Art, Design and How We Learn
We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.
We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.
Jane Levere | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
Athough Carnegie Hall is the presenter of the current "Ancient Paths Modern Voices" festival (http://www.carnegiehall.org/chinafestival/) in New York,...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York
When the DVD starts, so does the laughter. Anastasios Makedon must have watched his first film a million times. But every time he sees it again, it cracks him up.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Another trip to the fabulous River House overlooking the East River.
Margaret Ayers | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas exemplifies how cultural exchange can promote dialogue that elevates discussion and understanding of our shared aspirations.
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
Astoria-based Eli Wilner has become the framer of choice for the Smithsonian, Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses and the White House. "I want to frame the whole world," he says.
AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French governm...
Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reattributed a painting in its collection to the 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez...
Mark Mennin | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style
The Francis Bacon show was a demonstration of how an already relevant painter can become even more relevant in the years following his death. This was a mega-show about a mega-life.
Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection. Police say they arrest...
New York Times | Sewell Chan and Joel Stonington | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York
In what appeared to be a coordinated crackdown on the proliferation of food vendors - many of them disabled veterans - outside the Metropolitan Museum...
AP | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "The Milkmaid" is coming to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art for a special exhibition on the...
AP | By Adam Lisberg | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Homeowners aren't the only ones in hot water over overpriced real estate. A New York City hot dog vendor has been evicted from his...
Michael Gross | Posted 08.31.2009 | New York
It's been almost eleven months since the Metropolitan Museum named Thomas Campbell its new director. His choice of where to give interviews sends a strong message: the museum is only interested in publicity it can control.
David Jones | Posted 08.08.2009 | Local
Cultural institutions which used to be free or very low cost have increased their admission fees to make it virtually impossible for anyone but the upper middle class and wealthy from attending them.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York
It turns out New York and Paris are sister cities, or rather, in a long, hot love affair-- the stuff of Aries and Aphrodite.
Nicolaus Mills | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York
This May, in a ceremony presided over by Michelle Obama, the Met opened a series of new period rooms, plus a renovated Charles Englehard Court, and next year the entire American Wing will be accessible to the public.
Crain's New York Business | Miriam Kreinin Souccar | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York
After imposing a hiring freeze on January 1, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has cut its staff by 14%, or 357 positions, in response to the economic cr...
Agnes Gund | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York
The arts throughout our educational systems are being threatened and pulled out of our children's lives.
Michael Gross | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media
Annette de la Renta may be rich, but like anyone who thinks they can stop the free flow of ideas, she may not be so smart.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media
Michael Gross plays fair. He always requests the cooperation of his subjects and then, unfazed by their refusal, goes on to unearth their social misdemeanors and felonies. Snark? To him, it's just journalism.
Jeremy Abelson | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media
When does negative press actually become bad press? I posed that question to Jaeger, whose branding company was lambasted by the press for vandalizing its own MoMA subway campaign.
Dan Gould | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment
Yesterday morning, on the way to the office, we noticed something was pleasantly different about the Museum of Modern Art's temporary display inside the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Governor Patterson would be wise to give Caroline Kennedy the opportunity to complete the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton's term in the Senate.
Agnes Gund | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York