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Archive Fever: Psycho House

By Peggy Roalf   Wednesday September 7, 2016

There is hardly a more recognizable cultural icon than the Victorian house in Alfred Hitchcock’s genre-bending horror film, Psycho. Known as the Bates Mansion, it stands, along with the film’s shocking 45-second shower scene, as a symbol of a new American phenomenon, the slasher film. Fast-forward 56 years to The Met’s seasonal installation on the roof garden, where British sculptor Cornelia Parker has created …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 01.30.2018

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday January 30, 2018

Talks | Book Events | Screenings | and Beyond Tuesday, January 30 Cassim Shepard | Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism, 6:30 pm. School of Visual Arts, MA Critical Theory and the Arts/Design Research, Writing and Criticism Lewis Mumford Symposium, 136 West 21st Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY RSVP Wednesday, January 30 Eva Diaz | Copies Have More Fun, lecture on Joseph …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 01.22.2020

By Peggy Roalf   Wednesday January 22, 2020

Luc Tuymans, Me, 2011; talk at The Morgan Library & Museum Thursday Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, January 22 Xiao Quan | In China When It all Began; moderator: Michael Halsband,  6:30 pm. China Institute in America, 40 Rector Street, NY, NY Info January Town Hall | Photograph, with Arian Allensworth and Jehan Jillani, 6:30 pm. Asian American …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 05.31.2017

By Peggy Roalf   Wednesday May 31, 2017

Talks / Book Events / Screenings / And Beyond Wednesday, May 31 Exploratory Works exhibition walkthrough with anthropologist Katherine McLeod, 6:30 pm. The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, NY, NY Info Hands off Out Revolution | Complicity, 7 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info Jay Maisel and Stephen Wilkes | Photographic Icons, 7 pm. SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, …   Read the full Story >>

Archive Fever: Crime Scene Evidence

By Peggy Roalf   Thursday February 18, 2016

The University of California Riverside offers a certificate program in crime scene investigation. In the outline for the Crime Scene Photography Course [info] instructor Steven Staggs includes the following information on what makes a photo admissible as evidence: a. Object pictured must be material or relevant to the point in issue b. The photograph must not appeal to the emotions or tend …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 04.17.2019

By Peggy Roalf   Wednesday April 17, 2019

© Thierry Cohen, Notre Dame, from the“Darkened Cities” series; © Thierry Cohen, courtesy Danziger Gallery. Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, April 17 MFA Design Thesis Forum | Venture 19: Twenty Years of Design Entrepreneurs, 5:00 pm. SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rdStreet, NY, NY Info Housing Tech City? New York With(out) Amazon, 6:30 pm. Museum of the City of New …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: January 10, 2017

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday January 10, 2017

Special Events January 12-15 Photo L.A. The Reef/LA Mart, 1933 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA Info FOG Design+Art. Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Info January 13-15 Untitled, Art: San Francisco. Pier 70, San Francisco, CA Info Talks / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, January 11 Frozen in Time | talk with Sarah C. Butler, Vicki Goldberg; Alison Morley, moderator. 6:30 pm. New York Public …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 06.14.2016

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday June 14, 2016

Special Events Monday, June 13-Thursday, June 23 Typographicsan 11-day design festival devoted to contemporary typography, with talks, workshops, and tours focusing on where typography is today and where its future may lie. It will be held at The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square and 7 East 7th Street, NY, N. Info June 13-June 19 Look3 Festival of the Photograph. Various Locations, Charlottesville, VA  …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 09.06.2016

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday September 6, 2016

Books / Talks / Screenings Continuing through September 10 2nd Annual Women’s Film Series, 8 pm. Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY Info Wednesday, September 7 The Public Art Fund Talks presents: David Shrigley, 6:30 pm. The New School, 12th street Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, NY InfoRoundtable discussion: Sheherzade's Gift, 6:30 pm. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 0.18.2018

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday September 18, 2018

Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Fairs / and Beyond Thursday, September 20-Sunday, September 23 Photoville 2018, gates 4 pm: Exhibitions, talksworkshopsactivities & toursspecial events, and beer garden. Info Brooklyn Bridge Park under the Brooklyn Bridge/Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY InfoVisit  Danspace Project | Times Square. 3 site-specific commissions. Info Thursday, September 20 Allen Hansen …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 12.15.2015

