The Winter Show and Master Drawings New York 2020 Edition When does craft become art? Is there a way to know? Well, the definition of each basically goes something like this: craft is an occupation or activity that requires a quantifiable level of skill; especially manual skills to produce and consistently reproduce objects, and art … Continue reading Welcome to ArtsGazing →

2020 Outsider Art Fair edition Akio Kontani, Demon, 2019, 10 x 10 x 10 in, Glazed ceramic, courtesy of ACM Gallery, Tokyo and Wide Open Arts, New York.Alyson Vega, City Garden, 2019, 17 x 17 in, Fabric collage, courtesy of Fountain House Gallery, New York and Wide Open Arts, New York.Bill Traylor, Blue Construction with … Continue reading Welcome to ArtsGazing →

Selecting the best of New York City's arts scene As we get ready for the end of the year, we’d like to say thank you to all our readers as well as the museums, galleries, parks and gardens that have been featured on ArtsGazing. We’re so lucky to live in a city with such a … Continue reading Welcome to ArtsGazing →

Selecting the best of New York City's arts scene A lot of people say they don’t like details but what they seem to mean is they don’t like detail that can’t be applied to their own experiences. In an odd way, that makes sense. After all, how can you be interested in stories or histories … Continue reading Welcome to ArtsGazing →