I was just a teenager in love when the festival first opened my heart to the world of international cinema on September 10, 1963. THE FORTIETH NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL by Tony Zaza I was just a teenager in love when the festival first opened my heart to the world of international cinema on September […]

Charles Henri Ford, American surrealist poet, artist, photographer and editor passed away at New York Hospital at age 94 on the morning of September 27, 2002. Charles Henri Ford (1908-2002)by Valery Oisteanu Charles Henri Ford, American surrealist poet, artist, photographer and editor passed away at New York Hospital at age 94 on the morning of […]

Terje Finnsen w�nscht sich den „Betrachter im Bild", zumindest in seinen neuen Waldstudien. Dunkle Tannen und helle Horizonte, die Tiefe der norwegischen W�lder meinen wir vor uns, doch ist das Gr�n ein wenig zu gr�n. Gail Boyajian by Eduardo Costa Terje Finnsen w�nscht sich den „Betrachter im Bild", zumindest in seinen neuen Waldstudien. Dunkle Tannen […]

Square dances, picnics, checkers, Walt Whitman, a tire swing, a tag sale and a chicken doing the moon walk. The Rich Forum Launches a Hit in "bobrauschenbergamerica" by L.P. Streitfeld Square dances, picnics, checkers, Walt Whitman, a tire swing, a tag sale and a chicken doing the moon walk. The playwright of the moment, Charles […]

This show of 100 of Gustav Le Gray’s photographs that date from the 1850’s to 1867, originated at the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Both shows demonstrate the ambit of Le Gray’s virtuosity. Gustav Le Gray Photographer by James Scarborough This show of 100 of Gustav Le Gray’s photographs that date from the 1850’s to 1867, […]

A brave new world! With the possibilities of genetic research, the human race can approach the pinnacle of human evolution. Science makes dreams possible of a pro-longed life, an abundance of recreated natural resources, and a world made up of genetically superior beings. SCI-ART: Property, Identity, and Creation Mythologies of Genetic Research by M-1000 A […]

"Photography, in other words, is heavily into subject matter… POLARITIES, THEN & NOW by Piri Halasz "Photography, in other words, is heavily into subject matter, whereas abstraction is (or appears to be) nothing but style. As such, it is terribly difficult to describe in words." In the 1970s, when I was in graduate school, it […]

Text matters to Bill Viola. His exploration of the moving image is not merely the employment of a new technology. Bill Viola by Harriet Zinnes Text matters to Bill Viola. His exploration of the moving image is not merely the employment of a new technology. The text of explanation in the catalogue of the work, […]

Jean Miotte is an artist an unconscious, subconscious, super-conscious abstract painter in a nonrepresentational category, and one of the cofounders of INFORMALE, a French abstract-art style. Jean Miotte: The "Accidental-Alchemist" of Gestural Forms and Colors by Valery Oisteanu Jean Miotte is an artist an unconscious, subconscious, super-conscious abstract painter in a nonrepresentational category, and one […]

Chelsea Art Museum Makes A Space Outside the Commercial Galleries… Reimaging Chelsea by Lee Klein Chelsea Art Museum Makes A Space Outside the Commercial Galleries This November a new museum opens in Chelsea. French action painter Jean Miotte and Dr. Dorthea Keeser open the Chelsea Art Museum, a 20,000 square-foot open space conceived as a […]