“A Man who Stands for Nothing Falls for Anything.” —Malcolm X “Love’s the only engine of survival,” —Leonard Cohen “When they go low, we go high.”—Michelle O “I will peacefully resist.”—Anonymous These are just a few of the sentiments posted in the corridors of New York’s subways in the days following the unexpected victory of president-elect Donald Trump. When it became evident that fewer than … Read the full Story >>
Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil’s debut graphic memoir, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a therapist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching … Read the full Story >>
Spur, the design and illustration studio of Dave Plunkert and Joyce Hesselberth, is re-launching its gallery this weekend with a show of 100 heads by a stellar roster of artists who are participating by invitation. The idea for the show came about after the January earthquake as a way to raise money for the relief effort. "At a recent production meeting," said Joyce, "Dave … Read the full Story >>
Tomorrow, The Met re-opens its David C. Rockefeller wing following a complete re-envisioning of its collections of the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania. Featuring over 1,800 works spanning five continents and hundreds of cultures, these three major world traditions stand as independent entities in a wing that is in dialogue with neighboring gallery spaces. The galleries have been closed to the public and under … Read the full Story >>
DART presents an occasional lineup of events related to new work by illustrators. Following is the mid-January installment. Please check contact information for details. NEW YORK, NY David Choe: Gardeners of Eden Jonathan LeVine Gallery January 6, 2007 - February 3, 2007 Animated Filmmakers, Screening and Discussion Eastman Kodak Company 360 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 (between 8th and 9th Ave.) Tuesday, … Read the full Story >>
Ken Light | American Stories:1969-1995 showcases three decades of work by the acclaimed photographer, highlighting significant moments in American history from 1969 to 1995. Light’s images focus on social issues, human rights, and the lives of overlooked communities, providing a powerful look at the stories of this period. The opening reception is Thursday, October 10, 6:00 pm. The photographer will attend and sign copies … Read the full Story >>
The Whitney Biennial, delayed a year due to the museum’s new construction, opens today. By all accounts from those who attended the preview earlier this week, it was worth waiting for. Luckily so, for the opening gala and members’ previews of the 78th installment of the longest-running survey of American art were cancelled due to the Nor’easter that blasted in on Monday night. Above: … Read the full Story >>
Best Photobooks of 2016, that is. But not every list is a “top ten.” Time magazine had photography editors, curators, and writers from here and abroad take a stab; their list runs to more than 30 titles. And American Photo, with three separate llsts, has even more. This year, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Independent eschewed this category, opening the field to Photograph magazine and … Read the full Story >>
Contemporary artist books are on view in an exhibition of 70 books made during the past 15 years by artists working in France, at the Grolier Club, on New York's Upper East Side, organized by the Koopman Collection at the National Library of the Netherlands. The exhibition presents the art of the book as a seemingly endless variety of mediums and methods, printing and binding crafts, … Read the full Story >>
Mulholland Drive: Is it a place? A myth? A state of mind? All of the above and more, depending on when you began looking at art and going to arthouse movies. The name alone conjures up still and moving images, populated by mythic events such as the film “Chinatown” (1974, dir. Roman Polanski); the film “Mulholland Drive” (2001, dir. David Lynch); the Tate/LoBianco murders; … Read the full Story >>
Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back opens this weekend at The Art Institute of Chicago. More than 400 works offer a new view of the iconic American Pop artist, not only illuminating the breadth, depth, and interconnectedness of Warhol’s production across the entirety of his career but also highlighting the ways that he anticipated the issues, effects, and pace of our current … Read the full Story >>
For the first DART Book Prize Essay Contest, students in Dr. Anastasia Aukeman’s Integrative Seminar 2: Visual Culture course at Parsons School of Design, in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, submitted their critiques of the Beauty–Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial exhibition. The second first place award goes to Anna Kampfe. The honorable mention will be announced and published in the following weeks.—Peggy Roalf Beauty: Art Emerging from Nature … Read the full Story >>
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is presenting Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers | Photographs by Stephen Shames, with an opening reception and a talk with the photographer and Bobby Seale tonight. This historic exhibition is mounted on the 50th anniversary of the Party's founding. It is an in-depth chronicle of the controversial and revolutionary organization—presented at a time … Read the full Story >>
"The images from my 'Born to Run' photo shoot with Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons are some of the most recognizable images in the pantheon of rock photography; they are also some of the most blatantly misappropriated images on the web." So writes photographer Eric Meola in the latest edition of PPD's ongoing Public Eye series, which looks at new ideas and trends in … Read the full Story >>
DART honors National Hispanic Heritage Month [September 15-October 15] this week with a feature on Salvadoran-born muralist Josué Rojas. The story of how he found his way in life through painting unfolds in two recent articles about this San Francisco artist, who holds degrees from California College of the Arts and Boston University. Above: Josué Rojas, "Enrique’s Journey" (image courtesy Shane Menez) Rojas … Read the full Story >>
While sex in cinema [Hollywood-made anyway] has been nearly absent for more than a decade, it thankfully still maintains a home in the world of fashion. On a tip from a Paris cohort I am delighted to present a new book from Kahl Editions, Alice Rosati’s I am a Mermaid, prints from which are on display at Galerie Charraudeau, rue Bonaparte, … Read the full Story >>
In 1956, the sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was invited by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to submit a design for a monumental sculpture for the new International Arrivals Building they were designing for Idlewild Airport [now JFK], the world's first large-scale international airport. The totemic column he proposed (above, front) suggests human aspiration for the cosmos and was envisioned as carved from granite … Read the full Story >>
For the first DART Book Prize Essay Contest, students in Dr. Anastasia Aukeman’s Integrative Seminar 2: Visual Culture course at Parsons School of Design, in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, submitted their critiques of the Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial exhibition. Honorable Mention goes to Jaya Jankowski, in the morning section.—Peggy Roalf Beauty by Jaya Jankowski | In the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, … Read the full Story >>
When Paul Buckley, Creative Director for Penguin Classics, sent me a copy of his new book, Classic Penguin/Cover to Cover, I jumped at the chance to slack off for a good read. It’s no lie that I’m a big fan of Paul’s work over the years [more]. It’s also true that I ran away from home at age 4.5 years to … Read the full Story >>
New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and plenty of eye candy in the form of photo books, illustrated books, prints and objects. DART’s list of NYC’s best follows, in geographic order [south to north, then east], with a few new entries this year, including two distinctly photo-centric spots. Downtown Tenement Museum Shop, 97 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Well chosen array of … Read the full Story >>
