We are excited to announce two limited edition print releases with Joel Rea and Icy and Sot. The prints will be released at 529 West 20th Street at 6pm on Saturday, September 12, and will be available on our online store at the same time. Print Details JOEL REA The Other Side, 2015 Edition of 50 Giclée... read more
Jason deCaires Taylor’s Tantalizing Tidal Thames Sculptures BY NICHOLAS FORREST | SEPTEMBER 03, 2015 Internationally acclaimed Mexico-based British underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has unveiled a spectacular new installation in London as part of the 2015 edition of Totally Thames, an annual September-long celebration of London’s Thames encompassing an extensive program of arts, cultural,... read more
BLISS MAGAZINE ISSUE 97 Joel Rea Interviewed by: Jeremy Geddes Against the backdrop of the visually inspiring nature that surrounds him, Australian artist Joel Rea morphs his meticulously painted images. Self described as a photo-surrealist painter, he places disparate things together and forces them to interact and depict a narrative derived from the artist’s own individual responses to... read more
Video by The Edit Suite that goes inside Joel Rea’s studio as he puts the final touches on his paintings that will be on view in Beasts of Arcadia, opening on September 12, 2015. https://vimeo.com/137691407
PATRICK WILSHIRE INTERVIEW: CONTEMPORARY ART OF IMAGINATIVE REALISM A voluminous group exhibition in the field of imaginative realism is on view at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. This exhibition has gathered 37 international artists who are exploring the visionary and imaginative through familiar realistic imagery. In the wake of the exhibition, we had the... read more
Handiedan Reimagines Beauty Through Reconstructed Pin-Up Girls The Dutch artist discusses her process for creating intricately detailed compositions of femininity. Words by Jamie Maleszka Dutch artist Handiedan’s protagonists are three-dimensional in every sense. Her re-imagined pin-up girls—boss-femme-fatale-vintage-bodhisattvas embroidered with pen doodles and sailor tattoos—are relief maps of complexity. Freewheeling and unpinned by time, they... read more
The Art of the Real in Painting A fringe group of “realist” contemporary artists deals with the representations of reality, a tradition in art history that has been with us since the mimesis of Antiquity. These artistic practices appear to us to be fully representative of the art of today, at a time when... read more
Artist Gary Taxali’s First Retrospective Gallery Exhibition in Canada Gary Taxali poses in front of his artwork, on view at Design on Riverside in Canada. For Canada’s foremost ‘pop artist’ Gary Taxali (first featured in HF Vol. 4), the artist’s first major retrospective exhibition in Ontario was a long time coming. Currently on view at... read more
Jonathan Levine Gallery Now Accepting Dash Payments Jonathan Levine Gallery, one of the more prestigious art galleries in New York City, is now accepting cryptocurrency payments in the form of Dash (Digital Cash). The choice for digital currency payments was made due to their instantaneous transactions and ease-of-use, compared to dealing with cash payments or... read more
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce we will now accept Dash (Digital Cash), a cryptocurrency that allows for instantaneous transactions. The cryptocurrency service provider Node40 assisted Jonathan LeVine Gallery in setting up Dash, allowing us to effortlessly send and receive money anywhere in the world. Using a system comparable to online banking, Dash is... read more
Evol Brings East Berlin to Chelsea, with Talk of Gentrification By Stephanie Berzon Gentrification is the big bad wolf in the modern day urban party. Never formally invited, it heard of the gathering by word of mouth and will restlessly attempt to enter even if it has to blow the entire structure down. No one... read more
The Dynamic Works of Phil Hale By Allie Schaitel Phil Hale has been involved in the contemporary art scene for a few decades now. His impressive resume shows he has had his hand in many creative endeavors including illustrations in magazines, book covers, portrait commissions, and gallery shows. Even without the knowledge of his success,... read more
We are excited to announce two limited edition print releases with Joel Rea and Icy and Sot. The prints will be released at 529 West 20th Street at 6pm on Saturday, September 12, and will be available on our online store at the same time. Print Details JOEL REA The Other Side, 2015 Edition of 50 Giclée... read more
Jason deCaires Taylor’s Tantalizing Tidal Thames Sculptures BY NICHOLAS FORREST | SEPTEMBER 03, 2015 Internationally acclaimed Mexico-based British underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has unveiled a spectacular new installation in London as part of the 2015 edition of Totally Thames, an annual September-long celebration of London’s Thames encompassing an extensive program of arts, cultural,... read more
BLISS MAGAZINE ISSUE 97 Joel Rea Interviewed by: Jeremy Geddes Against the backdrop of the visually inspiring nature that surrounds him, Australian artist Joel Rea morphs his meticulously painted images. Self described as a photo-surrealist painter, he places disparate things together and forces them to interact and depict a narrative derived from the artist’s own individual responses to... read more
Video by The Edit Suite that goes inside Joel Rea’s studio as he puts the final touches on his paintings that will be on view in Beasts of Arcadia, opening on September 12, 2015. https://vimeo.com/137691407
PATRICK WILSHIRE INTERVIEW: CONTEMPORARY ART OF IMAGINATIVE REALISM A voluminous group exhibition in the field of imaginative realism is on view at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. This exhibition has gathered 37 international artists who are exploring the visionary and imaginative through familiar realistic imagery. In the wake of the exhibition, we had the... read more
Handiedan Reimagines Beauty Through Reconstructed Pin-Up Girls The Dutch artist discusses her process for creating intricately detailed compositions of femininity. Words by Jamie Maleszka Dutch artist Handiedan’s protagonists are three-dimensional in every sense. Her re-imagined pin-up girls—boss-femme-fatale-vintage-bodhisattvas embroidered with pen doodles and sailor tattoos—are relief maps of complexity. Freewheeling and unpinned by time, they... read more
The Art of the Real in Painting A fringe group of “realist” contemporary artists deals with the representations of reality, a tradition in art history that has been with us since the mimesis of Antiquity. These artistic practices appear to us to be fully representative of the art of today, at a time when... read more
Artist Gary Taxali’s First Retrospective Gallery Exhibition in Canada Gary Taxali poses in front of his artwork, on view at Design on Riverside in Canada. For Canada’s foremost ‘pop artist’ Gary Taxali (first featured in HF Vol. 4), the artist’s first major retrospective exhibition in Ontario was a long time coming. Currently on view at... read more
Jonathan Levine Gallery Now Accepting Dash Payments Jonathan Levine Gallery, one of the more prestigious art galleries in New York City, is now accepting cryptocurrency payments in the form of Dash (Digital Cash). The choice for digital currency payments was made due to their instantaneous transactions and ease-of-use, compared to dealing with cash payments or... read more
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce we will now accept Dash (Digital Cash), a cryptocurrency that allows for instantaneous transactions. The cryptocurrency service provider Node40 assisted Jonathan LeVine Gallery in setting up Dash, allowing us to effortlessly send and receive money anywhere in the world. Using a system comparable to online banking, Dash is... read more
Evol Brings East Berlin to Chelsea, with Talk of Gentrification By Stephanie Berzon Gentrification is the big bad wolf in the modern day urban party. Never formally invited, it heard of the gathering by word of mouth and will restlessly attempt to enter even if it has to blow the entire structure down. No one... read more
The Dynamic Works of Phil Hale By Allie Schaitel Phil Hale has been involved in the contemporary art scene for a few decades now. His impressive resume shows he has had his hand in many creative endeavors including illustrations in magazines, book covers, portrait commissions, and gallery shows. Even without the knowledge of his success,... read more