Ivy Brown in her gallery with a portait of her. Photo: Nathan Hughes Ivy Brown and Her Gallery Her two dogs, Buster and Keaton, greeted me at the door with assertive barks but a gentle demeanor. They appreciated my affection... City Arts 13 Aug 2021 | 08:57
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome. “Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino.” 1518. Oil on canvas. 38 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (97.2 × 79.4 cm). Private Collection/Bridgeman Images That Cosimo Show “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570” (until Oct. 11) could be the first post-pandemic blockbuster show, and an... City Arts 16 Jul 2021 | 12:58
Northwell’s Lenox Hill Hospital displays part of Sandra and William Nicholson’s “Women Who Dared” collection of art by women artists. Photo courtesy of Northwell Health The Art of Healing Collectors Sandra and William Nicholson spent 30 years collecting and preserving the work of women artists from around the... City Arts 25 May 2021 | 10:35
Joanne McFarland, “Selfie With Lilies.” Photo courtesy of Joanne McFarland Their Art Continued ... They are three women who, in many ways, could not be more different. Yet, they have all managed to continue — and even elevate... City Arts 13 Apr 2021 | 03:06
Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.270, Hanging Six-Lobed, Complex Interlocking Continuous Form within a Form with Two Interior Spheres), 1955 is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Photo: Adel Gorgy A Line Can Go Anywhere Since last summer, I’ve been posting letters with beautiful Ruth Asawa stamps. Like many art lovers, I read with eager anticipation... City Arts 07 Apr 2021 | 11:51
Room 24: Four grand panels of Fragonard’s series “The Progress of Love” are shown together at Frick Madison in a gallery illuminated by one of Marcel Breuer’s trapezoidal windows. This view shows two of the 1771–72 paintings, with two later overdoors visible in the next gallery. Photo: Joe Coscia The Frick Goes Minimalist The opening of the Frick Collection on March 18 in new temporary quarters, just north of the Gilded Age mansion, has been... City Arts 21 Mar 2021 | 05:44
Julie Mehretu, Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation, 2001. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 101 ½ × 208 ½ inches (257.81 × 529.59 cm). Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas 2013.28. © Julie Mehretu Looking Forward to Spring Exhibitions We’re all looking forward to a season of renewal, and this spring, New York’s museum exhibitions offer interest, excitement... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:55
Yoko Ono (b. 1933, Japan), DREAM TOGETHER, 2020, installed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art © Yoko Ono. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen NYC Museums Begin to Reopen DREAM TOGETHER Those are the larger than life words emblazoned on the front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yoko Ono... City Arts 29 Aug 2020 | 05:31
“Love Power” hanging in the storefront of Cote a Coast. ( Courtesy of Sono Kuwayama) Bowery’s Mural Mishap Up until late July, colorful murals adorned the windows of Bowery businesses. The Bringing Back Bowery project used the plywood... Home 10 Aug 2020 | 06:58
The Oculus at the World Trade Center station holds a secret that ties it to sites like Stonehenge and Karnak. Photo: Anthony Quintano -www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/28992861302/in/photostream/ The City as Art “There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting,” Robert Rauschenberg once said. Like so many in our... City Arts 03 Aug 2020 | 05:18
J.J. Pinckney’s “2511 Atlantic Ave” (mix medium on wood). (Photo courtesy of J.J. Pinckney) An Artistic Reckoning in Chelsea As race and inequity are brought to the fore in every aspect of the American social fabric — major league sports, media institutions,... News 28 Jul 2020 | 11:05
The program aims to allow parents to learn about artists with their kids. (Photo: The Whitney Museum) American Art at Home A pandemic (when you’re safe) can be unproductive. A pandemic (again, when you’re safe) can be mentally draining. A pandemic... City Arts 28 Jul 2020 | 10:17
Photo: @bringing_back_bowery, via Instagram Giving Life Back to a Shuttered Street The stretch of Bowery between Houston and Third Avenue is usually an eclectic mix of busy bars, coffee shops and art galleries,... News 14 Jul 2020 | 02:10
Giovanni Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert" at the Frick Collection. ( Photo courtesy of the Frick Collection.) St. Francis at the Frick Move over, Metropolitan Museum of Art: if you want to see what’s been called by many “the most important Renaissance painting... City Arts 29 Apr 2020 | 10:19
At a sneak preview for students. ( Photo: Elena Olivo (FIAF)) France Comes to Manhattan Do you miss the Louvre and the Musée D’Orsay? Can’t get to Paris or don’t want to risk the manifestations (strikes)? Well,... News 03 Jan 2020 | 03:23
