Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Self-Portrait as a Soldier, 1915. Oil on canvas. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Charles F. Olney Fund In Love with Color Art fans may not be able to immediately place Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), the German Expressionist giant who achieved... City Arts 22 Nov 2019 | 11:27
Edith Halpert in 1955 with Georgia O'Keeffe's In the Patio IX, one of the prizes of her personal collection. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Downtown Gallery records Art for Everyday People New York art dealer Edith Halpert (1900-1970) may have zero name recognition, but the names of the artists she represented... City Arts 07 Nov 2019 | 12:50
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
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
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
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
Lucian Freud, “Woman in a White Shirt,” 1958-60. © Devonshire Collection. ( Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees) A collector’s paradise Who can forget Keira Knightley, as Elizabeth Bennet, roaming the sculpture gallery at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy’s manse, in the... City Arts 02 Aug 2019 | 12:42
