In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, written during a period of social and political unrest following the French Revolution, William Blake states, "You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” Blake regarded Hell as a place of opportunity for unrepressed, Dionysian energy. He explained,“Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, … Read the full Story >>
From the streets of Bangkok to the logging camps of India's remote offshore islands, photographer Palani Mohan has traveled to eleven countries over the last six years to document the plight of the Asian elephant, and the people who look after them. At a time when its close relative in Africa is flourishing, the Asian elephant is highly endangered. The pressures of urbanization, logging, … Read the full Story >>
Continuing through April 2: The New Bend at Hauser & Wirth Curated by Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen, ‘The New Bend’ brings together 12 contemporary artists working in the raced, classed, and gendered traditions of quilting and textile practice – Anthony Akinbola, Eddie R. Aparicio, Dawn Williams Boyd, Diedrick Brackens, Tuesday Smillie, Tomashi Jackson, Genesis Jerez, Basil Kincaid, … Read the full Story >>
May 7, 5:00-7:00pm: Third Annual Upper East Side Art Walk Seventeen Upper East Side Galleries will join organizer Jill Newhouse Gallery for the third annual UES Art Walk. Anchored by the Metropolitan Museum, the Upper East Side is home to many beautiful galleries tucked away in historic townhouses. Showing a broad selection of fine art in all media, including European, American, and Australian art … Read the full Story >>
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered, organized by the International Center of Photography (ICP), is currently on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Vishniac (1897–1990) created the most widely recognized and reproduced photographic record of Jewish life in eastern Europe between the two World Wars. In fact, it was these photographs that informed the development and filming of Steven Spielbberg’s film, Schindler’s List. The exhibition is organized by Curator Maya … Read the full Story >>
Lower East Side galleries grab the spotlight for the early hours of Saturday Thirty+ galleries open their doors from 9 to 11am for art fair goers to squeeze in a few more hours of contemporary art, coffee and noshes before heading to the fairs around town. Map. Participating galleries: Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Central Booking Art Space, Cindy Rucker Gallery, The Clemente Soto Vélez … Read the full Story >>
Continuing at El Museo: Candida Alvarez | Circle, Point, Hoop This exhibition, spanning 48 years of Candida Alvarez’s bold, vibrant practice, is a celebration of color, culture, and artistic vision that highlights her evolution through painting, drawing, and collage. Exploring the interaction between abstraction and figuration, with a focus on her experience as a female artist in a predominantly male environment, it begins with figurative … Read the full Story >>
Opening March 3, 6:00-8:00 pm: Willie Birch | Chronicling Our Lives at Fort Gansevoort The exhibition features large paintings on paper and painted papier-mâché sculptures created between 1987 and 1996, complemented by a new monumental, mural-like work executed in black and white. Together, the thirty works on view reflect Willi Birch’s perspective on the beauty and complexities of the human experience. He writes, … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference on the horizon—four days of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the current roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Eleanor Davis, the artist behind the ICON9 poster, will be on the Main Stage Saturday, July 9, at 6:20 pm. Info Q: Originally from the … Read the full Story >>
Thursday, May 29th, 5:00 - 8:00 pm: Borinquen Gallo | Mending My Garden at Alessandro Berni In this solo show, Gallo brings together a series of intricate sculptural installations that reframe our relationship to waste, beauty, and resilience. Through a meticulous and deeply process-driven approach, Gallo transforms disposable, everyday materials—trash bags, debris netting, caution tape—into visually striking weavings and spatial interventions. The exhibition underscores her … Read the full Story >>
Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009) was an American street photographer whose massive, unseen body of work came to light when it was purchased from an auction in Chicago in 2007. Born in New York City, Maier spent some of her youth in France and then worked in Chicago as a nanny and caregiver for most of her life. In her leisure, however, Maier ventured … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference just a month away—four days of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the current roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Gina Triplett and Matt Curtius will give a workshop on Personal Work and Work-Work on Thursday, July 7, 9am-noon. Info Q: Originally from the East … Read the full Story >>
Sunday, April 7: Last chance for Going Dark | The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility This exhibition, which fills the Guggenheim’s rotunda, is predicated on a duality: works of art that present the figure, yet obscure it in some way, thus existing at the “edge of visibility.” The exhibition asserts that these experimentations in figuration across media—painting, photography, drawing, prints, sculpture, video, … Read the full Story >>
Friday, April 11: Bravin Lee’s The Golden Thread 2 Bravin Lee Programs, known for their longtime commitment to fine rugs by artists, opens its second major exhibition on the larger subject of textile arts, off-site at South Street Seaport. A practice that encompasses embroidery, tapestry, quilting, carpet design, and much, much more, textile art has undergone a renaissance over the past century. Artists … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, April 11: Haas Brothers | Uncanny Valley at MAD Museum This wildly imaginative mid-career survey will plunge visitors into the exuberant, uncanny worlds of twin artists Nikolai and Simon Haas. Spanning more than fifteen years of collaborative practice, the show brings together approximately 85 works, featuring the surreal hybrid creatures, imaginative environments, and exuberant material experimentation across art, design, craft, and technology the brothers are known for. … Read the full Story >>
Saturday, June 4, 1-10 pm: Opening day / Photoville 2022 at Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 1 For the first time in 10 years Photoville is celebrating visual storytelling during the summer!• Over 30+ Exhibitions throughout Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO• @leicacamerausa will once again be with us leading photowalks• @penumbratintypestudio tintype portrait booth• F amily activity with Creatively Wild @cwasdumbo• In-person photography and … Read the full Story >>
February 12-May 8, 2021: Border Cantos | Sonic Border Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY Border Cantos | Sonic Borders is a collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach (born in Los Angeles, 1949) and sculptor and composer Guillermo Galindo (born in Mexico City, 1960) that addresses the humanitarian situation at the wall between the US and Mexico. Above: Richard Misrach. Wall, Jacumba, California (El muro, Jacumba, California), … Read the full Story >>
The Armory Show has regrouped following a particularly difficult transition from being live on the Piers to online to its new, permanent home--and live again--at the Jacob Javits Center. It’s open to the public September 10-12, with a VIP opening on September 9. Tickets/Info Above: Michael Rakowitz, Installation view of The invisible enemy should not exist, to be presesnted by Jane Lombard Gallery at The Armory … Read the full Story >>
Continuing through August 20 at Pace Gallery, NYC Alicja Kwade | TransForm Alicja Kwade transforms materials and environs into immersive laboratories where viewers are encouraged to question their understanding of the universe that surrounds them—as she did last summer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Commission. What defines an object in Kwade’s scenarios is based on the subjective interpretation of the viewer, … Read the full Story >>
It's time to "Think_Postive." That's the theme of the American Photography 36 annual, which is now accepting entries. (The deadline is January 24, 2020.) Entries are also being accepted for the International Motion Art Awards 8 competition and the American Illustration 39 competition. All photographers, creative professionals, publishers, agencies, representatives, students and teachers of photography of any nationality living, working or studying in North … Read the full Story >>
