ART BOOK VISUAL ARTS COVERAGE

Met Museum to Open THE CYRUS CYLINDER AND ANCIENT PERSIA Tomorrow

The Cyrus Cylinder—a 2,600-year-old inscribed clay document from Babylon in ancient Iraq and one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world—is the centerpiece of the traveling exhibitio... (more...)

Elena del Rivero and Linn Meyers Rhapsody Set for June 25th - September 7th, 2013 at GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY

ELENA DEL RIVERO & LINN MEYERS will present ELENA DEL RIVERO & LINN MEYERS: Rhapsody from June 25 – September 7, 2013. The exhibition will feature new paintings by del Rivero and a large-scale wall dr... (more...)

Luminato Festival 2013 Reveals ONE THOUSAND SPECULATIONS Tonight

Luminato Festival will reveal ONE THOUSAND SPECULATIONS at approximately 8pm tonight, at the Hub at David Pecaut Square, to officially launch the 7th Annual Luminato Festival. (more...)

1,000-Foot-Long Photo Installation THE FENCE to Open at Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6/18

Through a series of ambitious public photographic art installations, the enterprising Brooklyn-based cooperative United Photo Industries works to champion new directions in photography and cultivate t... (more...)

Husband and Wife Artist Team to Present DEPAUL/DEPAUL: A COLLABORATION IN ART & LIFE Exhibit at Ware Center, 7/5-30

The Ware Center will present Kim and Tom DePaul's art exhibit: DePaul/DePaul: A Collaboration in Art & Life. The exhibit will open First Friday at the Ware Center, July 5, 6-8 PM. It runs through July... (more...)

1,000 Ft-Long Photo Installation to be Unveiled at Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6/13

Through a series of ambitious public photographic art installations, the enterprising Brooklyn-based cooperative United Photo Industries works to champion new directions in photography and cultivate t... (more...)

Miami's Art Basel Announces 2013-14 Conversations and Salon Series

Each year Art Basel hosts its Conversations and Salon series of discussions and talks on a range of subjects, including the collection and exhibition of art, understanding art from a geographical and ... (more...)

MoMA Announces Exhibits, Events for June & July

The Museum of Modern Art has announced all upcoming exhibitions and events for June and July - check out the full listings below! (more...)

Focal Press Releases SURREAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Focal Press, a leading publisher of media technology books, announced today the release of "Surreal Photography: Creating the Impossible," the latest book from photography writer and educator Daniela ... (more...)

Donald Judd's Restored Building at 101 Spring Street Opens in NYC Today

Judd Foundation has announced the opening of 101 Spring Street in SoHo, New York. The building will open today, June 3, 2013, after a three-year restoration. (more...)

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Announces New Tour at Georgia O'Keeffe's Home & Studio, 6/12

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum announces that it will offer a new “Behind the Scenes Tour” at the artist's Home and Studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico, starting June 12, 2013. (more...)

Piper O'Neill and Chris Crites Are Pratt Fine Arts' 2013 Artists-in-Residence for Printmaking

Pratt Fine Arts Center has announced the recipients of the 2013 Artist in Residence Program focusing on Printmaking are Piper O'Neill and Chris Crites. Both artists will be working in Pratt's studios ... (more...)

The Jewish Museum to Open CHAGALL: LOVE, WAR, AND EXILE Exhibition, 9/15

From September 15, 2013 through February 2, 2014, The Jewish Museum in New York will present Chagall: Love, War, and Exile which, for the first time in the U.S., explores a significant but neglected p... (more...)

Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome Presented at Carlos Museum, 8/24

'Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome' will be on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University from August 24 through November 17, 2013. This spectacular... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Portrait of the Artist Timothy Blum: Too Young to Die

'To hand make a mass-produced item is so stupid it's smart. It's a transformation. It doesn't work if it's not real size. It convinces you. In the surreal world, anything happens but there's a logic t... (more...)

Met Museum Reopens European Paintings Galleries Today After Renovations

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen today, May 23 after an extensive ... (more...)

New European Paintings Galleries to Open Tomorrow at Met Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen on May 23 after an extensive reno... (more...)

Laura Boushnak's I READ I WRITE on View at Sana Gallery, June 19-July 28

I READ I WRITE by Laura Boushnak will be on view at Sana Gallery, 19 June to 28 July 2013. (more...)

Ellen Fisch Posts New Photographs of Brooklyn College

Prior to guiding a recent photo tour of Brooklyn College, Photographer Ellen Fisch traversed the campus in search of iconic examples of architecture to point out to the participants of the upcoming to... (more...)

'Stories Matter' Exhibit Presented at NCAS 'Think Show', 5/21

Stories Matter, a project of the Mizel Museum, Louisville-based artist/photographer Dona Laurita and 9th and 10th grade students at Noel Community Arts School (NCAS) in Denver, will culminate in the u... (more...)

Parrish Art Museum to Open Michelle Stuart's DRAWN FROM NATURE Exhibition, 7/21

Michelle Stuart: Drawn from Nature, an exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist known for a rich body of work inspired by her lifelong interest in the earth and the cosmos, will be on view a... (more...)

Jean Gillies Reveals New Interpretation of Art in BOTTICELLI'S PRIMAVERA

After discovering that a famous painting had been misinterpreted for centuries, Jean Gillies offers a new-found realization about it in her book, "Botticelli's Primavera: The Young Lorenzo's Transform... (more...)

National Museum of Wildlife Art Honors Book Illustrator Eric Rohmann

Children's book illustrator Eric Rohmann is the recipient of the 2013 Bull-Bransom Award, announced the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Rohmann was selected for the award, given ... (more...)

Printmaker PD Packard's “The Blue Avatar” Included in 2013 Guanlan International Print Biennial

There is the obvious influence of Asia in artist PD Packard's prints, watercolors and hand-bound books. Being included in the 2013 Guanlan International Print Biennial this May only furthers Packard's... (more...)

Dialogue with Three Chords and Soho Gallery for Digital Art Conclude Comic Book Round Table, 5/8

Dialogue with Three Chords teams up with the Soho Gallery for Digital Art in New York City to present theatre inspired by comic books on May 8 as the final installment of the Soho Gallery's five week ... (more...)