Park Avenue Armory

The Faithful Shopper: April Antiques

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.16.2012

Faith Hope Consolo

The Spring Show, (May 3 to 6 at the Park Avenue Armory, sponsored by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America) led me to make a list of some of New York City's great shops for furniture, jewelry and objets d'art.

Armory Arts Week Guide, From Realism to Avant-Garde

| Posted 05.07.2012

By Della Hasselle MANHATTAN -- It's New York City's Art Week, meaning the city is the official center of the arts world ...

The Civil War Military Building That Now Houses The Arts

Posted 03.05.2012

The Park Avenue Armory was built in 1886 for the military; in 2006, it began its five-year restoration process for the arts. A short film directed by ...

Amy Lee

Does Shakespeare's Bleakest Play Work For Children?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 12.26.2011

"So great is the suffering depicted in Shakespeare's 'King Lear' that one has trouble finding the words to write about it," begins the Folger Shakespe...

The Torture Of Playing King Lear

AP | By JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 10.11.2011

NEW YORK -- On a "King Lear" day, the torture starts early in the morning for Greg Hicks. Even before the actor opens his eyes in his hotel room, the...

For Shakespeare Company, All New York's a Stage

Vera Haller | Posted 10.04.2011

Vera Haller

This summer is truly the season of the Brits in New York City. The fine actors of Britannia are ruling the city's summer theatrical scene.

Lucas Kavner

Is This The Most Ambitious Theater Project Ever?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.13.2011

NEW YORK -- Shipping 400 tons of steel, more than 60 performers and close to 50 separate 40-foot shipping containers across the Atlantic to build a br...

Haunted: Sue de Beer at the Park Avenue Armory

Doreen Remen | Posted 05.25.2011

Doreen Remen

Sue de Beer concentrates on giving form to that intense adolescent turmoil that we're all familiar with, modifying conventions of movie-making to help make her point.

Is Roberto Bolle the Most Beautiful Man in the World?

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Randall Bourscheidt

Beauty is subjective, but some images of beautiful people become symbols that artists use to express permanance and universality.

Peter Greenaway Spices Up Leonardo's Last Supper

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.25.2011

Kisa Lala

Peter Greenaway's sound and light dramatization of Leonardo da Vinci's 1492 painting The Last Supper makes for a breath-taking exhibit inside the monumental interiors of the Park Avenue Armory in New York.

Artist's Video Reinterpets 'The Last Supper' At The Armory

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP): A new multimedia installation in New York City will offer new ways to see and interpret Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper." The sho...

Artlog's Top Art and Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Artlog

Two essential museum events to attend on the circuit are the Guggenheim's International Gala and the MoMA Film Benefit.

PHOTOS: THE SKINNY: Park Avenue Armory's Indoor Carnival, NYC

Posted 05.25.2011

WHAT: Park Avenue Armory's Carnival WHEN: Friday, October 8 - Monday, October 11 WHERE: Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue @ 67th Street New York, N...

Dreamy NYC Exhibition Engages Visitors

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- It's like entering a wondrous dream: gauzy pastel- tinted fabrics forming tentlike structures and tunnels with aroma-filled hanging pods w...

Book Bling for Sale

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jan Herman

All the Hemingways I saw were going for stratospheric prices. Well, not exactly going. More like asking. If I remember correctly, a signed presentatio...