In a unique manner, David Drebin’s work combines voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints. He offers the viewer a dramatic insight into emotions and experiences which many of us have doubtlessly felt at some point of our lives. A graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1996, David […]
Fine Art
Photographs by Joan Fontcuberta Essay by Geoffrey Batchen One of Spain’s most prominent and innovative artists, Joan Fontcuberta is best known for exploring the interstices between art, science, and illusion. Where science reaches its limits in his works, the imagination frequently finds a creative space in which to flourish. In […]
In conjunction with Alec Soth’s first major U.S. survey exhibition, currently on view at the Walker Art Center through January 2, the artist will sign copies of his exhibition catalogue From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America as well as his other publications from 6-8 pm Thursday, November 11, in […]
Produced in close collaboration with the artist,Luc Tuymans: Is It Safe? presents more than 100 new paintings, all made since 2004 and many never before published Beginning with ‘Gilles de Binche’ (Antwerp, 2005) and concluding with ‘Against the Day’ (Brussels, Moscow and Malmö, 2009-10), acclaimed painter Luc Tuymans produced a […]
Printed Matter presents the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, November 5–7 at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. Free and open to the public, the Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and publishers from twenty countries, offering the best in contemporary art book publishing. Philip […]
A collection of Trevor Southey’s art would be lyrical and compelling in the absence of commentary or written authorial musings. Interleaf the artist’s own inward reflections, and you have the unique, forceful experience of Reconciliation. It is the rare opportunity to see how life impacts art, to discover the process […]
With its undulating topography, diverse population, legacy of technical innovation, and reputation for providing safe harbor for liberal attitudes toward political, religious, and sexual orientations, the San Francisco Bay Area is both a haven and an inspiration for a variety of artists, perhaps none more so than those experimenting with […]
The first dictionary of slang, out of print for 300 years, is being published by the Bodleian Library from a rare copy unearthed in its collections. Originally entitled A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew, its aim was to educate the polite London classes in […]
CREATE, a civil-society organization based in Cameroon has released its second edition of the Directory of Arts and Culture Organizations active within the CEMAC Region made up of Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The directory is a great resource for anyone interested in international cultural […]
MoMA has published Abstract Expressionism at MoMA by Ann Temkin Beginning in the mid-1940s, works by then little-known American artists—including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, David Smith, Lee Krasner, and Mark Rothko—became a part of the Museum’s collection. The achievements of this generation put New York City on the map […]