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This page features recent events relating to both the documentary The View from Here and the artists of A Realist View. If you have information relating to one of these artists which you'd like to have posted on this site, you can email me at dave (at) theviewfromheredoc (dot) com, and/or post a link on the Facebook page.
February 14 to June 7, 2026 A show titled Sitting for Justice - The Monrgomery Bus Boycott will happen at the Upcoming History Museum in Greenville, South Carolina. The show will feature drawings done by Harvey Dinnerstein and Burt Silverman at that 1956 demonstration. To find out more about the Upcoming History Museum event, click here.
April, 2022 Sadly, Harvey Dinnerstein left the land of the living during that month.
January 19, 2016 The family, friends and admirers of Aaron Shikler attended a memorial in his honor at The Century Association on 43rd St. in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, 1/19/16. A number of speakers shared stories about their associations with Aaron, and the presentation also included a slide show of some of Aaron’s memorable works.
November 12, 2015 The world of realist art lost a major talent when Aaron Shikler died on Thursday, 11/12/15. His talent and his creative spirit will be missed.
November 3, 2015 Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, just acquired Burt Silverman’s painting “Study in Black & White.” To view the image, click here to go to the Silverman Studios Inc. Facebook page.
October 16, 2015 What does the film Bridge of Spies have to do with that group of artists on the rooftop? Before his arrest, many of the artists knew the Russian spy called Rudolf Abel in BoS by a different name, as a colleague who rented a studio in the same building where some of them also rented studio space. You can find out more about their associations with him by clicking on the Emil link, and even more by actually watching The View from Here.
October 14, 2015 Today is the opening reception for a Burt Silverman exhibition entitled Drawings for Portraits at Portraits Inc. in Manhattan which will be on display through November 6th.
October 4, 2015 Today the Salmagundi Club in Manhattan begins hosting an American Masters Exhibit which includes work by Burt Silverman and other distinguished realist artists. The show will continue up through October 23rd, and will include workshops, demonstrations and panel discussions.
March 3, 2015 Among the offerings at the auction from Lauren Bacall’s estate is a profile sketch of her that Aaron Shikler did in 1954. You can see the sketch by visiting the New York Post page about the auction here and scrolling down about two-thirds of the way to the bottom of the page.
