Category Archives: NYC Events

Doug Wheeler’s “Infinity Room” at David Zwirner’s Chelsea Gallery

This is the coolest thing in New York City right now. Doug Wheeler's mind-blowing installation–his first ever solo show in New York City–at the David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea, named SA MI 75 DZ NY 12 (you can call it … Continue reading

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Weegee Photography at the International Center of Photography

Was legendary NYC crime photographer Arthur Fellig–better (only?) known simply as Weegee–a self-promoting hustler who exploited murder and mayhem to further his considerable ambitions? Was he a sharp-eyed street photographer whose perceptive portraits of the urban underbelly would influence the … Continue reading

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Ai Weiwei in Chelsea: “Sunflower Seeds” at Mary Boone Gallery

In April of 2010, renowned artist Ai Weiwei, one of the most acclaimed artists and activists of his generation, was detained/arrested/kidnapped by the Chinese government for 81 days. No charges made, no communication allowed to the outside world, almost-daily interrogations … Continue reading

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Museum of the City of New York: the Greatest Grid & the Unfinished Grid

The too-often overlooked Museum of the City of New York, residing all stately on the Carnegie Hill stretch of Fifth Avenue, right across the street from the spectacular (and also often-overlooked) Central Park Conservatory Garden, has a terrific pair of … Continue reading

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Gwyneth Leech: Hypergraphia, in the Flatiron Prow Art Space

Ever since the middle of September, Gwyneth Leech has sat on a stool within the base of the lovely, legendary Flatiron Building drawing on coffee cups. Five days a week, three hours a day (Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 until 2:00, … Continue reading

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Madison Square Park Features Jacco Olivier’s “Painterly Animations”

Madison Square Art, the group within the Madison Square Conservancy who have been responsible for bringing all the fantastic public art to the park over the past decade, end their 2011 season with six lovely little animations, some site-specific, by … Continue reading

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Openhouse Gallery’s Park Here: An Indoor Pop-Up Park in Nolita

Openhouse Gallery's Park Here: The Indoor Pop-Up Park was a favorite oasis of ours last winter, a surprisingly pleasant and comfortable place in Nolita to sit with friends and snack and chat, or to stop in alone and read or … Continue reading

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Met Exhibit: Sumptuous Art of the Arab Lands Galleries Now Open

It took more than eight years of rethinking, redesigning, and renovating, but last month the Metropolitan Museum of Art finally reopened their world-class Islamic art exhibits in the Art of the Arab Lands galleries, and the appreciation and acclaim for … Continue reading

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Art in NYC: The Art Students League of New York

The Art Students League of New York has been around for 136 years now, and counts among its former faculty and students such 20th-century giants as Cy Twombly, Mark Rothko, Georgia O'Keefe, Maurice Sendak, Donald Judd, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, … Continue reading

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The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951, at the Jewish Museum

With its more than 140 photographs–often iconic, always engaging, and mostly taken on the streets of our beloved New York City, through the Depression, the War, and the post-war, ultimately red-baiting, years to follow–the Radical Camera exhibition at the Jewish … Continue reading

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