Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, (Flemish, 1561–1635/36). “Elizabeth I” (“The Rainbow Portrait”), ca. 1602. Oil on canvas. Reproduced with the permission of the Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield HouseImage. ©Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK/Bridgeman Images Holbeins, Tapestries and a ‘Sea-Dog’ Table Now that the Queen is dead and Charles has been proclaimed King, there could be no better time for The Met to stage “The... City Arts 15 Oct 2022 | 09:50
Emil Carlsen considered this work, “Afternoon Landscape,” one of his best. Photo courtesy of Salmagundi Club Emil Carlsen at the Salmagundi Club The 35 works on display at the Salmagundi Club through September 30 represent the largest collection of works by an underappreciated... City Arts 04 Sep 2022 | 09:00
Installation view, “Barbara Kruger,” David Zwirner, New York, through August 12, 2022. Photo courtesy of David Zwirner Feminist Artists at the Fore Feminist artists have the floor this summer, and they have lots to say. In, around, and out of town, take some time to explore... City Arts 21 Jul 2022 | 10:06
The Whitney Biennial 2022 includes Ellen Gallagher’s “Ecstatic Draught of Fishes,” 2022. Oil, pigment, palladium leaf, and paper on canvas, 89 3/4 × 118 1/8 in. (248 × 300 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy the artist; Gagosian, New York; and Hauser & Wirth, New York Art ... It’s About Time These days, we seem to think of those days. There are movie remakes, revivals on Broadway, and popular television characters... City Arts 03 Apr 2022 | 06:18
Sangster, parasol, silk and wood, 1860s, USA. Photo: Eileen Costa The Message of Accessories They say “clothes make the man,” but the “Head to Toe” show at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology says clothes... City Arts 01 Apr 2022 | 09:46
Karl Haendel, installation view of “Praise New York” at Mitchell-Innes Nash. Photo courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York An Homage to NYC’s Religious Leaders Artist Karl Haendel has been thinking about the idea of portraiture for a number of years, but as a contemporary artist,... City Arts 25 Mar 2022 | 03:01
Jennifer Packer, A Lesson in Longing, 2019. Oil on canvas, 108 1/2 × 137 in. (275.6 × 348 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; promised gift of Dawn and David Lenhardt. © Jennifer Packer. Photograph by Ron Amstutz. Image courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, and Corvi-Mora, London Women Making Art and History Art is long. And as long as there has been art, there have been women artists. Research reported in National Geographic has... City Arts 09 Mar 2022 | 05:17
21R - Libbie Mark, Untitled, 1960s, Acrylic and paper collage on linen, 44 x 36 1/4,” Inv. no. 21R, ©Libbie Mark Provincetown Fund, Photo credit: Paul Mutino Libbie Mark at the National Arts Club Libbie Mark was as atypical as they come. The current exhibit at the National Arts Club (until February 25), “Art of the Abstract... City Arts 27 Jan 2022 | 09:52
Thelma Kandel on West 83rd Street. Photo: Bethany Kandel My Mom the ‘Outside’ Artist My 89-year-old mother, Thelma Kandel, is a self-taught outsider artist who just became an “outside” artist. Last week, 29... News 06 Jan 2022 | 02:30
Founder and artistic director Francisco J. Núñez lead the Young People’s Chorus of NYC in a performance at the AloneTogether exhibit preview in Chelsea. Photo: Karen Camela Watson They Sing With the Voices of Angels The sound envelops you as you walk into the new mixed-media art exhibition, AloneTogether by the Young People’s Chorus of... City Arts 24 Nov 2021 | 11:13
Photo: R. Mickens/© AMNH Butterfly Conservatory Returns to AMNH After an 18 month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Butterfly Conservatory is returning to enchant visitors at the... News 08 Nov 2021 | 08:46
Installation view of “Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 14, 2021 – January 15, 2022 © 2021 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Denis Doorly Calder’s Universe Alexander Calder (1898-1976) had a decades-long history with MoMA, the organizing principle behind its latest exhibit of... City Arts 05 Aug 2021 | 11:41
Paul Cézanne. Still Life with Blue Pot. 1900-06. Pencil and watercolor on paper, 18 15/16 × 24 7/8″ (48.1 × 63.2 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Drawing Comparisons Drawings are not less than paintings. In some ways, they’re more. More immediate. More fresh. More spontaneous. And for many,... City Arts 01 Jul 2021 | 03:06
Muhammad Ali with Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton (center) and M.B. Lee (left), President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on “Muhammad Ali Day,” December 9, 1974. Photo: Emile Bocian, courtesy of The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) A Photographer’s Focus on Chinatown COVID-19 has challenged many cultural institutions to completely change their events to fit with public safety guidelines.... City Arts 24 Mar 2021 | 11:31
Lujira Cooper: “I’ve become more concerned about other people’s rights.” Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen The Faces of LGBTQ Pioneers In the summer of 1969, when the Stonewall riots transpired, Lujira Cooper felt disconnected from the movement. In part, she... City Arts 25 Jan 2021 | 10:03
