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MoCCA Fest 2017: Indie Comics New & Old from Around the World

Details: Parent Category: Other Festivals; Category: Art/Antiques; Published on Friday, 24 March 2017 17:32; Written by Renzo Adler

Art by Becky Cloonan

What started as a small convention geared towards indie comics and ‘zines, MOCCA Fest (named after the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art, but is now operated by The Society of Illustrators), now touts itself as a multimedia event spanning comic books, webcomics animation, artists, and cartoonists. Running April 1 and 2 at Metropolitan West (639 W 46th St., NY NY), MoCCA Fest attracts 400 artists/exhibitors and features fresh new talent as well as some great comic pros.

Special guests include French comic author Blutch, known for his cinematic style. Paper Girls artist Cliff Chiang and SVA grad that brings a punk sensibility to superheroes, Becky Cloonan, will be on hand. Gene Luen Yang, author of the groundbreaking books American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints returns to MoCCA. Somewhere between comic, tragic, grotesque, and beautiful, the work of award winning artist Drew Friedman has appeared in Raw, Weirdo, American Splendor, Heavy Metal, The New York Times, among many others, and will also be a guest of honor at MoCCA. Rounding out the special guests is British comics veteran and V for Vendetta artist, David Lloyd.

To learn more, go to: https://www.societyillustrators.org/mocca-arts-festival

MOCCA Fest 2017
April 1 - 2, 2017

Metropolitan West
639 W 46th St.
New York, NY 10036

The 2017 NYC Armory Show: Art in the 21st Century

Details: Parent Category: Other Festivals; Category: Art/Antiques; Published on Sunday, 05 March 2017 17:51; Written by Brana Dane

This past Wednesday, March 1st, marked the annual VIP debut of NYC’s premiere art fair, the Armory Show. The grand showcase of the top art works of the 20th and 21st century took place in the fair’s usual home, Pier 92 & 94.

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Some of the highlights included an immersive virtual reality display, which combined both physical and virtual to stunning effect. Continuing the technological theme, an interactive phone charging booth invited viewers in to be filmed as the texted with the artist, namely Rachel Lee Hovnanian, with the Leila Heller Gallery.

Of course there were plenty of conventional works to delight and inspire. These three pieces particularly garnered much attention from the VIP guests.

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A tongue and cheek display by the Axel Vervoordt Galley, Hong Kong.

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A floating rectangle, highlighting the effects of light, space and shape as part of the collaboration between Drift and the international Pace Gallery.

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Lastly, these structural 2D and 3D pieces from the local Marianne Boesky Gallery, placed near the entrance at Pier 94, delighted the VIP crowd with their bold colors and contradicting shapes.

For more info, go to: www.thearmoryshow.com

AIPAD Photography Show 2016 at Park Ave. Armory

Details: Parent Category: Other Festivals; Category: Art/Antiques; Published on Thursday, 14 April 2016 14:27; Written by Brad Balfour/Renzo Adler

The Family Acid: Joan Didion in Berkeley, 1972

Running April 14 - 17, 2016, at the Park Avenue Armory (643 Park Ave, New York, NY), The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD is comprised of over 80 exhibitors from around the world, presenting a wide range of museum-quality work, including contemporary, modern, and 19th-century photographs as well as photo-based art, video, and new media.

The show provides a yearly survey and offers the opportunity to see an overview in what is being shown in galleries or exhibiting instutions worldwide. It also offers collectors a chance to acquire work which might not otherwise be available.

Along with exhibitors are a series of panel discussions held by experts from the world of photography.

Panels include:

The Photobook Today: A Discussion of the Evolving Medium
New technologies and new media have produced an astounding flourish of photobook creativity. The old model of books that are collections of images competes with books that are authorial works cover to cover. How can we best nurture the ecology of these two types of publications?

Artists Working Today
A discussion with artists who are stretching the boundaries of photography in transformative ways.

The Art of Photography on the Internet
From social media to blogs, a discussion about how the internet is shaping the look of photography.

Collecting 101
As the photography art world grows exponentially, so do the challenges for both emerging and established collectors. Experts discuss what every collector should know – from art fairs and insurance to recent market changes in the U.S. and Europe.

One of the top events in NYC for photography old and new, The Photography Show Presented by Aipad is a great event for a spring weekend.

To learn more, go to: http://www.aipad.com/

The Photography Show Presented by Aipad
April 14 -17, 2016

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

Armory Art Fair at Pier 94

Details: Parent Category: Other Festivals; Category: Art/Antiques; Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 23:01; Written by Brana Dane

Kicking off Armory Week 2016, MOMA launched its preview of the upcoming Armory Art Fair at Pier 92 and 94 on March 2nd. Visitiors were treated to sublime views of the Hudson River, while taking in works from the Tate in London and New York's Paul Kasmin Gallery. The VIP lounge was a veritable who’s who of the art world and among the many notable attendees were gallerist Robert Peter Miller, designer Vivienne Tam, and actor James Marsden.