THE WHITNEY: NEW IDENTITY
The Whitney, which is opening their new space near the Highline in 2015, has just unveiled their new graphic identity and it’s a fun one! Created by the design studio Experimental Jet Set, the graphic relies on what the museum describes as a “responsive W” that “literally responds to the art” and to the materials [...]
Zilia Sánchez at Artists Space
Artists Space‘s elegant retrospective of the too-little-known Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez is mesmerizing. From AS: Her paintings have regularly taken on a modular character, comprised of two or more abutting parts. This seriality has become a cornerstone of Sánchez’s work: she continues to rework and add to paintings begun as early as the 1970s, considering each [...]
New Directions Poetry Pamphlets
The esteemed literary publisher New Directions has revived its series of poetry pamphlets, and the first four contributions look stellar: Eliot Weinberger, Lydia Davis, Susan Howe, and others are involved. A bit more on the series: New Directions is happy to announce the publication of a new series of Poetry Pamphlets, a reincarnated version of the [...]
WAVES FOR WATER: SIX MONTHS AFTER SANDY
Former pro-surfer Jon Rose and the team from Waves for Water (along with the many, many volunteers from New York) have managed to make some great progress over the past six months. Fundraisers have been held. Houses have been dug out. Supplies and other materials have been handed out. Here is a little video [...]
Re-imagining the Donnell Library
Ever since the Donnell Library branch closed in 2008, the neighborhood surrounding West 53rd street has missed its beloved reading room. Today the New York Public Library will officially unveil the The Donnell Library Center’s replacement, a center redesigned to fit at the base of a high-rise hotel. Architect Enrique Norten and his firm TEN Arquitectos imagined [...]
MoMa PS1 RAIN ROOM: Opening This Saturday
The rain room is coming! Apparently this interactive installation- a constantly raining room which reacts to viewers within the space by magically shielding them from wet drops – was a hit in London. I can’t wait to see it in New York. Opens May 12th and runs through July 28th. Read more below and here [...]
Arthur Ou at Brennan and Griffin
Harmony Blog contributor Arthur Ou has a solo exhibition opening this Sunday, April 28, from 6-9 PM at Brennan and Griffin at 55 Delancey Street. Though Ou primarily works in photography, this show departs from his recent photographic seascapes and gestural alchemical interventions by transposing the sensibilities of both into an engagement with painting. The [...]
Meg Cranston: Emerald City at NADA Art Fair, NYC
MEG CRANSTON EMERALD CITY NADA NYC Pier 36 | Basketball City | Booth 514 MAY 10 – 12, 2013 Fitzroy Gallery and Newman Popiashvili Gallery are pleased to announce Emerald City, a solo booth at NADA NYC with Los Angeles-based artist Meg Cranston. High fashion beams industrial perfection and this year’s lodestar is emerald, the official [...]
Sámi-Walking with Reindeer/ Photos by Erika Larsen
Erika Larsen knew she wanted to photograph the reindeer herders who live as nomads throughout northern Scandinavia and Russia, known as the Sámi. In order to truly immerse herself in their culture, Larsen initially worked as a housekeeper for a Sámi family. She cleaned bathrooms and learned to cook reindeer while earning the trust and [...]
Waves For Water Relief Statistics
Surfing Magazine recently posted an interview and some uplifting figures from one local organization involved with Sandy relief: Waves for Water. Waves For Water Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort Statistics $1.1 MILLION in monetary donations $3 MILLION worth of essential supplies 250,000 people helped 33,000 Volunteers 5250 Homes and businesses worked on 39 Grants given to families and businesses 18 Homes and businesses currently [...]
Repurposed Payphones
Following up on our prior post on the New Museum’s innovative use of New York City’s pay phones for their 1993 exhibit, the city is now actually attempting to decide what to do with the relics, rather than send them to the landfills. The mayor’s office has been holding a sustainable design competition for prototypes [...]
