“The Ship of Tolerance” Rises in Miami

“The Ship of Tolerance” Rises in Miami 0

DISPATCH – November 29, 2011 (7:08 p.m.) North Fork, NY and Miami, FL Waving a flag to draw attention is a time-tested tradition. Hoisting a sail to encourage tolerance and embrace differences may be on the way to Read more »

Arts Flash – Jeff Muhs Painting Acquired by Guild Hall

Arts Flash – Jeff Muhs Painting Acquired by Guild Hall 1

DISPATCH – November 25, 2011 (Friday; 10:00 a.m.) East Hampton, NY Jeff Muhs has joined the select ranks of artists collected by Guild Hall Museum. The artist’s abstract landscape, “The Measure of the Fish,” is currently displayed in the museum’s lobby so visitors Read more »

Sound as Artistic Medium

Sound as Artistic Medium 0

DISPATCH – Nov 23, 2011 (Wednesday; 9:24 a.m.) BROOKLYN and NEW YORK, NY I was exploring the Internet for art and discovered the performance artist Christine Sun Kim through a video on Nowness.com. Photographer-filmmaker Todd Selby had visited Kim Read more »

Secret Lives of Birds

Secret Lives of Birds 0

DISPATCH – November 19, 2011 (Saturday; 1:30 p.m.) Greenport, NY Ever wonder what birds are up to when nobody’s watching? While revealing the habits of birds isn’t the point of the art, a new exhibition at Read more »

Greenport Gallery Walk’s Last Hurrah for 2011

Greenport Gallery Walk’s Last Hurrah for 2011 0

DISPATCH – November 19, 2011 (Saturday; 1:30 p.m.) Greenport, NY This is it–the last Greenport Gallery Walk of 2011 takes place this evening (Nov 18) from 6 to 9 p.m. As Greenport’s art season winds down, it seems apropos to provide a Read more »

Glass and Bronze, Together – Marianne Weil

Glass and Bronze, Together – Marianne Weil 1

DISPATCH – November 6, 2011 (Sunday; 4:30 p.m.) Riverhead, NY There’s a cabinet against a wall at Art Sites that marks the divide between the contemporary art gallery and the architecture firm, Studio a/b. The married pair of architects, Hideaki Ariizumi and Glynis M. Berry, head both. Each Read more »

Visual Diary – Patchogue Arts Biennial

Visual Diary – Patchogue Arts Biennial 1

DISPATCH – November 12, 2011 (Saturday; 10:30 a.m.) Patchogue, NY The Second Patchogue Arts Biennial is in the final throes of a three-week exhibition. Last night, I went and checked it out. I entered through “the back door” from inside Briarcliffe College (versus Read more »

Museum Look – Nov and Dec 2011

Museum Look – Nov and Dec 2011 2

DISPATCH – Friday, Nov 11, 2011 (5:30 p.m.) Long Island, NY November and December bring portraits, collages, historic toys, bright art and secret messages to area museums. Here’s a brief look at what awaits for museum goers: Guild Hall Read more »

Arts Flash – Artists Wanted for Long Island Biennial

Arts Flash – Artists Wanted for Long Island Biennial 2

DISPATCH – NOVEMBER 16, 2011 (Wednesday, 9:27 a.m.) LONG ISLAND, NY The Heckscher Museum of Art is looking for artists for its second Long Island Biennial. Long Island Biennial 2012 will be held from April 28 to Read more »

Classical Realism Landscapes with a Twist

Classical Realism Landscapes with a Twist 0

DISPATCH – November 6, 2011 (Sunday; 2:37 p.m.) – UPDATED Nov 7, 2011 (Monday, 7:59 a.m.) Sag Harbor, NY Landscapes aren’t all created equal. In two exhibitions at Grenning Gallery, some of the gallery’s finest display their latest Read more »