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
Musician Jeremy Pelt. Photo: Kasia Idzkowska The Griot of New York As its title hints, “Griot: This Is Important!” (HighNote, 2021) by New York-based trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, is the vital jazz... City Arts 31 Mar 2021 | 09:55
Muhammad Ali with Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton (center) and M.B. Lee (left), President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on “Muhammad Ali Day,” December 9, 1974. Photo: Emile Bocian, courtesy of The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) A Photographer’s Focus on Chinatown COVID-19 has challenged many cultural institutions to completely change their events to fit with public safety guidelines.... City Arts 24 Mar 2021 | 11:31
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
Giovanna Garzoni , Still Life with Bowl of Citrons, c. 1640, Tempera on vellum, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Public Domain image Alternative Art History: Women’s Work For Women’s History Month, let me share a secret with you. There’s a whole art world out there outside of what you see at... City Arts 09 Mar 2021 | 10:12
Cover of Arthur Drooker’s “City Hall.” Photo courtesy of Arthur Drooker City Halls Celebrated Think of all the bad raps City Hall gets: “You can’t fight it.” It’s where our local representatives fight over budgets and... City Arts 07 Mar 2021 | 10:57
“The Sleeve Should Be Illegal” book jacket. Photo: Val Castronovo Falling into Art at the Frick On March 18, The Frick Collection will officially open to the public in new, temporary quarters at the Breuer building on... City Arts 23 Feb 2021 | 09:38
Three kids ride their tricycles down a Lower East Side street (1980). Photo courtesy of Alex Harsley Alex Harsley and the 4th Street Photo Gallery Alex Harsley, 83, knows this city. He’s been photographing and documenting life here for most of his life and has even captured... City Arts 19 Feb 2021 | 10:11
Sara Mearns. Photo: Erin Baiano Setting a New Barre for the Ballet Two weeks after Sara Mearns first moved to Manhattan, the city went through another devastating time, the tragedy of September... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:07
Metalsmithing by Soull Ogun. Photo courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design Celebrating Diversity Through Craft The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) welcomed its newest cohort of artists-in-residence this month after attracting many more... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:15
The much anticipated revival of “The Music Man,” with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, has pushed its original 2020 opening to February 2022. Photo: Leida Snow Broadway’s Rocky Road to Recovery Did you catch the references to “Hamilton” in Amanda Gorman’s remarkable poem at the Biden Inauguration? Her words about... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:47
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
Leon Botstein, music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Ric Kallaher ( Ric Kallaher / photo by Ric Kallaher) ‘United We Play’ On March 12, 2020, the American Symphony Orchestra, along with pianist and composer Marcus Roberts and The Modern Jazz Generation,... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:36
Amanda Gorman steps to the podium to recite her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II, via Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Flickr ( MC1 / Carlos M. Vazquez II; OCJCS) Publishing: Interest Grows in Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Within hours of Amanda Gorman’s reading of the inaugural poem, bookstores were hearing from their customers. “Hopefully this... City Arts 29 Jan 2021 | 12:49
Lujira Cooper: “I’ve become more concerned about other people’s rights.” Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen The Faces of LGBTQ Pioneers In the summer of 1969, when the Stonewall riots transpired, Lujira Cooper felt disconnected from the movement. In part, she... City Arts 25 Jan 2021 | 10:03
