Ball of Pop] in June, … Read the full Story >>
