“Defiant” - A man waiting outside a family bodega for his turn. ( Photo: Mitchell Hartman) Documenting a Pandemic Statues wearing face masks (and not the hydrating kind). An empty Times Square. An empty Museum Mile. Rolls and rolls of toilet... City Arts 07 Jul 2020 | 03:03
Alice Neel, “Andy Warhol,” 1970, Oil and acrylic on linen, 60 × 40in., Gift of Timothy Collins, Whitney Museum of American Art. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) A Portrait for Today What will the soundtrack of 2020 be like? What will its poetry say? How will artists capture all that’s happening? Right... City Arts 02 Jul 2020 | 11:12
Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967. Oil on canvas, two panels, 72 × 144″ (182.9 × 365.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of The Modern Women’s Fund, Ronnie F. Heyman, Eva and Glenn Dubin, Lonti Ebers, Michael S. Ovitz, Daniel and Brett Sundheim, and Gary and Karen Winnick ( Photo: Jonathan Muzikar) ‘Do Your Own Time and Place’ One of the most striking aspects of the rehang at the new Museum of Modern Art is the juxtaposition of two works on the fifth... City Arts 24 Jun 2020 | 11:38
Alma W. Thomas (American, 1895-1978). “Wind, Sunshine and Flowers,” 1968. Acrylic on canvas, 71 3/4 x 51 7/8 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, 76.120. © artist or artist’s estate. ( Photo: Brooklyn Museum) Living Color Art is a language, written without words, sending urgent messages or soothing reassurances. One artistic voice that has called... City Arts 10 Jun 2020 | 11:44
Wynton Marsalis and friends launched Lincoln Center's "Memorial For Us All" series on May 3. ( Photo courtesy of Lincoln Center) Voices Lifted in Love, Comfort and Hope Writers aren't ordinarily at a loss for words, but these are not ordinary times. Watching Lincoln Center's Sunday evening... City Arts 20 May 2020 | 10:35
Left, Museum Tower, 1982, architect, Cesar Pelli & Associates; center, The David and Peggy Rockefeller Building, 2004, architect, Yoshio Taniguchi; foreground, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, designed 1953, architect, Philip Johnson. ( Photo (c) 2005 Timothy Hursley) Art Under the Open Sky It’s the unofficial start of summer, and as New York City prepares to reopen, the itch to get outside and commune with nature... City Arts 19 May 2020 | 02:44
Johannes Vermeer, "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher" ca. 1662, is waiting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ( Image: Public domain ) A Lesson in Solitude, Quiet and Light As I look out the window at a patch of grape hyacinths and yellow daffodils, I'm reminded of Johannes Vermeer, the 17th century... City Arts 07 May 2020 | 02:43
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
Donald Judd. Untitled. 1991. Enameled aluminum, 59″ × 24′ 7 1/4″ × 65″ (150 × 750 × 165 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler and gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (both by exchange) and gift of Kathy Fuld, Agnes Gund, Patricia Cisneros, Doris Fisher, Mimi Haas, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Emily Spiegel. © 2019 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. ( Photo: John Wronn) Inside and Outside the Box As the shelter-in-place orders continue and New York City’s museums and cultural spaces remained closed indefinitely, art... City Arts 24 Apr 2020 | 11:23
A 200-lb. brass gear that Mark Gordon "returned to its home, so to speak, in that it is mounted on the elevator blockhouse." ( Photo: Mark Gordon) Turning Found Parts into Art The adage that someone’s trash can become another’s treasure is reinforced daily at the home of Mark Gordon. The retired... City Arts 15 Apr 2020 | 12:14
A painting depicting the deity known as Green Tara; Tibet; 18th/19th century; Ground mineral pigment on cotton. Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin. ( Photo: Rubin Musuem of Art.) Focusing on Art, Alleviating Stress Art has the ability to speak directly to the spirit. In ways that are myriad and mysterious, the spirit responds. That's... City Arts 09 Apr 2020 | 02:59
Ballet Hispánico's 50th anniversary celebration has moved online and is open for all to enjoy. ( Photo: Rachel Neville) Don't Stop the Music Surprisingly – and it seems everything is surprising these days – though New York's great stages, concert halls, theaters... City Arts 02 Apr 2020 | 03:25
Gerhard Richter. "Uncle Rudi," 1965. Oil on canvas. Památnik Lidice/Lidice Memorial. © Gerhard Richter 2019 (08102019) The Measure of the Unfathomable As New Yorkers hunker down and heed Governor Cuomo’s directive to stay home, one realizes that the new normal is a strange... City Arts 27 Mar 2020 | 02:57
Color wheel and torn paper collage by Luna Paucar. ( Photo: Courtesy of Parrish Art Museum) Reconnect with Your Inner Artist "The spirit of delight comes in small ways." - Robert Louis Stevenson Every day is new, and every day brings challenges and... City Arts 23 Mar 2020 | 12:32
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Self-Portrait, 1658 Oil on canvas 52 5/8 x 40 7/8 inches. The Frick Collection, New York ( Photo: Michael Bodycomb ) Meet a Masterpiece There's something transportive about standing in front of a great work of art and experiencing its presence, impact, scope,... City Arts 16 Mar 2020 | 10:41
