Graciela Cassel’s “radar kaleidoscope” is made of angled mirrors that reflect the surrounding river, sky, and city. Photo: Meryl Phair ‘River Dreams’ Aboard the Lilac The Lilac calmly sits in the Hudson River along Pier 25 in downtown Manhattan as New Yorkers stream by to enjoy a summer... City Arts 05 Jul 2022 | 02:34
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98 - 1543). “Sir Thomas More,” 1527. Oil on panel29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.9 x 60.3 cm). The Frick Collection, New York, 1912.1.77. Photo: Michael Bodycomb Renaissance Splendor at the Morgan Fans of the Frick Collection’s famous 16th century portrait duo, “Sir Thomas More” (1527) and “Thomas Cromwell” (1532-33),... City Arts 12 Apr 2022 | 12:39
Traci Johnson with “Freeform” soft sculpture. Photo: Kahdeem Prosper Traci Johnson’s ‘Safe Space’ The annual Affordable Art Fair made a return to Chelsea last week, bringing mazes of gallery booths to the Metropolitan Pavilion... News 27 Mar 2022 | 10:48
Jennifer Packer, A Lesson in Longing, 2019. Oil on canvas, 108 1/2 × 137 in. (275.6 × 348 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; promised gift of Dawn and David Lenhardt. © Jennifer Packer. Photograph by Ron Amstutz. Image courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, and Corvi-Mora, London Women Making Art and History Art is long. And as long as there has been art, there have been women artists. Research reported in National Geographic has... City Arts 09 Mar 2022 | 05:17
Olga Spiegel, Untitled, 1971, Oil on canvas, 22 x 26 inches. Photo courtesy of Collection Jacaeber Kastor The Outsider Art Fair is Back After a creative response to the pandemic last year where curated shows were presented across several local galleries along... News 20 Feb 2022 | 05:18
Alexander Calder, “Butterfly, Mouse and Snail”, Gouache, Signed and dated 1968 lower right, 23” x 30 3/4”, Calder Foundation Registration #A06050, Photo courtesy Christopher Bishop Fine Art In the Galleries – East Side It’s January. Ready for a scene change? “The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes,” Marcel Proust... City Arts 21 Jan 2022 | 05:36
Dr. Arline Rubin says that Zoom “extended my interest in art.” Photo courtesy of Dr. Arline Rubin Crafting Her Way Through The Pandemic “I like Zoom a lot! It makes me feel like I’m part of the world,” says Dr. Arline Rubin, an 86-year-old retired Brooklyn... News 27 Dec 2021 | 10:22
Peter Robinson Smith at the Grand Bazaar Market. Photo: Xintian Wang Living With Shadow, Art Becomes the Cure As an after-school art class in Vermont was about to end, Peter Robinson Smith remembers asking the 12-year-olds to store... City Arts 20 Dec 2021 | 03:25
Anki King, Associate Director Gallery and Exhibitions, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art Students League of New York. Photo: Karen Camela Watson ‘I Will Have That One, Please’ Whether you know a lot about art or just enjoy collecting interesting things, there’s sure to be something that catches your... News 12 Dec 2021 | 12:29
Maya Lin (American, b. 1959). Ghost Forest, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Madison Square Park Conservancy. Photo: Andy Romer For the Love of Trees Walking beneath the russet brown canopy of New York’s estimated 4-5 million trees, watching leaves drift and flutter, is... City Arts 10 Nov 2021 | 12:08
Andy Warhol’s “Flowers.” Photo: National Arts Club The Other Prince of Pop: Andy Warhol The Andy Warhol Show at the National Arts Club is a rare opportunity to explore a particular technique of the founder of... City Arts 30 Sep 2021 | 10:37
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
