December 15th 2008 – January 18, 2009
At the request of Helena Christensen the proceeds from this exhibition will go to two children’s charities; Chernobyl Children’s Project International and The Point.
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The Imperfectionist December 14, 2008 By Karin Nelson HELENA CHRISTENSEN, the Danish supermodel turned fashion and art photographer, is probably the only person complaining that the iPhone takes quality photos. ”I’ll shake it as much as I can,” she said, a note of disdain in her voice. ”But it still comes out perfect.” Her photography, which has appeared in French and Italian Vogue and will go on view Monday at the Dactyl Foundation, is decidedly less perfect. ”It’s the blurriness and imperfection that I love,” she explained. ”And that strange feeling that the light can create.” [continue...]  Jan Krugier in 2006, with a painting by Picasso. November 20, 2008 Jan Krugier, Dealer of Art by Picasso, Balthus and Other Modernists, Dies at 80 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/arts/design/20krugier.html Jan Krugier, who survived two years in Nazi concentration camps as a young man and went on to become a highly regarded dealer of work by artists like Picasso, Morandi, Balthus and Giacometti, died on Saturday at his home in Geneva. He was 80. [continue...]
November 20 - October 30 2008 In Memorium Jan Krugier was perhaps the most significant art collector and dealer of our times. His passion and uncompromising vision can be seen clearly in what is one of the greatest collections known. We at Dactyl are honored to have hosted Dialogues, the last exhibition curated by Jan Krugier, before he passed away. We are especially thankful to Izabela Grocholski and John Mollett who made this incredible event possible. We would also like to thank Hikari Yokoyama. [continue...]
Wine & conversation with John Allen Paulos: Discussion Forum Co-hosted by The Center for Inquiry Paulos has written on the vagaries of the stock market in A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, arguments for God in his most recent book, Irreligion, and the mathematical and philosophical basis of humor in Mathematics and Humor and I Think, Therefore I Laugh. [continue...]
curated by Hikari Yokoyama opening: October 3rd, 6:00 – 9:00 Internationally recognized for his palimpsest style, throughout his career Angelbert Metoyer has employed an esoteric system of symbols and icons to bemuse viewers and present himself as a shamanistic seer. Lately, he has gone deeper into abstraction, aligning his work with contemporary science’s ultimate abstractions: quantum mechanics and field theory. [continue...]
Join the Center for Inquiry and the Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities for a Truth Uncorked event, with author, poet, and intellectual historian Jennifer Michael Hecht. Our main event, featuring a salon conversation over wine and light hors d’oeuvres, begins at 6:30 p.m. An optional, intimate dinner with the speaker will follow. [continue...]
Featuring Phillis Levin with Ciaran Berry: Poetry Salon August 28 – September 21, 2008
Far From Home, photo exhibit
Opening: June 27, 2008 Press Transworld Skateboarding (includes exhibition installation photos) [continue...]
POETRY SALON with Kevin O’Sullivan Dactyl Foundation’s Emerging Poet of the Year [continue...] Spring/Summer 2008
Exhibition of S Magazine Issue 7 entitled ‘Ajar’ Contributors: Bela Borsodi Christian Friis Ernesto Gonzalez Christophe Kutner Dan Martensen [continue...]
April 30, 2008 http://web.mac.com/dactylmedia/iWeb/dactyl.org/Yelena.Yemchuk.2008.preview.html
May 3 – June 1, 2008
wine & conversation with Maggie Jackson: Discussion Forum Cohost: Center for Inquiry CFI’s next Truth Uncorked wine and conversation event will take place on Thursday, January 15 with Maggie Jackson. Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist known for her penetrating coverage of U.S. social issues. She writes the popular “Balancing Acts” column in the Sunday Boston Globe, and her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Gastronomica and onNational Public Radio. Her latest book, Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age (Prometheus Books, 2008) [continue...] |
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August 5th 2008
