"Queens" a trio of photographs by AlineSitoe A. Sy, age 10, from North Carolina. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Beauty, Strength and Promise "Just as you are, I choose you. And I'll keep making that choice every time I see you." It's called The Beautiful Project,... City Arts 03 Feb 2020 | 01:47
"The Draughtsman-Writer" made by Henry Maillardet, ca. 1800, captivated audiences for more than 200 years before it inspired Martin Scorsese's award-winning film "Hugo." ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Golden Gadgets and an Age of Reason The gee-whiz factor is off the charts at the Met's "Making Marvels: Science & Splendor at the Courts of Europe." A fifty-three... City Arts 27 Jan 2020 | 02:24
Jordan Casteel, "The Baayfalls," 2017/2019. A High Line Commission. On view December 2019 – December 2020. ( Photo: Timothy Schenck, courtesy the High Line) High Art on the High Line This season, there's no telling when it might snow, when the temperature might hit 70, or when the first bits of spring growth... City Arts 20 Jan 2020 | 11:20
Moon Over Manhattan family day at the Asia Society. ( Photo: Ellen Wallop) Celebrate the Year of the Rat Lunar New Year celebrations fill the city with vibrant colors, flavors, and lots of sounds. January 25 rings in the Year... City Arts 13 Jan 2020 | 03:06
Works and Process, Les Ballet Afrik featuring Omari Wiles. ( Photo: Robert Altman) Rich Performances, Affordable (or Free) Tickets Just because the weather turned colder, it doesn’t mean all the great free music, dance and performance options in New York... City Arts 06 Jan 2020 | 12:46
Haegue Yang's "Handles" at the reopened MoMA is part of a push by the museum to include more women, artists of color, and non-Western artists. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) City Arts: The Best of 2019 A New MoMA The renovation at the Museum of Modern Art did more than open new spaces. It opened perspectives, understanding... Newsletter 27 Dec 2019 | 01:01
Vija Celmins, "Untitled (Big Sea #1)," 1969, Graphite on acrylic ground on paper, Private collection © Vija Celmins, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. ( Photo: © McKee Gallery, New York) Picturing Time "Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory" at the Met Breuer presents the first retrospective in over 25 years for an artist... Home 09 Dec 2019 | 12:24
Remedios Varo. The Juggler (The Magician). 1956. Oil and inlaid mother of pearl on board. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Women's Work at MoMA Amidst all the blockbusters at the new MoMA, Mary Beth Edelson's "Some Living American Women Artists" a 1972 mixed media... City Arts 27 Nov 2019 | 10:36
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
