Dan Nistor and Gallery RIVAA invite you to an opening reception for his solo exhibit, Paintings & Drawings, on Saturday, October 30th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. RIVAA is at 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island.

The Roosevelt Island Daily News

From our review of Dan Nistor’s 2015 show Characters at Dusk

“Nistor’s methods are spontaneous. He choses a subject and lets his imagination run free in a first draft. ‘My interest lies primarily in the process and what happens after the first draft, since the first draft can lead to any result,’ he explains. He strives to work quickly and intensely ‘to authentically capture the moment’ and to finish each work in a single session.”

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Paintings & Drawings runs until November 28th.

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The Women Who Held the Ground

Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.

Eleanor Rivers Jun 26, 2026

The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).

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