September 8-10: The Armory Show at the Javits Center Founded in 1994, The Armory Show brings the world's leading international contemporary and modern art galleries to New York each year. This is one of the best art fairs going and has been for years, plus it's a good time of the year to visit NYC. The fair plays a leading role in the city's … Read the full Story >>
f 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 sense … Read the full Story >>
Everyone found it completely pointless, grotesque—practically immoral—to try coupling a cold, inhuman machine with something so profoundly human, which we call ‘art.—Vera Molnar Born in Hungary in 1924, Vera Molnar is one of the first artists to use computers in her practice. Classically trained, she studied art history and aesthetics at the Budapest College of Fine Arts and moved to Paris in 1947, … Read the full Story >>
Peter and Maria Hoey, the sibling artist duo known for their indie comics and data-crunching art and illustration, have a new book coming out next week. They joined me for an email conversation on the eve of the book tour that begins in France, mid-March. Peggy Roalf: As sibling artists, you seem uniquely suited to closing the gaps between an idea and … Read the full Story >>
Edward Hopper’s New York, which opens next week at the Whitney Museum of American Art, presents more than 200 paintings, watercolors, prints and drawings Hopper made of the city during the six decades he made his home here. Iconic images such as Early Sunday Morning, 1930 (above), from the Whitney’s collection, are joined by loans from public and private collections across the country. The power … Read the full Story >>
The American Institute of Graphic Arts [AIGA] places book design high on its list of legacy commitments. In fact, its very first design competition, launched in 1923, was Fifty Books of the Year. In 1995, it became 50 Books | 50 Covers, in recognition of the many illustrated books flowing into the market. This year’s competition netted 696 entries from 36 countries; the … Read the full Story >>
Paris—the City of Lights—so called because Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the Robert Moses of the mid-19th century metropolis, lit up his newly widened boulevards with thousands of gaslights. The fallout from this offshoot of the Industrial Revolution was another revolution in itself, and perhaps the origin of the notion of celebrity. For the first time, the streets were safe to travel after dark and quickly became a … Read the full Story >>
Toronto-based artist and long-time DART subscriber Gary Taxali has an exhibition opening this Saturday in New York. In his second solo show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Unforget Me, Gary’s blend of images and media inspired by vintage advertising and animation art and design will again offer his unique and idiosyncratic view of the human condition. Gary works with multiple mediums and utilizes a variety of … Read the full Story >>
“She always has her nose in a book.” As a kid I got used to hearing this from my grandmother, who really believed that idle hands were the Devil’s workshop. Luckily my parents appreciated my obsession, which has persisted almost undiminished. So today’s post is a a public service for the like-minded—all of you who would take an afternoon in a hammock with a … Read the full Story >>
Mapping Color By Robert Meganck, Chair Communication Arts, VCU, Matt Wallin, Associate Professor, Communication Art, VCU and Peter Martin, Affiliate Faculty, Physics, VCU Although color is a concern of disciplines as diverse as art, science, business and medicine and has experts in disciplines as diverse as the breakfast cereal industry and the Pentagon, it is arguably one of the most widely misunderstood yet most … Read the full Story >>
Moments ago, as I was going for a second cup of Joe, ArtNet News posted a report on the very creepy and compelling illustration of the virus that causes Covid-19. Commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has become the unmistakable image of the novel coronavirus. And it is a case study in how artists can, in giving things a … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference just three weeks 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. Work by Brooklyn-based artist/illustrator Lauren Simkin Berke will be included in the one-night pop-up Roadshow marketplace on Thursday, July 7th. Info Q: Originally from Manhattan what … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? Giovanni Alberti: First of all, the pen. That’s how I instinctively give shape to my first thoughts or feelings. Drawing with the pen allows me to highlight the most important aspects of the image, then I can use a brush to give greater depth, or to better convey the idea of substance. PR: How did … Read the full Story >>
Bringing a major exhibition of work by the great German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in celebration of the artist’s 250th birthday in 2024, is a hard sell. So much so that the German ambassador to the United States, Andreas Michaelis, quietly informed visitors to the media preview on Monday why this artist, revered in Germany and … Read the full Story >>
Ross MacDonald is perhaps best known as an illustrator, yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. Type Directors Club is currently presenting the exhibition Hidden in Plain Sight, giving a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how movie, TV, and theater props are created. Info Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your … Read the full Story >>
As Lockdown is gradually being lifted, live cultural opportunities are creeping back into the social fabric. But at a a price: Most are by appointment, which makes for an unruly calendar. As online presentations have become the new now, there continue to be exceptional offerings afoot. This just in from Denny Dimin Gallery, NYC, which represents Dana Sherwood and Mark Dion. From the … Read the full Story >>
When I noticed an event called The Wrong Biennale, my first thought was, “Well, it’s about time.” Then I noticed that an artist I know is taking part. So I emailed Klay-James Enos, who was on his way to the airport at the time. He sent the following information about the digital pavilion where his work can be seen, one of seemingly hundreds … Read the full Story >>
As we enter a new age of protest—or is it simply a continuum of “I can’t believe I’ve been carrying the same sign for 45 years”—it’s a good time to delve into photo archives regarding issues of social change. And how photography has foregrounded important landmark causes. At The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, which runs from April 5th to 8th at Pier … Read the full Story >>
Friday, March 15-Saturday, March 23 Asia Week New York, exhibitions, auctions, lectures, and educational programs. Information. Saturday-Sunday, March 16-17: Open House Weekend.Information. Tuesday, March 12 SVA DCrit presents, 6:30 pm: Vince Aletti | Face of Fashion: Fashion Photography, Art Direction, and Magazine Design. MFA Design Criticism Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Free/Registration required. Artist Talk, 6:30 pm: … Read the full Story >>
The Studio Museum in Harlem After seven years of construction, the Studio Museum of Harlem opened its new doors on Sunday, with an all-day celebration of artists who created this center for Black culture and the community that grew around it. Speaking at a press opening, Director and Curator Thelma Golden said, “We chose to build this completely new home on the same … Read the full Story >>