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday December 15, 2015

Holiday Pop-Ups / Special Events Thursday, December 17 Book Launch Party / Print Sale | Ceramics Sale, 6-8 pm. White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, NY, NY. Info Friday, December 18 Holiday Book Sale Party, 6-8 pm. Robert Mann Gallery, 525 West 26th Street, NY, NY.Saturday, December 19KARMA Book Market | 6 Decades, Boo-Hooray, Hassla, Harper's Books, Karma, Primary Information, Printed Matter, …   Read the full Story >>

Photography Coast to Coast: Winter 2017

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday February 7, 2017

East Coast Martin Roemers | Metropolis. Through April 26 at Anastasia Photo, 143 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change. Through May 7 at the International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info Richard Mosse | Heat Maps. Through March 11 at Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20th Street, NY, NY Info Uta Barth. Opening February 9, …   Read the full Story >>

Weekend NotePad: 09.05.2019

By Peggy Roalf   Thursday September 5, 2019

Above: Mitch Dobrowner, Road; opening Saturday at Kopeikin Gallery The first week of September is a tsunami of art events, including the 14th Annual  BLAB! Show. Organized by Monte Beauchamp, this year’s edition presents works by more than 70 artists, including DART subscribers Ana Bagayan, Cathie Bleck,Chris Buzelli, Marc Burckhardt, Matt Duffin, Owen Smith, Ryan Heshka, Travis Lampe, Tim O’Brien, and …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 07.19.2017

By Peggy Roalf   Wednesday July 19, 2017

Talks / Book Events / Protestb / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, July 19-Sunday, July 23 Comic-Com International San Diego. San Diego Convention Center, CA Info Wednesday, July 19 Exhibition as Image | Art Through the Camera’s Eye, 7 pm. Mini/Goethe-Institut Curatorial, 38 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Christian Marclay and Okkyung Lee | Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, 8 pm. Whitney Museum of …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 10.23.2018

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday October 23, 2018

Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Art Fairs / and Beyond Tuesday, October 23 Are We Going Back to Art Autonomy?, 7:30 pm. The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at 41 Cooper Square, NY, NY Info Reaction + Action in the Art World, 6:30 pm. Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 11.06.2018

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday November 6, 2018

Talks / Book Events / Art Fairs / and Beyond Continuing Times Square Arts Midnight Moment |Chitra Ganesh: The Scorpion Gesture, 11:57 pm-12 am. Times Square, NY, NY Info Wednesday, November 7-Thursday, November 8 Pictoplasma NYC | Coference on Contemporary Character Design and Art. Parsons School of Design, The Auditorium, The New School, 66 West 12th Street, NY, NY. Tickets Thursday, November 8-Sunday, November …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 03.07.2017

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday March 7, 2017

Special Events March 9-18 Asia Week New York. Various venues. Map Info March 9-12 NY Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street, NY, NY Info   Protest | Resistance Wednesday, March 8 Collective Thinking, For Freedoms, 6:30 pm: Collective Thinking/Roundtable. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, NY, NY Info Saturday, March 11 Civic Education Workshops, 1-4 pm. The Kitchen, …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 10.09.2018

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday October 9, 2018

Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Special Events / and Beyond Tuesday, October 9 Tell Me Something Good | Discussion with Matvey Levenstein, Dana Schutz, Rirkrit Tiravanija, moderated by Jarrett Earnest, 6:30 pm. New York Studio School, 8 West 8th Street, NY, NY Info W. Eugene Smith Talk | Daniel Castro Garcia, 7 pm. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, NY, …   Read the full Story >>

The DART Board: 10.04.2016

By Peggy Roalf   Tuesday October 4, 2016

Books / Talks / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, October 4 Asaf and Tomer Hanuka | How to Tell a Story in 9 Panels or Less, 6:30 pm. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NY, NY Info Photographing Politics | Campaigns, Protests, Demonstrations, panel with Sarah Blesener, Johnny Milano, Cédric von Niederhäusern; Stephanie Keith, Moderator, 6:30 pm. ICP Museum, 250 Bowery, NY, NY …   Read the full Story >>

Design Omnibus

By Peggy Roalf   Friday June 10, 2016

This weekend marks the beginning of a series of events featuring design at its best: Product Design; Type Design; Graphic Design; Architectural Design; Landscape Design. Conferences, a film series, a marketplace, and more, all combine to inspire the way we think about the world we live in today. Saturday, June 11, 11am-6 pm School of Visual Arts Alumni Makers Market. The inaugural market  features over 50 vendors …   Read the full Story >>

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