Images: Jen Davis, “Fantasy No. One,” 2004, Archival pigment print; Manjari Sharma, “Ben,” 2011, Archival inkjet print; Collin LaFleche, “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray,” 2007, Chromogenic print. Jen Davis’ “Fantasy No. One”; Manjari Sharma’s “Ben”; and Collin LaFleche’s “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray” are currently featured in Sasha Wolf Gallery’s
Image: James Bidgood, “Pan,” late 1960s, Digital C-print. James Bidgood’s image “Pan” is on display as part of a group show at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum at the University of Southern California. The exhibition, titled “The Classical Nude and the Making of Queer History,” investigates the centrality of
Image: Rafael Soldi, “I’m Here, You’re There,” 2011, Archival pigment print Rafael Soldi’s solo show of photographs will be on display at the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography from July 10 – August 31, 2014: The exhibition “Sentiment” in the Atelier Gallery is the first solo exhibition
Arriving in New York as a very young photographer in the late 1970s, Jeannette Montgomery Barron experienced the art scene of the city as both an insider and an outsider. The Collezione Maramotti created a fantastic video walk-through of Barron’s exhibition, on view through July 31, 2014, complete with a
The solo exhibition, “Frank Yamrus: I Feel Lucky,” opens at Valley Variety in Hudson, New York, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, with a reception for the artist open to the public from 6.00 – 9.00 pm. In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Valley Variety is pleased to present “I Feel
As part of the San Francisco Art Institute’s Summer Symposium, “Face It: Photography, Ethics, and Identity in the Age of the Selfie,” Aziz + Cucher will be panelists on Saturday, June 21st, during Session 1. The discussion will be “Building Reality: Technology and the Uncanny.” Summer at SFAI kicks off
Bill Armstrong’s photograph “Untitled (Film Noir #1401)” is on the cover of Richard Hytner’s new book “Consiglieri.” Hytner’s book on business turns the spotlight on the second-in-commands – the advisers, assistants, and counsellors (or ‘consiglieri’) – who are too often disparaged as the ‘No. 2s’. Far from being also-rans, these
A new exhibition of photographs by Amy Stein is now on display at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, through October 20, 2014
Bill Armstrong, a long-time member of the faculty at the renowned School of the International Center of Photography in New York City, has the honor of having one of his stunning, vibrant mandala photographs reproduced on the cover of the 2014 summer catalogue. For more information on courses, programs, and
Manjari Sharma wins First Place in the prestigious Curator’s Choice Award at CENTER in Santa Fe. The judge, Malcolm Daniel, the esteemed Curator-in-Charge at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, wrote in his juror statement: Manjari Sharma’s “Darshan” project, which I have awarded top honors, stood out in its appearance,
Jesse Burke’s work is included in a new show at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York City curated by Lauren Kalman and Millee Tibbs. Titled “I’m Your Man,” the exhibition explores the construction of masculine identity through performance: In art, femininity has been called into question as a performance–in
“Something was happening and everybody knew it. I can tell you one thing: it was a lot of fun.” With these lines Jeannette Montgomery Barron opens “Scene,” the book of intense photographic portraits of artists, gallerists, critics, dealers, and personalities from the New York art world in the 1980s. Arriving
The Photographic Resource Center in Boston is participating in Flash Forward 2014. Set within the Boston cityscape, Flash Forward is a four-day photography festival (May 1-4) that offers networking events and educational programming, such as panels and lectures by respected industry professionals, indoor and outdoor exhibitions, and nightly events. Running
A solo show of John Bailly’s large-scale oil paintings opens on April 30th, 2014 at the Center for Visual Communication in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida. “John Bailly: The City” addresses how urban structure and cultural identities intertwine to form the unique spirit of a city. Bailly considers
A new documentary on legendary photographer Henry Horenstein is now available. Produced as part of The Photographers Series by Anthropy Arts, the film follows Horenstein around the world as he continues his quest to preserve vanishing cultures and groups through photographs. Renowned curators and colleagues, including celebrated photographer Nan Goldin,
If you missed Jen Davis’ fantastic talk for the MPS Digital Photography Department’s i3 Lecture series at the School of Visual Arts, you can now see it online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_Q8IPo_xI#t=435 For the past eleven years, photographer Jen Davis has been working on an extended self portrait series that explores notions of
Lori Nix has been chosen as a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow! Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of impressive achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment, and one has to agree that Lori Nix fits the bill. Congratulations Lori! We look forward to seeing
In a step to become more environmentally friendly, the city of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has voted to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on city property by the fall of 2014. Americans use 50 billion plastic water bottles per year, according to the anti-plastic bottle campaign, Ban
“American Psycho” meets “Wall Street” is the best way to describe Ted Scofield’s debut novel, “Eat What You Kill,” published by St. Martin’s Press. Set in New York City, ClampArt director Brian Paul Clamp and artist Jill Greenberg pop up in the story in Chapter 52! It is a page-turning
At 12.30 pm on Tuesday, April 1st, 2014, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will host artist Manjari Sharma, who will speak about her work. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Alfond Auditorium Avenue of the Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523 617-267-9300 http://www.mfa.org/ The lecture series