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Vasily Kandinsky "Kandinsky at the Bauhaus, 1922–1933"
[8] 
[7]- at Guggenheim Museum
- 1071 5th Ave., New York, NY 10128
- Media: Painting
In 1922 Vasily Kandinsky (b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) accepted a teaching position at the Bauhaus, the state-sponsored Weimar school of art and applied design founded in 1919 by...More »
"The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture & Slavery in New York" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The New-York Historical Society
- 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Furniture
In November 2000, with a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Historical Society opened a state-of-the-art facility for its renowned fine and decorative arts collection. The Luce Center is...More »
Sarah Sze "Infinite Line"
[5] [1]- at Asia Society and Museum
- 725 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Installation - Media Arts
- Closes in 34 days
Sarah Sze: Infinite Line is the first exhibition to focus specifically on Sarah Sze's process. It is an exploration of line, literally and figuratively, across mediums from drawings to sculpture to installation....More »
Damien Hirst "The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011"
[1] [1]- at Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue
- 980 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10075
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 11 days
I was always a colorist, I've always had a phenomenal love of color... I mean, I just move color around on its own. So that's where the spot paintings came from-to create that structure to do those colors,...More »
"Selections from the Permanent Collection" Exhibition
[5] [1]- at Neue Galerie
- 1048 5th Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Graphics - Painting - Crafts
“Selections from the Permanent Collection” features highlights from the Neue Galerie’s superb holdings of German and Austrian fine and decorative arts from the first half of the twentieth century. It incorporates...More »
Noriyuki Haraguchi "Works from Yokosuka"
[1] [1]- at McCaffrey Fine Art
- 23 E 67th St., New York, NY 10065
- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- Closes in 39 days
McCaffrey Fine Art presenst its first solo exhibition of the work of Noriyuki Haraguchi. On the occasion of this exhibition, "Works from Yokosuka", the artist has constructed a full-scale replica of the...More »
Rashid Johnson "Rumble"
[2] [0]- at Hauser & Wirth
- 32 E 69th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 18 days
[Image: Rashid Johnson "Star" (2011) Branded red oak flooring, black soap, wax, gold paint 73-3/4 x 2-3/4 in.]More »
Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art and the Medieval Europe Gallery
[3] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Painting - Installation
Portions of the Medieval Galleries have been renovated, thanks to the generous support of Mary and Michael Jaharis. The apse beneath the Great Hall Stairs has become part of the Mary and Michael Jaharis...More »
The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms
[3] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing—including The Charles Engelhard Court and the American period rooms—reopened on May 19, 2009. After more than two years of construction and renovation, the...More »
"Voces y Visiones" Exhibition
[6] [1]- at El Museo del Barrio
- 1230 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Graphics - Photography - Installation - Crafts
The premiere exhibition in our new Carmen Ana Unanue Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American...More »
American Landscapes in the Robert Lehman Wing
[1] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Drawing
Nine large and superb American landscape paintings from the Metropolitan Museum’s collection are currently displayed in the newly renovated Robert Lehman Wing, enabling visitors to view selected highlights...More »
"Thannhauser Collection" Exhibition
[2] [2]- at Guggenheim Museum
- 1071 5th Ave., New York, NY 10128
- Media: Painting
Justin K. Thannhauser (1892–1976) was the son of art dealer Heinrich Thannhauser (1859–1935), who founded the Moderne Galerie in Munich in 1909. From an early age, Thannhauser worked alongside his father...More »
"Discursive Abstraction" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Bernard Jacobson Gallery
- 17 E 71st St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Painting - Drawing
- Closes in 18 days
This exhibition quietly observes a group of works on paper over a 60-year period by a disparate set of artists, chiefly British and American, whose primary common denominator is an eye towards abstraction....More »
"A Portrait of the City" Exhibition
[4] [0]- at The New-York Historical Society
- 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
- Media: Painting - Sculpture
A group of 22 paintings and 2 small sculptures will offer visitors a chronological journey through highlights of the N-YHS's rich collection of New York views, including historical images of the metropolis...More »
"Pop Objects and Icons from the Guggenheim Collection" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Guggenheim Museum
- 1071 5th Ave., New York, NY 10128
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- Closes tomorrow
Pioneered in Europe in the late 1950s, the American Pop art movement took off after finding support from critics such as Guggenheim curator Lawrence Alloway. Encouraged by the economic vitality and consumerist...More »
Jordan Wolfson Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Alex Zachary
- 16 E 77th St., New York, NY 10075
- Media: Video installation
- Closes in 11 days
"Real/Surreal" Exhibition
[4] [0]- at The Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 5 days
This exhibition, drawn entirely from the deep holdings of the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection, will focus on the tension and overlap between two strong currents in twentieth century art. Although...More »
"Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey" Exhibition
[1] [1]- at The Jewish Museum
- 1109 5th Ave., New York,NY 10128
- Media: Photography - Other - Video installation
At the heart of The Jewish Museum is its permanent exhibition, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, representing one of the world's great opportunities to explore Jewish culture and history through...More »
"Designing the Whitney of the Future" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Architecture
On May 24, 2011, the Whitney Museum breaks ground on a new building designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano and located between the High Line and the Hudson River Park in the Meatpacking District. In...More »
"Renoir, Impressionism, and the Full-Length Format" Exhibition
[6] [0]- at The Frick Collection
- 1 E 70th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Painting
- Starts Today, Closes in 96 days
The Frick Collection presents an exhibition of nine iconic Impressionist paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, offering the first comprehensive study of the artist's engagement with the full-length format,...More »
"The Unfinished Grid: Design Speculations for Manhattan"
[1] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Architecture
- Closes in 68 days
Manhattan’s familiar street grid is a work in progress, an evolving creation that began with a bold vision by the city’s commissioners in 1811, but which has been altered and amended by generations of...More »
"Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York" Installation
[2] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Digital
Timescapes, a 25-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status as one of the world’s...More »
Andy Warhol "Who's Who in Holiday Hats?"