Photo Show: Lost Weekend NYC
If you are in New York this weekend, check out the photo show at Lost Weekend. It features the art work of talented local photographer, Tommy Colla. Where: Lost Weekend: 45 Orchard St, New York, NY. When: April 11th, 7PM-10PM More info here.
Rockaway SHORE Relief Restaurant
An excellent way to get involved with (or continue to work on) Sandy recovery efforts in Rockaway is to join this Kickstarter campaign for an environmentally sustainable, pay-as-you-can community kitchen providing access to healthy, local food. Check it out! Only 24 more days left to help!
Italian Art of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s in New York
New Yorkers have recently benefitted from exhibitions of little-known (on these shores, at least) Italian artists whose work from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s is quite spectacular. First there was an exhibition at Casey Kaplan Gallery of folded and graphically treated paintings by Giorgio Griffa. (That’s one of them above.) Then there was the work [...]
Jerry Saltz on the Death of the Gallery Show
Are changes in the art market rendering the gallery show obsolete? Jerry Saltz thinks this may be the case, and that it might have profound repercussions: The clustering of hundreds of galleries in several neighborhoods has meant that a huge swath of the art world is continually being presented at our doorstep. That is changing, [...]
The Ends(s) of the Library
A library, like the Internet, is a constantly growing, endless entity, with new titles and media added daily. But the way we organize and collect the information within changes with the times, and it is with that in mind that the Goethe-Institut’s New York Library presents a show titled, “The End(s) of the Library.” Starting [...]
Recalling 1993
The New Museum has come up with a unique way of promoting their latest show, “1993.” In an attempt to place potential viewers into a mindset of nostalgia and memory related to that specific year, they used one of the few relics of that time for their message’s medium: pay phones. Barely used today, the [...]
Thierry Cohen’s Darkened Cities
Those who were near lower Manhattan during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy may have experienced the rare and eerie view of the city’s skyline gone partway dark. Biking through Manhattan at dusk that week, the loss of power made the night feel that much deeper, and the bright sky that much more brilliant. What are [...]
Expo 1: New York, Rockaway Call for Ideas
Via MoMA PS1: In an effort to foster the creative debate on urban recovery after Hurricane Sandy, MoMA PS1 and MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design are calling out for ideas to create a sustainable waterfront. Artists, architects, designers, and others are welcome to present ideas for alternative housing models, creation of social spaces, urban [...]
Within Sight: A Photo Show and Auction to Benefit Sandy Victims
If you are free this Thursday (and happen to find yourself in the New York area) check out this group photo show at Picture Farm Gallery in Williamsburg (388 Wythe Ave). The group photography show was curated by professional surfer and filmmaker Mikey DeTemple and showcases prints from several of the most dynamic surf [...]
Michael Gaillard (Harmony Artist-In-Residence)
The work in this installment represents some more experimental work I did during my stay. I use the word experimental to signify their incompleteness rather than in relation to their relative novelty. I see the abstractions as drawings or sketches to be readdressed within my studio and repurposed within the context of their eventual exhibition [...]
Basquiat at Gagosian
Very few art openings could inspire what the Wall Street Journal referred to as a mob scene on a cold February evening in Chelesea, New York. And yet, three weeks later, people cannot stop talking about the Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective at Gagosian Gallery. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Basquiat showed a prococious talent for drawing at [...]
New York Screening: Nathan Oldenfield’s The Heart and The Sea
If you’re going to be in the New York area on March 16th, stop by this screening of Nathan Oldenfield’s The Heart and the Sea. For those of you who haven’t seen his last film, Seaworthy, take the time to. It not only features some great surfing, but it’s one of the most heartfelt [...]
Issue 2, WAX Magazine
Given the cold and windy weeks we’ve already had this year, it’s easy to associate serious surfing with the west coast. How excited were we to come across WAX, a magazine devoted to the “intersection of art, culture and surfing in and around New York City?” One of Harmony’s bloggers, Aerial is a WAX cofounder and [...]
