Portraits

HBO to Premiere Documentary on French Street Artist JR, 5/20

Known for billboard-sized photographic Portraits of everyday people in urban settings, French street artist JR has a simple call to action: 'Tell me what you stand for, and together we'll turn the world inside out.' To transform his idea into reality, he created the Inside Out Project, the world's largest participatory art project and a remarkable testament to the power of the image and the role art can play in transforming lives. (more...)

Belgian Photographer Stephen Vanfleteren Wins World Press Photo Award 2013

Vanfleteren's subject was a series of Portraits shot in cooperation with the charity Mercy Ships. The organization operates the world's largest private hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, currently on location in Guinea, West Africa, to provide free, life-changing medical care. (more...)

Anne Siems' HEALING to Open at Littlejohn Contemporary, 6/18

Anne Siems' HEALING, Recent Paintings, will be on view June 18 - July 20, 2013 at Little John Contemporary. (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 renovation and reinstallation. (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 renovation and reinstallation. This is the first major renovation of the galleries since 1951 and the first overall reinstallation of the collection since 1972. Increased in size by almost one-third, the space now accommodates the display of more than 700 paintings in 45 galleries, including one rotating special exhibition gallery. The galleries are organized both chronologically and geographically to provide an overview of painting in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain. Many of the galleries have new floors and moldings and the suites of galleries unfold with a new logic and grandeur. Sculpture, medals, ceramics, and other decorative arts have been judiciously incorporated where their presence adds a layer of meaning to the display of paintings. Key works have been conserved or embellished with period frames. Important loans complement the permanent collection and celebrate the reinstallation. (more...)

TPAC to Feature Artists-in-Residence in 2013 Work & Show Festival, Beg. 6/6

In its 17th (and final) season, the BMCC Tribeca PAC's Artists-in-Residence (AIR) hallmark program enables four to eight emerging and established artists-writers, dancers, and composers-to create and develop new work over the course of one year. We are celebrating this tremendous program with a final presentation that is indicative of the cutting-edge work this program has strived to present. The artists have been chosen by a panel of established performing arts professionals from some of the city's highest regarded organizations such as LaMama, Here ARTS, Abrams Arts Center, The New York State Council on the Arts, River to River, and Dance New Amsterdam. The artistic disciplines the artists come form are dance, multimedia, music, and theater. (more...)

Alan Kaufman Presents on Allen Ginsberg Exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

The first time Alan Kaufman met Ginsberg, in the early '70s, the younger writer was an undergraduate at Queens College and heard that the poet would be reading at Columbia and rushed over to hear him. Later, Kaufman worked with Ginsberg throughout the '90s, occasionally traveling with him to conferences abroad. In Kaufman's memoir, Drunken Angel, he featured Allen Ginsberg as a mentor and friend. (more...)

Mighty Mack Announces Toulouse-Lautrec and Moulin Rouge App

Mighty Mack announces the release of one of its most recent and relevant apps, featuring stunning works by master artist Toulouse-Lautrec. (more...)

ArtSpace 100 Presents Andy Warhol Collection

In this month's edition of the Artspace 100, we're featuring works by a legendary artist whose influence redefined the very way we look at art: Andy Warhol. The Pop maverick's genius lies in the way that he both captured the spirit of his time and uncannily prefigured the image-saturated, celebrity-driven culture of the Internet age. We are thrilled to be releasing a selection of works by Warhol on Artspace, including his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's Soup cans. (more...)

Tommy Hilfiger Launches Surf Shack Summer Program with Art Production Fund

The Tommy Hilfiger Group, which is wholly owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], celebrated the launch of its limited edition Surf Shack capsule collection and collaboration with Art Production Fund (APF) - an ongoing partner of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation - at No. 8 in New York City. The event also announced the cross-continent Surf Shack bus tour starting in San Diego in June. The customized Surf Shack bus will travel to cities across North America, opening up as a mobile pop-up shop to sell the capsule collection, the artist-designed surf boards and other specialty product. (more...)

Symphony Space Presents VINCENT, 6/14 & 15

On Friday, June 14 (7:30 pm) and Saturday, June 15 (3 pm and 8:30 pm), Symphony Space presents Leonard Nimoy's acclaimed drama, Vincent, directed by Paul Stein and performed by Jean-Michel Richaud. The solo show takes place in Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia; a post-show conversation with Mr. Nimoy follows each performance. Tickets are $30, $25 for members, and $15 for 30 and under (with valid ID), available at www.symphonyspace.org. (more...)

FRAN BULL: Sound & Color Reception Set for 5/24

The Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater presents FRAN BULL: Sound & Color, an exhibit of opera Portraits on paper inspired by Japanese woodblock prints of Kabuki actors, with an opening reception on Friday, May 24 from 5 - 7 pm. (more...)

Bea Arthur Nude Sells For Nearly $2 Million At Auction

Legendary Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Bea Arthur may be best remembered by fans around the globe for her unforgettable performances onstage and onscreen in MAME, MAUDE and GOLDEN GIRLS, yet to an annonymous bidder at an auction at famed Christie's auction house last night Bea Arthur in the altogether was worth nearly $2 million. (more...)

Liberty University Press Releases PORTRAITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Liberty University Press released "Portraits of Righteousness," an inspirational work on key concepts from the Bible. (more...)

New-York Historical Society Showcases 'Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory,' A Presentation of Photographs by Claire Yaffa

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory, will feature twenty powerful black and white photographs by noted photographer and social realist Claire Yaffa from her collection "The Changing Face of Children with AIDS." Installed in the Civil Rights Gallery from June 7 through September 15, 2013, the mid- to large-format photographs, taken from 1990-2000, reveal heartbreaking tales of children afflicted with HIV and AIDS. (more...)

The Lonesome Travelers Come to the Lobero Theatre, 5/27-28

Celebrate Memorial Day next Monday at the Lobero Theatre with an evening of great American folk music, beginning at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a buffet from Woody's Bodacious BBQ at 5:30 p.m. in the tent behind the Lobero. There's a second performance on Tuesday evening, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. 'The Lonesome Travelers in Concert' is a musical event that takes audiences on a journey down the rivers and streams of American Folk -- from the hills of Appalachia to the nightclubs of San Francisco and New York; from the 1920s to the 1960s. (more...)

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Announces 2013-14 Season

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary with its 2013-14 season. (more...)

John Lees Exhibition to Open at Betty Cunningham Gallery, 5/16

Betty Cuningham Gallery has announced an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by John Lees. This will be the artist's third solo show at the gallery. It will run May 16 through June 22, 2013, with an artist's reception on the 16th from 6 to 8 p.m. (more...)

BWW Blog: Amy Parrish - 5 Tips for Taking Better Portraits

5 Tips for Taking Better Portraits (more...)

Bubblehead Enlists in the Battle in Our 'Cruel World'

Bubblehead's 'Cruel World' just imaged on the Sofitel on the Avenue of Arts & Design, the gateway into West Hollywood & Beverly Hills by artist Mike McNeilly. In a world where the people seek the help of superheroes like Iron Man, Spiderman, Superman and Batman, Bubblehead has enlisted in the game against evil. She was inspired by Albert Einstein's quote, (more...)

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