Left Bank Books closed at the end of the year – the website has not been changed yet- and reopened recently. The lovely bookshop specialized in Modern First Editions, Photography, Art, and Film is also interested in used books especially when they are signed ones. I can say that is the best way to seduce [...]

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NYC is the most photogenic city of the world said Raymond Depardon . This French photographer belongs to those who understood that the image is not an illustration but an opinion. Therefore, NYC is a destination for a lot of photographers and the city hold thus a great deal of amazing exhibitions. Edwynn Houk Gallery [...]

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Rickie Lee Jones will be on stage tonight at The Concert Hall in the Upper West Side.  She is a peculiar artist in the sense that she decided to be true to herself and that  made her lose, most probably, her celebrity. Ultimately her goal is to be an artist rather than a star. Therefore [...]

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Interview, Andy Warhol’s magazine has celebrated its 40 years old at Good Units, the night club located in the basement of the Hudson Hotel. Thanks or because of Warhol, everybody knows how to use media to get 15 minutes of fame. People become rich and powerful out of this quote.Check Videocracy about Berlusconi’s  success. Anyway, [...]

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Brian Alfred is an artist based in Brooklyn. His work rooted in his time has a strong personal insight. Compelling.
Till feb 20 at Haunch of Venison Gallery.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
Between 48th and 49th Street
20th Floor
New York, NY 10020
T +1 212 259 0000

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ICP where you always will find a good photo exhibition paired with The Point, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the South Bronx, to create a photo center that brings accomplished artists and photography students.
You can buy photos by the students.  Each print is an edition of [...]

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“Thank you all for coming. I  just remind you that there will be a Q&A after the film. Please stick around“ To me, this sentence is so NYC. NYC has so many events where artists are invited to talk about their work. That is specially true for the movie business. Film Forum, the space for [...]

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JD Salinger died a few days ago. If by any chance you haven’t yet read Catcher in the Rye, it’s probably the time to do it. It fits perfectly the mood and the soul of people who love New York. The pace of the writing reminds the energy of the city and the story takes [...]

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Cheim & Read’s exhibitions feature rarely shown work of Diane Arbus and new William Eggleston one. For the former, the gallery shows In the Absence of Others, a group of photographs of empty interiors and artificial landscapes spanning the 1960s. For the latter, Cheim & Read presents 21st Century, a work that is also on [...]

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Amongst the peculiarity of NYC, there is the birth of graffiti i.e the birth of a new culture in the 70’s. In 1974, the iconoclast Norman Mailer wrote an essay about this art pairing Jon Naar’s stunning photography. The Faith of Graffiti became a milestone. Yesterday, Jon Naar presented a slideshow of his pictures followed [...]

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