Art historian Lauren Kaplan makes art approachable for anyone who’s interested. Photo: Jackie Weisberg An Art Historian for the People Lauren Kaplan is an art historian for the people. As a professor of art history at John Jay College and Hunter College, and... News 15 Nov 2022 | 12:23
Edward Hopper, “City Roofs,” 1932. Oil on canvas. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper BequestP.2016.11. © 2022 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Hopper in the City Edward Hopper (1882-1967) had an enduring love affair with New York, a place he called home for nearly six decades. He was... City Arts 26 Oct 2022 | 12:34
Madame Rouillé, by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr. A Gift That Keeps Giving It’s literally the chance of a lifetime to see a collection of drawings in a history-making promised gift. The Frick Collection,... City Arts 19 Oct 2022 | 11:10
Guests mingle at Bonner David New York opening reception. Photo: Karen Camela Watson A Grand Opening at Bonner David New York Two years in the making, Bonner David Galleries formally celebrated its arrival in New York City and the Upper East Side... News 19 Sep 2022 | 08:56
At The Met – Installation view of Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo: Bruce Schwarz, Courtesy of The Met Time Travel through Fall Art Exhibitions Museum-going counterparts of armchair travelers can cross the world and millennia in this season’s exhibitions. Here are... City Arts 06 Sep 2022 | 01:08
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
