Week ten of lockdown began with sunshine, cleaner air, and colder than usual for the unofficial start of summer. In a surreal moment of clarity I realized that all who are working from home are unwittingly participating in a revolution. Stranger still, I realized this is a negative revolution, as if we are shifting from having electricity to not having electricity. It seems that … Read the full Story >>
Today, the International Center of Photography invites visitors to its new home on the Bowery, with free admission. Much of the first floor of the new space has been designed as a “village square,” a place for conversation on the subject of photography and visual culture. With windows opening onto the sidewalk diagonally across from the New Museum, a café with enough tables for … Read the full Story >>
Marshall Arisman (1937-2022), longtime chair of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department at the School of Visual Arts, and a co-founder of American Illustration, will be honored by SVA in an exhibition opening next week at the Gramercy Gallery.Info Arisman began teaching at SVA in 1964 and founded the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program in 1984, of which … Read the full Story >>
One day, after gazing at a pattern of red flowers on the table cloth, I looked up to see that the ceiling, the windows, and the columns seemed to be plastered with the same red floral pattern. I saw the entire room, my entire body, and the entire universe covered with red flowers, and in that instant my soul was obliterated and I was … Read the full Story >>
Launched by artist-activist Mirko Ilic, The Tolerance Project seeks to raise awareness of intolerance and to foster positive change among people everywhere. Cooper Union is now showcasing a selection of posters by contributing artists from around the globe in the colonnade windows of Cooper’s Foundation Building. Mirko joined me this week for a conversation about this ongoing project that so far has placed 130 shows … Read the full Story >>
Photokina, the imaging trade show in Cologne, Germany, is ending. The biennial event's organizers at the Koelnmesse say the show has been cancelled (after 70 years) "for the time being" because of the "massive decline in markets for imaging products" -- a downward trend made worse by the covid-19 pandemic. "The trend in this industry, with which we have always had a close and … Read the full Story >>
Working with books—creating, producing, selling, husbanding, archiving—is a dream come true. I can attest to that: my own habit began in childhood when I ran away from home for the first time at age 4.5 and headed straight for the library. I read everything I could get my hands on, from books and magazines to the Sears catalog that resided in the bathroom. I … Read the full Story >>
This page will be open on a regular basis to illustrators and artists who have something to say about problems of truthiness in politics and life. Info Joe Ciardiello: “Here’s my take [above] on Sessions in Confederate general’s uniform.” Info Debra Ziss: “The results of this election were not a surprise to me as I've never discounted the power a dynamic 'celebrity' can … Read the full Story >>
The historic James A. Farley Post Office Building, dubbed by the New York Times “the most elaborate post office in America,” and possibly the largest in the world, is poised to become the centerpiece of an expanded railroad center that will be named the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall under a $3 billion plan announced by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last fall. Margaret Morton, … Read the full Story >>
When it comes to the creative world, it's hard to find a more "been there, done that" person than Freda Scott. The former stylist has been representing fellow artists for more than three decades and now boasts an international roster of 16 creatives that includes photographers, videographers, and illustrators. To get a sense of what an agent looks for in a representable creative, the … Read the full Story >>
If you’ve ever taken a workshop, a course, attended an exhibition or a lecture, you can’t help but sense that The League, as it’s known, is different. Walking into this historic structure, which is maintained to a high degree of spit and polish, you get that it’s a place that matters to the cultural life of New York City. You also get a … Read the full Story >>
The pandemic has changed the way people work. Even though video calls have been around for many years (remember Skype?), it really wasn't until people were forced to use them that we realized the value of video calls. Now that people are comfortable with meeting (and even directing photo shoots) remotely, it's harder to justify the time, energy, and expense of in-person portfolio reviews. … Read the full Story >>
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has been a vital supporter of illustration arts since its inception, with exceptional designs including Paul Davis’s Iconic Three Penny Opera poster, in 1976, to Francisco J. Nunez’s artwork for last summer’s Mostly Mozart Festival. This summer, art by Francesco Zorzi for Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival invites visitors to a diverse range of music, spoken word, family events … Read the full Story >>
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), widely regarded as one of the most important post-war American artists, was a fierce individualist who swam against the tide her entire life. To read her biography—including the many pages devoted to her in Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel—is to take a ringside seat at a continuous brawl that unfolded in New York's Greenwich Village, where she moved from Chicago … Read the full Story >>
Type@Cooper offers continuing education post-graduate courses, including certificate programs in type design, public workshops, and exhibitions. The majority of these courses are limited to 16 to 22 students, by registration. Top industry professionals lead a highly focused and comprehensive study of key typeface design principles: technique, technology, aesthetics, expression, history, and theory. Students explore the foundation of typography in depth by creating their own typefaces … Read the full Story >>
In describing the world, Caleb Cain Marcus dismantles the building blocks of visual processing by eliminating perspective, scale and implied narrative. Engaging with his work necessitates no prior knowledge which forces the experience to be in the present and compels us to sense, see and feel the world in a new way. Cain Marcus' photographs are combined with layers of paint to create deep, complex and … Read the full Story >>
ICON10, The Illustration Conference, to be held in Detroit, is just a couple of weeks away. The 10thanniversary edition of this biennial event is SOLD OUT, but there is a wait list you can sign up for—and watch for updates in your inbox. ICON brings together top illustrators, designers, educators, representatives, and art buyers to explore the future of illustration. Committed to providing … Read the full Story >>
Recently, LA-based editorial photographer (and Pro Photo Daily reader) Stephanie Diani has been focusing on attracting the attention of ad agencies and commercial clients, and she had a revelation: "I've been illustrating editorial stories for magazines and newspapers for years--why not use the same skill set to persuasively tell the stories of products or services?" she says. Diani decided to create a series of … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from France and Switzerland, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: The diversity of New Yorkers, and summertime in the city. There’s a million different worlds all wrapped up in one place here, and NYC is constantly surprising and revealing. A lot of people find the summer gross and oppressive here, but I … Read the full Story >>
“The Soul of Nature,” the Met’s retrospective of nearly 40 of Friedrich’s paintings and more than 30 of his drawings and watercolors, marks the 250th year since the artist’s birth in 1774. While only five paintings among Friedrich’s enormous output has made their way into US museums, his influence has been huge—in fact, his work was the inspiration for Disney’s Fantasia, as … Read the full Story >>
