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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 20, 2026
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday August 19, 2025
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday June 10, 2026
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday November 29, 2017
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 Thursday October 21, 2021
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday March 3, 2023
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 30, 2018
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 25, 2026
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday March 14, 2019
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 >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday May 18, 2023
Continuing: Lauren Halsey | The Met Museum Roof Commssion
Lauren Halsey has created a full-scale architectural structure imbued with the collective energy and imagination of the South Central Los Angeles Community where she was born and continues to work. Titled the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I), the installation is designed to be inhabited by The Met’s visitors, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday May 13, 2021
Saturday, May 15: Open House with Robert Kushner, 3:00-5:00 pm
Robert Kushner | I [Heart] Matissee, at DC Moore Gallery
Among the varied influences in Robert Kushner’s oeuvre, from Japanese screen painting to American modernism, Henri Matisse’s influence has often been a continual through-line as Kushner finds resonance in Matisse’s inclination toward design, love of pattern, beauty, expressive drawing, and vibrant color. Above: Suzani and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 25, 2022
Art as Infrastructure: Alamo [“The Astor Place Cube”]
Tony Rosenthal (1914-2009) created "Alamo" in 1967 as a temporary installation commissioned by the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, but its stay became permanent after local residents petitioned the city. It is made of six eight-by-eight-foot panels of Cor-Ten steel and weighs about 1,800 pounds. Its surface features geometric indentations and grooves, and it turns … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 10, 2023
Powerhouse Arts opens its doors to the public on Sunday, May 21 following a 7-year rehabilitation. This center for Brooklyn art community makers offers facilities that include a metal fabrication shop, ceramics studio, and print shop. These vital, affordable manufacturing resources for artists are accompanied by a 13,000-square-foot events space that will showcase creative work on a singularly dramatic stage: the Great Hall, formerly the … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday, May 14-Sunday, May 18: LIC Arts Open
Had enough of global art fairs and commercial vibes? Join LIC Arts for 5 days filled with art, music, performances, and more. Immerse yourself in the local art scene and discover the zeitgeist of this vibrant art community, with Open Studios on May 17 & 18th from 12pm - 6pm. Whether you're an art enthusiast, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday October 1, 2020
As monument-toppling has become a belated cultural
signifier, even more so given the BLM / anti-trump / and COVID-19 protests, one of NYCs most reliable cultural weathervanes has again risen to the task. Currently at Socrates Sculpture Park, in Long
Island City, Queens, Monuments Now, curated by the park’s director of exhibitions, Jesse Wilcox, suggests that artists have been fighting the fight long … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday April 28, 2022
Using her mastery of technology and careful study of BPCA’s commitment to environmental sustainability, Shuli Sadé created an innovative, temporal installation that hopes to bridge the potential of technology and bring viewers close to nature in a new, site-specific augmented reality (AR) installation created for Battery Park City Authority (BPCA)..
“Behind the origin of this project is the wish to share the discovery of … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 29, 2023
Friday, March 31-Sunday, April 2: AIPAD | The Photography Show
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, now in its 42nd edition, is the longest running exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium. The fair will feature cutting-edge contemporary and modern photography, and exemplary 19th-century photographs, as well as photo-based art, and new media presented by its 44 member galleries. The VIP preview is Thursday, noon … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 15, 2023
Looking ahead: Works on paper by Georgia O’Keeffe at MoMA
Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, the first exhibition to investigate the artist’s works on paper made in series, using charcoal, watercolor, pastel, and graphite, presents more than 120 pieces created over more than four decades. The artist explored forms and phenomena—from abstract rhythms to nature’s cycles—working in series that sometimes gave rise to … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday April 8, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 1:30, Risha Gorig | The Journey at Prospect Park’s Boathouse
The Journey depicts a flock of neon-pink kinetic birds suspended 15 feet in the air, wings catching and releasing with the wind. The work deploys allegory and ingenious engineering in equal measure, conjuring the act of migration as both literal phenomenon and lived condition.The installation is a reminder that destination … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday February 18, 2022
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset |The Hive, at the Moynihan Train Hall
Public Art Fund was invited by Empire State Development to develop and direct a program of ambitious art installations for three prominent sites within the Train Hall. In keeping with the redesigned building’s architectural integration of old and new, the art program commissioned three of the world’s leading artists to … Read the full Story >>
