Friends of RxArt events are kicking off in L.A.: Walead Beshty will host Friends at his studio on the evening of March 1 for a conversation with… MORE RxArt is thrilled to announce the completion of our major project with Dan Colen at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children… MORE Beavers and Tigers and Bears, Oh my! RxArt… Read more »

Summer is the season for public art, but wait for the heat dome to cool off before venturing outside to check out these pieces in NYC! The latest installation in Madison Square Park, Martin Puryear’s Big Bling, raised many questions in my family during a recent night stroll. While my mother thought it was an… Read more »

As a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A in art history, I am grateful for the opportunity to work as summer intern for RxArt! Growing up in both Brooklyn and New York City allowed me to fully immerse myself in the art world. My classes in college, in combination with the thriving art environment allowed my… Read more »

My name is Nanase Shirokawa and I am very grateful and excited to be working this summer as an intern for RxArt. I just completed my freshman year at Williams College as a prospective art history and sociology double major. I am fascinated by the intersections between these two fields and how art functions in… Read more »

Sweater Weather Halcyon Days, from the Greek myth of Alcyone, are the seven days in winter (either side of the shortest day of the year) when storms never occur. Halcyon Days recall an earlier time remembered as idyllic, a time when the winds were restrained and the waves were calmed in favor of peace. Bill… Read more »

Impossible Conversations at the Met “You know, Miuccia, I hate talking to designers,” says Elsa Schiaparelli in the first of a series of eight short videos in the Met’s exhibit, “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.” The two Italian designers sit at opposite ends of a long dark rococo table separated by a glass chandelier and… Read more »

“Maybe she’s all people brought together in one human…” These words from a dazed Liverpuddlian boy sizing up the central figure of Picasso’s Weeping Woman, which is situated just behind the camera and out of the frame in Rineke Dijkstra’s twelve minute, continuously looping 3 channel HD video, The Weeping Woman, 2009. The student (one… Read more »

Best use of a lunch hour? Window shopping, of course! I headed over to check out the Yayoi Kusama products at the Louis Vuitton store in SoHo today–so much fun! Kusama’s iconic dots pattern is featured prominently in all of the products, which range from bracelets and bangles to shoes, dresses, bags, and even a… Read more »

My name is Molly Brewer, and today I’m joining the intelligent and talented team at RxArt as their newest intern.  I moved to New York from North Carolina just in time for the dog days of summer, but fortunately, art museums are well air-conditioned, providing a delightful refuge from the heat. I loved taking in… Read more »

World-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama is bringing her spotted world to The Whitney Museum for her retrospective. Known for her use of patterns, polka dots, nets, and large-scale, immersive installations, Kusama works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film and performance. Born in Japan in 1929, she came to the United States in… Read more »

We’re loving Cynthia Rowley’s Band-Aid Brand Beach Sport Kit! Perfect for summer and any cuts and scrapes you may get while lounging at the beach or poolside, each box comes with eight limited-edition prints. $12, cynthiarowley.com

Exciting update on the Louis Vuitton/ Yayoi Kusama collaboration! In conjunction with the launch of the capsule collection, seven pop-up shops will open around the country to offer a luxe shopping experience with a Kusama flare. The first pop-up shop will open in New York on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Paris,… Read more »

Are you getting married?  Now you can celebrate your love and send some to RxArt by registering with the I Do Foundation! The foundation allows couples and their guests to make wedding-related purchases that generate donations for charity.  The Charity Registry service allows guests to make donations in lieu of gifts.  Additionally, the foundation’s Gift Registry can donate a portion… Read more »

On July 10, two days before a retrospective of Kusama’s work opens at New York’s Whitney Museum, luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton will deliver a collection inspired by the artist’s iconic dot print to 461 stores worldwide. Kusama’s signature dots will appear on everything from jewelry to handbags to apparel.  A second capsule, which will… Read more »

Mars has come to Manhattan! Yes, you read that correctly–Manhattan is currently home to a four-week mission to Mars led by the Tom Sachs Space Program. Using everyday materials such as plywood, duct tape, and screws, Sachs and his NASA crew transformed the Park Avenue Armory into his own idea of the Red Planet. In… Read more »

