Bruce Silverstein Gallery, located at 535 West 24th Street in Chelsea, represents fine art photography.

Frank Paulin's award-winning book Out of the Limelight is now available for purchase through the Bruce Silverstein Gallery. Signed copies are also available featuring a limited edition print of the seminal image I Love you, Chicago.

History Keeps Me Awake at Night, The Village Voice, August 19th, 2008. To read the full review, click here

Bruce Silverstein Gallery’s booth at the 2008 Art Basel fair has been featured in Rodeo Magazine. The write up primarily focused on Maria Antonietta Mameli's Human Observation - Red Leashes series. To read the complete article, click here.

The Art of History, The New Yorker, June 14th - 21st, 2008. To read the full review, click here

Artist Zoe Strauss will have five installations throughout the forthcoming L’Été photographique de Lectoure 2008, opening July 19th in Lectoure, France.

Two works by artist Barbara Morgan (Invisible Man and Lightwaves) along with one work by artist Aaron Siskind (tbd) will be included in the forthcoming inaugural exhibition at Haunch of Venison New York this September.

Abstract Expressionism - A World Elsewhere is curated by noteworthy London-based art historian David Anfam, and will feature masterpieces from the leading figures of the movement.

Artist Zoe Strauss will be included in the exhibition History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz at the PPOW gallery in Chelsea, New York. The exhibition will open on June 10th, 2008.

A new edition of On Reading featuring photographs by notable photographer André Kertèsz with introduction by Robert Gurbo will be released the week of June 14th, 2008. This book, originally released in 1969 "celebrates the absorptive power of reading as a universal pleasure".

Nearly three in four New York City middle and high school students did not participate in any art activities this year, according to survey results released by the Department of Education yesterday.

About 80% of the students, or more than 400,000, completed the surveys, which help determine schools' report card grades. Test scores make up the bulk of each grade, but parent, teacher, and student satisfaction is also considered; along with attendance figures, they comprise 15% of the report card.

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Silverstein Photography is pleased to announce this year’s curatorial nominees and their corresponding selection of photographers for the Silverstein Photography Annual (SPA), Silverstein Photography’s second annual invitational exhibition.

As part of the gallery’s ongoing effort to provide exposure to emerging artists whose work incorporates the medium of photography, Silverstein Photography with the guidance of curatorial advisor Nathan Lyons, annually invites ten prominent curators to nominate one artist each whom they feel deserves the opportunity for further exposure within New York’s cultural milieu. This year, particular emphasis has been placed upon the inclusion of curators from international institutions, reinforcing the gallery’s commitment to providing an avenue for those artists working outside of the United States. We are pleased to announce this year’s curators and their selected artists:

New York’s Center for Arts Education has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the United States Department of Education’s Model Development and Dissemination Program. This grant, directed at CAE’s second generation School Arts Support Initiative, will enable the organization to continue creating and sustaining quality arts education programs at middle schools with little to no arts education available for its students. This is the first such grant CAE has received from the USDOE.

Milan-based 1000 Eventi Gallery opened its recent group show group show featuring gallery artist Joel-Peter Witkin, to much controversy. Targeting Witkin’s works within the show, Milan Mayor Letizia Moratti called the exhibition “transgressive” and protested its right to open. Interviewed by the online magazine "Affari" exhibition organizer, Vittorio Sgarbi condemned Moratti’s criticisms saying, "It is a bizarre, peculiar and worrying prospect…Witkin is the most renowned living photographer. Artists are entitled to do what they like most. Even Bacon did a caricature of the Pope and nobody would object to that”. After much debate, Moratti and Sgarbi have agreed to allow the show to continue, moving it to a new venue.

NYC Schools Fail to Provide Access to Arts Education According to Recent Report by Public Advocate

According to a new report by New York City's Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, the great majority of New York City public schools are failing to comply with state requirements to teach the arts. The new report "Out of Tune: A Survey on NYC Students' Access to Arts Education" is based on surveys conducted by the Public Advocate's office of 100 randomly selected public elementary schools and 50 randomly selected public middle schools in New York City. Surveyors were asked specifically about arts education classes provided to third and fourth graders, or sixth graders in the case of middle schools.

To see the report of their findings, please click here

Silverstein Photography’s booth at the 2008 Art Basel fair has been featured on the cover of the Art Newspaper. The article, describing the booth’s central work, F. Holland Day’s historic series “Seven Words” reads, “A set of Victorian prints – saved from a rubbish bin – is on sale at Silverstein Photography for $3million, making it potentially the most expensive historic photograph ever…”

Artist Sarah Stolfa has completed her studies and obtained a Masters in Fine Arts degree from the prestigious Yale School of Art, Department of Photography. An exhibition of her works as well as other graduates from the 2008 class can be seen in the the Yale MFA Photography 2008 show at Danziger Projects in Chelsea, New York, from May 27th through May 31st, 2008. To see images from Stolfa's latest series, click here

Silverstein Photography's recently published book, Frank Paulin: Out of the Limelight, has been awarded Photo District News' Photo Annual Book Award. Mr. Paulin along with celebrated book designer Massimo Vignelli will be honored at the PDN Photo Annual Awards Ceremony.

Silverstein Photography will head to Basel, Switzerland to participate in the renowned Art Basel fair in June. Among other works, Silverstein Photography plans to exhibit Werner Bischof’s seminal body, The Concerned Photographer. Recently rediscovered after more than thirty years in abandonment, these original fifty-plus exhibition prints represent one of the most comprehensive and beautifully executed bodies of the artist’s career. First shown at the Smithsonian Institution in 1961, this body of work, curated by Cornell Capa presented the most panoptic survey of the humanist photography movement to date. It was this influential exhibit that became the basis for the formation of the International Center for Photography.

Zoe Strauss' eighth consecutive I-95 exhibition will open May 4th, 2008 from 1pm to 4pm. As part of the tradition of the I-95 project, works will be installed in the area below the I-95 highway, and will be made available for sale upon the conclusion of the exhibit.

Silverstein Photography is pleased to announce representation of the seminal Brett Weston Archive. Brett Weston’s legacy of photographic excellence began at the young age of 16 when his father, famed photographer Edward Weston employed Brett as his apprentice. From there Brett went on to become one of the medium’s most recognized in his own right, with works exhibited and acquired by some of the world’s most prominent institutions. We are delighted to offer the works of such an esteemed and recognized artist to our public

Silverstein Photography is thrilled to announce the expansion of its exhibition space to include a second gallery located at 529 West 20th Street. Opening in April 2008 with an inaugural exhibition by artist Maria Antonietta Mamelli, the gallery's new location will be devoted to showing the works of emerging contemporary photographers of any age, reinforcing Silverstein Photography's commitment to the future of the medium and the notion that significance is not restricted by exposure. We look forward to seeing you there.

Inside Out, New Yorker, April 7th, 2008.
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Silverstein Photography is pleased to announce our representation of Aaron Siskind and the Aaron Siskind Foundation. As the sole photographic member of the American Abstract Expressionist movement, Aaron Siskind is regarded as one of the most influential photographic-based artists of the 20th century. In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Siskind devoted 25 years of service to the New York City public school system as an educator. The Aaron Siskind Foundation maintains this legacy by providing annual grants which “encourage and celebrate artistic achievement in contemporary photography by supporting the creative endeavors of individual artists working in still-photography and photography-based media.” We feel privileged to have the opportunity to work with such a celebrated artist.