The museum collection includes 3,700 items, a mix of authentic KGB artifacts and replicas. Dark History on Display The world’s only KGB Espionage museum greets visitors with a “Lifestyles of the Communist and Fabulous” scene: a KGB officers’... City Arts 14 Nov 2019 | 02:28
Big Pink, The Band's first album, released in 1968,, featured cover art by Bob Dylan. ( Photo: David Noonan) Robbie Robertson Has His Say I’m going to write something unpopular right here about the story of The Band, one of the most beloved groups in rock and... City Arts 11 Nov 2019 | 03:05
In "The Palmist Window" from 1967, Betye Saar's found objects along with painted imagery are vivid and evocative. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Mystical Moments at MoMA Artist Betye Saar had a breakout moment almost 50 years ago, in 1972. She created a sculptural assemblage from Aunt Jemima... City Arts 04 Nov 2019 | 12:57
Haegue Yang's "Handles" in MoMa'S second floor atrium fills the space with light and sound, but also makes subtle references to history, politics, nature and spirituality. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) MoMA Reimagined The Museum of Modern Art is back, and bigger and better than ever. After a $450 million renovation while it remained open,... City Arts 08 Nov 2019 | 06:17
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). Sybil Sassoon, 1912. Charcoal on paper. ( Photo: Christopher Calnan) Charcoal Beauty For Sargent freaks, the wait is over. It’s been more than four years since the city has seen a major show dedicated to the... City Arts 18 Oct 2019 | 11:02
Puppets from "Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju" tell the tale of “The Love Suicides at Sonezaki” opening the season for Lincoln Center's 10th anniversary White Light Festival. ( Photo: ©Hiroshi Sugimoto/ Courtesy of Odawara Art Foundation) Evoking Core Emotions Lincoln Center's White Light Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary, once again bringing cross-cultural, multidisciplinary... City Arts 14 Oct 2019 | 10:43
Arias in the Afternoon Some in the audience wore tuxedos and evening gowns, others wore jeans and sneakers. There was even a man wearing a black... News 10 Oct 2019 | 02:48
If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it, 2019. Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 330.3 x 6.4 cm / 108 x 130 x 2 1/2 in © Amy Sherald Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth ( Photo: Joseph Hyde) New Ways of Painting and Seeing Can a single work of art change the course of art history? Some have, but not many. For the individual viewer, the world... City Arts 07 Oct 2019 | 11:27
From Anna Sui's Grunge collection (Spring 1993), with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in the background. ( Photo: Jenna Bascom) Bohemian Rhapsody Anna Sui is having a New York moment. The fashion queen’s designs are the stuff of a splashy retrospective at the Museum... City Arts 03 Oct 2019 | 11:38
64th Street Red-Necked Grebe (only on view through November 2019). ( Photo: Val Castronovo) Broadway's Fine-Feathered Friends Call it a show for the birds — an open-air exhibition on the Broadway Malls that raises awareness of avian species threatened... Newsletter 25 Sep 2019 | 02:32
A detail of the extraordinary, life-sized "St. Jerome" sculpture, executed in around 1465 probably by both Donatello and Bertoldo di Giovanni, is one of the highlights of the show. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Echoes of the Past, Whispers of the Future The curators at the Frick Collection have a knack for uncovering geniuses of the past and starting them trending. Now it's... City Arts 23 Sep 2019 | 02:41
Mini re-creation of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, with Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, “Enchanted Island” bustier dress with bracelets and embroidered shoes, fall/winter 1987-1988, France. CHANEL Patrimoine Collection, Paris. ( Photo: Val Castronovo) Fashion City There may be fashion weeks spanning the globe today, in Lagos, Moscow, São Paulo and Shanghai, but Paris remains the leader... City Arts 12 Sep 2019 | 02:20
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Akhnaten. ( Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) How Great Art is Made Where does the artistic journey begin? How does it evolve? Did you ever find yourself wondering ‘Who came up with this?’... City Arts 09 Sep 2019 | 02:06
Maud Earl, "I Hear a Voice" (1896; Saint Bernard). ( Photo: David Woo, American Kennel Club) Top Dogs Fans of PBS’s “Victoria” will no doubt have noticed the British monarch’s infatuation with Dash, a Cavalier King Charles... City Arts 28 Aug 2019 | 04:26
Renaissance paintings by Anton Mozart inside a small shrine by metalsmith, Matthias Walbaum are miniature wonders. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) What's a Masterpiece Worth? What's the value of beauty? What even constitutes beauty? Who says? What gets handed down? What gets tossed onto history's... City Arts 26 Aug 2019 | 11:28