On Friday, RxArt took a trip uptown to check out STREET, a pop-up exhibition curated by former RxArt intern Erin Goldberger.  Located in a vacant retail space on a quiet street in Harlem, the exhibition showcases photography, painting, and sculpture. STREET is part of Art in FLUX Harlem, a movement of Harlem artists appearing in… Read more »

On Saturday, June 16, LittleCollector will be hosting a tour of Tom Sachs’ latest installation at the Park Avenue Armory, “Space Program: Mars.”  Kids ages 5-10 are invited to participate in an interactive tour of the exhibition and learn what it takes to become an astronaut on a mission to Mars. For more information, visit… Read more »

Last week, RxArt enjoyed a private tour of Keith Haring: 1978-1982, currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum. Hosted by Artnet, the tour was led by Gracie Mansion, one of the first art dealers to set up shop on the Lower East side in the 1980’s and currently the Senior Specialist in Modern and Contemporary… Read more »

Newsletter index: Metropolitan Hospital Installation Trenton Doyle Hancock Installation James Welling Installation Avant Garde Preschool RxArt TV Cynthia Rowley Party RxArt Announces Two New Board Members RxArt Welcomes Two New Team Members New Intern Metropolitan Hospital Installation 2012 got off to a fantastic start with some incredible installations in hospitals around the country.  We’ve added Houston… Read more »

WHO: Ian Bradley and Ryan McGinley WHAT: Hanging outside the opening for iO Tillett Wright WHERE: The Hole When: May 30

Artist Adrian Piper was right on target when she conceived of her piece, “Barack Rainbowbama”, for Between the Lines: Vol. 3 almost a year ago. On the back of President Obama’s public support of gay marriage, the cover of this week’s The New Yorker features the White House with rainbow-colored columns.  Cover artist Bob Staake… Read more »

Holton Rower’s first solo exhibition in New York opened at The Hole on April 28th. A stark contrast to the bare white walls, Holton’s psychedelic pour paintings erupt from the walls in a wild array of colors. Rower creates these paintings by pouring doctored paint onto plywood. Though the process seems simplistic, it yields beautiful and unexpected results: paintings that… Read more »

Last December, we held a fundraiser to help us complete an installation at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital. Thanks to the enormous response and outpouring of contributions from our supporters, we were able to install fourteen beautiful photographs by James Welling in the hospital’s Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences in April 2012. The photographs are… Read more »

RxArt’s beloved coloring books are carried in some fantastic stores and museum shops around the world, and we were recently picked up by New York’s REED SPACE. Located on the Lower East Side, the store carries an eclectic mix of independent fashion, art, footwear, books, publications, music, and accessories.  Between the Lines Vol. II and… Read more »

RxArt took a field trip out to Randall’s Island for the New York Frieze Art Fair. With 180 participating galleries, a sculpture park, and a D.A.P book shop, there was a lot to see. Though we missed Mark Ruffalo and Gavin Brown cooking up sausages on the opening day, we had a great time strolling… Read more »

WHO: Holton Rower WHAT: Painting live at the Dior dinner + party WHERE: The Hole Gallery WHEN: May 3rd

On Wednesday evening Ryan McGinley showcased his newest work, Animals and Grids, at both Team Gallery locations. Animals featured nude studio portraits of friends and models with their animal of choice, leading to humorous, beautiful, occasionally painful, and generally unpredictable results. Grids, a much more emotional and intimate-feeling body of work, focuses on close-up portraits… Read more »

We had another fun-filled afternoon at Avant Garde Preschool, this time with artist Julia Chiang! Kids sculpted, glued and glittered to their hearts’ content. This session may have been less chaotic than the last, but it was no less fun. See photos and artwork below! Avant Garde Preschool is a creative program hosted by RxArt… Read more »

Children’s Tour of the NADA Fair Hosted by LittleCollector LittleCollector.com will host a tour designed specifically for children during the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair, May 4-7, 2012 in New York City. On this very special tour kids will accompany an Arts Educator through the fair and will learn about how each of the… Read more »

With New York’s unpredictable weather swings, it seems only fitting that the work currently on view at Show Room makes use of the seasonable effects.  Thomas Kovachevich’s show, Alpenglow, is breathtakingly beautiful in its simplicity.  The long, narrow entranceway is lined with monotone, nearly geometrical shapes obscured by a layer of cotton parchment.  Because of… Read more »