Not every city hall is worthy of a great atmosphere. Stories, rhetoric and of course the daily business required by cities to flourish goes on. One would hardly believe that a film festival could inject urban renewal to a higher level. The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, now in it’s ninth year, revitalized an area destroyed [...]
The closing night of the 15th Annual GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL finished with a great combo punch in programming. The Hirosaki Players brought mainstream to subtitles with a classic Japanese twist in New York. “MERCY” engaged most audience members with not just a technically sound, gorgeously shot film but a story line that will put [...]
Some people are born naturals. Sometimes it’s a song, a scene or a new idea that impacts us all. What happens when a knack for getting the “money” shot is your gift before adulthood – welcome to Actor/film director Adrian Grenier’s Teenage Paparazzo. Photojournalism in modern society has constantly evolved and TP demonstrated how a [...]
With the close of the perennial photography show in the United States, AIPAD has a host of reasons to celebrate. The photography market is firm. Dealers of all types specifically mentioned and publicly showed that sales were present. For those feeling the old tried and true images are out of reach, dealers had numerous contemporary [...]
This Valentine’s Day is an opportunity – as many have been in the past. Romance is severed by those creative spirits that encourage, beckon your fascination. We at The Art Quarterly want to “share a little love” to a few contributors (along with a heavy list of fine art greats) who have recently reviewed various [...]
“The world, in truth, is a wedding.” –Erving Goffman Chuck. Mick & Keith. John & Paul. Jimi. Patti. Madonna. Bjork. These names we know. Annie. Philip. Richard. Gered. Judy. Amy. Stephane. These, somewhat more vague. As intrinsic to the pull of rock star allure as the music itself are photographic images, or so the recent [...]
Heads are turning again for Sophia Loren as she co-stars in the new movie (releasing this week), NINE. Daniel Day-Lewis is the male lead and co-stars with Loren, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, and Penelope Cruz. Based on Fellini’s 8 1/2 and directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), Loren is the only Italian in [...]
The journey from a crisp snap of the shutter to the waves of a falling sunset transcends. That simplicity may only find us through an Ernie Gehr camera obscura shoot. Of the two films shown at Denver’s 2009 International Film Festival, Glider shifts you through winding waves to coastlines to sand bars. Gehr’s experimental use [...]
The integrity of a “shutter’s” frame is a defining moment. When the world around you is a digital blur a single shot, that frozen moment in time, will transform you. Denver’s GALLERY M opens their Fall-Winter 2009-2010 season with a dynamic exploration for newbies and collecting pros titled “From Still To Motion”. Start the journey [...]
In case you’ve been sleeping at the wheel the art world has a great new medium – the three www. While stocks might look like a classic w (dub yah out west) photography, video and film are quickly becoming homogeneous. The technology is forcing an exponential change in what once was considered the still. Will [...]
