Going to school in the heart of Manhattan can cause you to forget that there are, indeed, four other boroughs in the great city of New York. Most people have been to the Museum of Modern Art or the Museum of Natural History, but here are some museums you might not have ventured to in the other four boroughs of the city.
For the First Time in Eight Years, Monet’s Famous Collection Returns to New York City
On Sept. 13, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) let the public through its doors to immerse themselves in the beauty of Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” for the first time in eight years. Monet is best known as one of the founders of impressionism along with such artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne.
“Looking In” Pays Tribute to “The Americans,” Which Changed the Landscape of Modern Photography.
Fifty years after the original exhibition of Swiss-born Robert Frank’s “The Americans,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art elegantly revisits his masterpiece. Contact sheets marked with red circles and dashes, wrinkled work prints, historical information, letters of recommendation and select earlier works give context to the original photographs.
The reason Paola Antonelli, the senior curator of the department of architecture and design at MoMA, has described Ron Arad as one who “stands out for his daredevil curiosity about technology and materials and for the versatile nature of his work” is because Arad subscribes to no single discipline within his artwork.
The Chelsea neighborhood has always been an artistic getaway, offering enthusiasts an array of unique galleries that supplement the larger NYC museum settings. From impressionistic paintings to modern 3-D sculptures, these galleries, in their west-side neighborhood refuge, have remained equally popular as prestigious in the art world.
A Review of Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West
Cowboys and Indians. The Redwood Forest. Hippies. Hollywood. Manifest Destiny. Yellowstone National Park. The Grand Canyon. Las Vegas. Amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties. Such are some thoughts that spring to mind when one imagines the American West.
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