“I paint flowers so they will not die. I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return. Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. I never paint dreams or […]

Curated by Emil Memon and Kyoko Sato Ono, and the show is made possible by Patrick Oban May 15-29, Open to the public by appointment Mon-Fri 12-5pm. There is an album by the great British Punk/Goth band The Damned History of the world (Part 1) that inspired the name of the present Art show. A great record, vinyl for that matter, with a killer Art work on the jacket […]

As opportunities abound, the relationship between artists and dealers gets a whole lot more fluid Nobody knows if or when the music might stop, but for the time being, artists are dancing their way around the gallery system. Once a rarity, it is now common for artists to shift allegiance. Recent high-profile movers include Mark […]

By Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez Pardo. The Empire State Building lights up with the colors of twelve of the most iconic artworks of its collection. Michelle Obama and Bill de Blasio cut the ribbon while famous established artists and high end brands such as Audi and Tiffany & Co. contend to be the first in welcoming […]

Venice Biennale represents rebalancing in the art world VENICE (AP) — A Nigerian art critic and museum director is the first African to curate the Biennale contemporary art fair that opens Saturday for its seven-month run, while female artists are representing more countries than ever in national pavilions — trends seen as an informal rebalancing […]

by Eleanor Heartney for Art in America For the opening on Jan. 28 of “Tania Bruguera: On the Political Imaginary,” the normally sedate galleries of the Neuberger Museum were transformed by light, sound, smell and live performance. The atmosphere was carnivalesque—the strong aroma of sugarcane mingled with a milder one of tea, while the faint […]

“DENISE” by Michele Gabriele @ TILE Since March 17, TILE project space is hosting DENISE, a solo show by Michele Gabriele. DENISE is a flow in which the environment is pressing and tightens. She is an unlimited permanence but divided in correspondence with the unwinding of purposeful phenomena. The substance is in excess, in surplus […]

Art For A Dream is an online gallery featuring artists who fundraise for charity with their art. We do not take a commission from our artists and the service we offer them is free which helps them to continue to make a positive difference in the cause they are supporting. We give them their own profile which they […]

Interview with Ann Lewis By Stephanie Stepan Originally published on Friday Best: www.fridaybestmag.com Somewhere on a wall in NYC, a little owl with the words ‘Love Life’ next to it marks the spot of Ann Lewis’s first stencil. It wasn’t a smooth operation: In her hurry to not get caught she forgot to take the […]

The Roving Eye By Tony Zaza BE NOT INHOSPITABLE TO STRANGERS LEST THEY BE ANGELS IN DISGUISE. The Better Angels, Terrence Malick’s silent black and white movie restores the promise of cinema as a medium that can invade conscience.  Once viewed psychic apathy is impossible. Poetically bleak and somber, the coonskin voiceover narrative conveys a […]