New York/Pennsylvania Railroad, 1952; Harley Wood, from the collection of Edward J. McCann, PA ( Photo: Courtesy of Poster House) Dazzling Show at Poster House Traces Gotham’s Growth Through Posters Add a trip to Poster House to your summer bucket list before it’s too late for a fascinating look at New York City through... City Arts 02 Aug 2024 | 11:55
A view of Manhattan in 1855, looking southward from the Latting Observatory on 42nd Street, between 5th and 6th avenues, with the Crystal Palace and the original Croton Reservoir in the foreground. Photo: Untitled View of Manhattan looking south from the Latting Observatory); New-York Historical Society, Gift of Cooley LLP. Image © Richard Haas Lost New York Exhibit Reaches Back in Time to Illuminate the Present Time travel back to a New York just recently past—or to a long-ago past, when the horse-drawn omnibus served as public transport... News 20 Jun 2024 | 04:12
“Slick” is a self portrait by Barkley L. Hendricks that is one of the paintings featured in the Frick’s first ever solo exhibition of an artist of color. Photo: Courtesy American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. “Slick” Barkley Hendricks is First Artist of Color to Get Frick Exhibit Step off the elevator on the fourth floor of Frick Madison and witness perhaps the most shocking–but in a good way–juxtaposition... City Arts 08 Dec 2023 | 12:55
Alex Katz, “Blue Umbrella 2,” 1972. Oil on linen. Private collection, New York. © 2022 Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Courtesy private collection. Let’s Gather with Alex Katz Look up, look down, look sideways from the spiraling ramps at the Guggenheim, where the new show, “Alex Katz: Gathering,”... City Arts 01 Nov 2022 | 12:18
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
Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, (Flemish, 1561–1635/36). “Elizabeth I” (“The Rainbow Portrait”), ca. 1602. Oil on canvas. Reproduced with the permission of the Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield HouseImage. ©Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK/Bridgeman Images Holbeins, Tapestries and a ‘Sea-Dog’ Table Now that the Queen is dead and Charles has been proclaimed King, there could be no better time for The Met to stage “The... City Arts 15 Oct 2022 | 09:50
The lobby of the Ukrainian Institute of America. Photo: Pavol Roskovensky Minding the Heritage It was late in the afternoon on Thursday, May 19, and a small cadre of journalists was huddled in the lobby of the Ukrainian... City Arts 24 May 2022 | 12:53
Mikhail Turovsky, “Sunflower Suite 17,” n.d., oil on canvas. On loan from the artist. Photo by Volodymyr Gritsyk. © Mikhail Turovsky. Image courtesy of The Ukrainian Museum The Ukrainian Museum “#Stand with Ukraine!” “Save Ukraine” read two paper signs at the entrance to the Ukrainian Museum, located in the East Village’s... City Arts 21 Apr 2022 | 10:31
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
Leo Moss (d. 1936), Doll with tears. Macon, GA, ca. 1922. “Mabel Lincoln 1922” handwritten on label sewn totorso. Manufactured body, cotton, papier-mâché, glass. Collection of Deborah Neff. Photo: Ellen McDermott Photography What’s in a Doll? Nearly three years in the making, “Black Dolls” at the New-York Historical Society is child’s play and so much more. Drawn... City Arts 04 Apr 2022 | 10:50
Terese Agnew, “Portrait of a Textile Worker,” 2005. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchased with funds provided by private donors, 2006. Photo: Jenna Bascom. Courtesy Museum of Arts and Design ( Jenna Bascom) The Art of Craft A special treasure in the New York cultural landscape is the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) at Columbus Circle, a showcase... City Arts 27 Oct 2021 | 12:11
Installation view of “Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 14, 2021 – January 15, 2022 © 2021 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Denis Doorly Calder’s Universe Alexander Calder (1898-1976) had a decades-long history with MoMA, the organizing principle behind its latest exhibit of... City Arts 05 Aug 2021 | 11:41
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
“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
The Snowy Owl strikes a pose in the North Meadow of Central Park on January 27, 2021. Photo courtesy of Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark The Owl Whooo Came In From the Cold “Unless you visit the high arctic,” The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website states, “you’ll mainly be looking for Snowy... News 28 Jan 2021 | 07:23
