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October 28, 2021
The Big Apple
“Inside the Big Apple: Paintings of New York Interiors,” was held at the Visual Arts Gallery from October 9-November 1, 1968.
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March 23, 2020
George Tscherny's Sublime Installation Design
George Tscherny provided detailed and beautiful instructions for installing an exhibition of his work.
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April 29, 2016
First Look: Cris Gianakos
Work from artist and designer Cris Gianakos.
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February 16, 2016
Delpire
Robert Delpire and Push Pin Studio’s mutual admiration resulted in exhibitions in both New York and Paris.
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January 06, 2016
Immovable Objects
The Cooper-Hewitt’s outdoor exhibition/walking tour of lower Manhattan was held during the summer of 1975.
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November 23, 2015
Bettmann Panopticon
In 1964, SVA’s Visual Arts Gallery hosted the Bettman Panopticon, an exhibition of works by the leading art directors and designers of the day created from materials in the Bettmann Archive, the trove of vintage clip art and photos.
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August 04, 2015
65 Self-Portraits
65 Self-Portraits is one of the best documented of the remarkable series of exhibitions organized by Shirley Glaser while she was director of SVA’s Visual Arts Gallery, 1964-1969.
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April 27, 2014
Eileen Boxer for Ubu Gallery
Eileen Boxer created sublime conceptual mail art to promote exhibitions at Ubu Gallery.
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April 18, 2014
Sun-rays and lightning
An exhibition of Navajo Weaving at the Visual Arts Gallery in 1972 described a loom made of cosmic forces, and blankets rendered in “cannel-coal, turquoise, abalone, and white bead” but developed during a “devastating acculturation process.”
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November 12, 2013
Wondering where we’ve been?
The show revisits exhibitions of several decades, curated by the likes of David Bourdon, Douglas Crimp, Lucy Lippard, Phyllis Tuchman, and David Whitney (with posters designed by Milton Glaser, Cris Gianakos, Doug Johnson, B. Martin Pedersen, and many others). Not to forget student exhibitions that took place in SVA’s galleries in Tribeca and SoHo, documentation of performances by Steve Reich and Laurie Anderson, screenings and talks, and (my favorite) lots of little odds and ends—loan forms, hardware store receipts, doodles—gathered together in binders that reproduce the archival files for each show. Come say hi: the reception is next Thursday, November 21, 6-8pm.
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November 12, 2013
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
A 1961 exhibition of the work of the SVA Department of Illustration is a who’s who of the practitioners of the new expressive and painterly illustration of the time.
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September 14, 2013
Fifteen years of heartache and aggravation
In 1969, the Mead Library of Ideas presented an exhibition of the work of Push Pin Studios, sharing the design and illustration of its many current and former members.
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July 22, 2013
Layer cake
One of the central features of the Push Pin generation of designers — mainly Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser — was a continued inspiration from, and reliance upon, physically layered compositions (using e.g., cello-tak) and photographic compositing.
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July 07, 2013
Twombly at SVA
Cy Twombly was the subject of two solo exhibitions at SVA, in 1973 and 1977, just before his idiosyncratic work found new favor with the rising generation of neo-Expressionists.
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June 04, 2013
Pan Am modular displays
George Tscherny designed this installation for Pan American Airways, to be sent to travel agencies promoting their vacation locations. Details about the modular system follow.
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February 23, 2013
If we’re so good, why aren’t we better?
Spin to see if new markets overseas raise your income or if underproductivity kills your business.
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March 31, 2011
McMullan at NYPL
Go see James McMullan’s Lincoln Center Theater posters at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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December 02, 2010
Milton on Milton
It’s always a pleasure to hear Milton Glaser talk about his work, so here for your viewing delight is a short video of Glaser discussing some of the pieces that appeared in last year’s exhibition, Milton Glaser’s SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design.
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