NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
It’s Friday, October 3 and here are today’s events in NYC: New Yorker Festival begins with a 10 p.m. dance party at the Hiro Ballroom and Lounge Gilbert & George exhibition opens at the Brooklyn Museum Paris/New York: Design Fashion...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
As ye return from summer, here's a glimpse of what you may have missed on MAN while you were recreating... A Q&A with artist Robyn O'Neil about her work and the American Folk Art Museum's Dargerism show: Part one , two , three , four. Rethinking Sam Francis' spectacular Basel Mural I at the Norton Simon. The Chinati Foundation is building a major Robert Irwin. The best contemporary show of the summer...
Ramage (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
"Asa Ames is a mysterious and tragic figure. The young sculptor died from consumption when he was 27 years, 7 months, and 7 days old. Though his own life was short, he immortalized family members and neighbors in the vicinity...
Phantasmaphile (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Justine Kurland "Battlefield" 2001 I've been meaning to hit up the MoMA and the American Folk Art Museum for ages now, and finally got to go yesterday. There are some glorious exhibits on now that are not to be missed....
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
MEMPHIS.- The Dixon is proud to host Ancestry and Innovation: African-American Art from the American Folk Art Museum. Featuring the inspired creations of visionary African-American folk artists, the show is drawn entirely from the impressive holdings of the American Folk Art Museum in New York. Since 1961, this institution has been one of the nation's leading resources for the preservation,
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Last week I started a Q&A with Robyn O'Neil, who is included in the American Folk Art Museum show Dargerism : Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. We're talking about influence and how the work of other artists finds its way into O'Neil's work. Here are parts one , two , and three. This is the final part. MAN: So speaking of weather in your drawing, the Courbet and its influence: I think it's interesting...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
On Tuesday I started a Q&A with Robyn O'Neil, who is included in the American Folk Art Museum show Dargerism : Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. We're talking about influence and how the work of other artists finds its way into O'Neil's work. Here are parts one and two . I originally thought this would be a three-parter, but it will actually be four. Part four will run on Monday. MAN: It seems...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Yesterday I started a three-part Q&A with Robyn O'Neil, who is included in the American Folk Art Museum show Dargerism : Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. We're talking about influence and how the work of other artists finds its way into O'Neil's work. Here is part one. MAN: One thing I like in your work is that you don't shy away from making your influences clear, from explicit art historical...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger , on view now at the American Folk Art Museum, is an unlikely, fantastic show. It features nearly a dozen early-career contemporary artists willing to be associated with a key influence. That's unusual: Often artists don't like to discuss or acknowledge influences until they're so far along in their careers that influences become supporting rather than...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC & Company, New York City's marketing, tourism and partnership organization, is encouraging New Yorkers and visitors alike to explore the City's arts and cultural offerings for purchasing some of t...
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 10, 2008 ) KENT, CONNECTICUT New paintings by noted artist Murray Zimiles will be exhibited July 19th through August 17th at the Morrison Gallery in the Old Barn district. The exhibition opens Saturday, July 19th with a reception from 3-5 pm at the spacious gallery in...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
It's Memorial Day Weekend, Fleet Week, and the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. The city's beaches open for the season on Saturday, the " target="_blank"> Yankees have home games all weekend, the Lighthouse tender Lilac celebrates its...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 16/05/2008
This weekend, New York's got a little subway series going on, a Cask Ale Festival as well as several off-the-beaten-path types of tours including the Highbridge Water Tower, Queens’ newest historic district: Sunnyside Gardens and Murray's Cave Day cheese tour....
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
New York City - The exhibition "Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing" is the first devoted to the three-dimensional portraits carved by the elusive artist between 1847 and his death in 1851. Ames's sculpture has been written about, published, and seen individually in group exhibitions, but this presentation is a unique opportunity to examine eight of his twelve known sculptures in an intimate, jewel-like...
Design*Sponge (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
hello hello. thank you Grace for having me this week! I am very excited to be here. Besides introducing you to some cool artists, giving sneak peeks and before and afters of some friends homes, and sharing my favorite new product finds, I thought it would be nice to share some of the things I [...]
