Young Curators, New Ideas at Bond Street Gallery

Chris Rubino at New York’s Heist Gallery

New York’s Heist Gallery, situated in the city’s steamy Lower East Side, is presenting the work of Chris Rubino, a versatile artist who has created a vast array of imagery through illustration, printing, graphics and photography. The simplicity and flattened forms that dominate his visuals capture pieces of our daily language in minimal forms. For his solo exhibition at Heist, titled Make Believe Maple Leaves, Rubino incorporates the written word into a complex world of iconic lexicon, drawing from process-oriented sketchbook drawings created over the course of one year. Rubino infuses his creations with color using pastel, paint, colored pencil and printmaking. Exuding a faster yet less mechanized energy, this body of work mirrors the way we process imagery and information today. Read more

Roll up, roll up to the Gilbert and George show

I woke up early yesterday to go see the fantastic Gilbert and George show at the Brooklyn Museum before its closing on Sunday. You may have seen their work in art history books. Sure the prints look good, but you really have to experience their monumentally sized photo collages in person while you still can. Read more

Henry Darger at the American Folk Art Museum

This mini-museum is right next to that shining fortress of New York’s MOMA and always has interesting shows, is never crowded, and the works are sure to inspire you. The Folk Art Museum is best known for putting now-popular outsider artist Henry Darger under a huge spotlight. And they’re showing some of his masterpieces yet again. Don’t miss it! Read more

Tiny Art Director: A Toddler and Her Vision

For three years now, Bill Zeman has been drawing dinosaurs eating girls and ‘poo-poo airplanes’, all based on the whims and demands of his daughter, Rosie. She has been giving him briefs since she was two-and-a-half years old, and she’s a tough and demanding critic. Apart from the extremely funny blog, The Tiny Art Director, there is now an equally impressive book to show for their collaboration. The charming Tiny Art Director: A Toddler and Her Vision is available through Chronicle Books.

Robbie Augspurger’s portrait photography

Working out of Portland, Robbie Augspurger got his first camera for his twelfth birthday, held at Showbiz Pizza Place, where there were animatronic animals wearing suits and playing in a band. He didn’t immortalize that rare vision on film that night, but ever since he can remember, he was interested in taking pictures. Read more

Maarten Wetsema

Maarten Wetsema is a Dutch photographer living in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Wetsema is represented by Van Kranendonk Gallery in The Hague, The Netherlands. He has had numerous international exhibitions, and his images have appeared at Photo Miami and Paris Photo. Read more