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Forthcoming NY Museum Exhibitions: My Short List of Blockbusters, Early 2008
What follows is my selected list of museum exhibitions opening in January and February that should cast away the winter blues.The Met:In the Light of Poussin: The Classical Landscape TraditionJanuary ...
New York Art Highlights of 2007
The opening of the new Roman and Greek Galleries at the Met and the unveiling of the New Museum on the Bowery are two memorable high-profile events from the year, but I also still vividly recall many ...
Those Fabulous Anarcho-Socialist Ashcan Artists, and A Walk to McSorley's
''Never think of beauty or use small brushes.'' - Robert HenriView Larger MapThree current exhibitions, two in New York and one in Wilmington, Delaware, highlight the work of the Ashcan artists, a coh...
The Pleasures of the Ashcan Artists: An Exhibit at the New-York Historical Society
Many of the most famous paintings by members of the Ashcan artists, such as William Glackens' Hammerstein's Roof Garden and a pair of George Bellows' boxing paintings are currently on display in the e...
Capturing the Big Mo: Michele Asselin's Photographs of Mike Huckabee
The Huckabee Factor by Zev Chafets, the cover story of the upcoming issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine and now available online, is accompanied by several images, including a couple of stunni...
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Artists on Your List
The best gift that you can give an artist is free room and board for a year in a spacious loft studio with track lighting and a generous per diem for expenses.Something free you can give an artist, an...
Nancy Graves, Francesca Woodman, and Barbara Kruger in Midtown Galleries
Hallelujah, art sisters and brothers! Read on about three fine exhibits that are all within easy walking distance of one another.• Nancy GravesBronze Sculpture of the 1980s Ameringer Yohe Fine Art (...
Tickets Already Snapped Up For The New Museum Opening Marathon
Am I going to the opening of the New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Bowery this weekend? I wanted the answer to be "Hell, Yes!,"* but I've learned that all the time-allotted tickets for the Target-...
Seurat Out Walking and Drawing on an Ordinary Sunday
Many people probably think Georges Seurat looks just like Mandy Patinkin, having become acquainted with the late 19th century French painter through Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. ...