[1] [0]- at L&M Arts
- 45 E 78 St., New York, NY 10075
- Media: Drawing
- Closes in 11 days
L&M Arts presents a series of twenty-seven unique ink and watercolor drawings by Andy Warhol, c. 1958, of marvelous make-believe millinery that appeared in the 1964 holiday issue of McCall’s magazine....More »
"Three Landscapes: A Film Installation by Roy Lichtenstein" Exhibition
[3] [0]- at The Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Film
- Closes in 5 days
This exhibition presents Three Landscapes, a little-known triple screen film installation by Roy Lichtenstein, unseen since its showing at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1971 as part of the groundbreaking...More »
Galleries for Oceanic Art
[2] [1]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Sculpture - Other
The islands of the Pacific Ocean encompass nearly 1,800 distinct cultures and hundreds of artistic traditions in an area that covers about one-third of the earth’s surface. The Museum’s new permanent galleries...More »
"Highlights from the Modern Design Collection, 1900 to the Present, Part II" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Furniture - Product - Ceramics
This installation of modern and contemporary design objects features new acquisitions and other important works from the past century to the present. Highlights include René Lalique's "Swan" necklace of...More »
"New York Interiors (1690-1906)" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Architecture - Furniture
New York Interiors (1690-1906) features elements of New York domestic environments from the late 17th through the early 20th centuries. On display are objects that illuminate aspects of daily life including...More »
New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
[2] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
More than one thousand works from the preeminent collection of the Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings of this material in the world—will return to view this fall...More »
Singular Visions
[1] [2]- at The Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Sculpture - Installation
At a time when images barrage us everywhere from our televisions to our mobile phones, the latest reinstallation of the Whitney’s permanent collection galleries invites visitors to slow down and experience...More »
Aleksandra Mir "The Seduction of Galileo Galilei"
[1] [0]- at The Whitney Museum of American Art
- 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Video installation
- Closes in 12 days
Aleksandra Mir (b. 1967) develops projects that take her around the world to examine the dynamics of popular cultural myths and historical events. In The Seduction of Galileo Galilei (2011), Mir engages...More »
"Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Drawing - Prints
- Closes in 26 days
The exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present, drawn primarily from the rich collection of this material in the Museum's Department of Drawings...More »
"White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Frick Collection
- 1 E 70th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
- Closes in 82 days
Visitors to The Frick Collection will be able to enjoy a new gallery — the first major addition to the museum's display spaces in nearly thirty-five years. The inspiration for this initiative, which involves...More »
Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture, including the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries
[2] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Painting - Sculpture
The New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture are reopening with renovated rooms and 8,000 square feet of additional gallery space—the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries—to...More »
"On the Move: Transportation Toys from the Permanent Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Product
On the Move is a special installation of toy and miniature vehicles from the Museum's Permanent Collection that not only suggest the lives of the children who played with them but also reveal how transportation...More »
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Michael Werner Gallery
- 4 E 77 St., New York, NY 10075
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 25 days
Michael Werner Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919). The first major Lehmbruck exhibition in the United States in more than two decades, Wilhelm Lehmbruck provides a...More »
"Photographic Treasures from the Collection of Alfred Stieglitz" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 19 days
A towering figure in early twentieth-century photography, Alfred Stieglitz was not only a master of the medium, but also a powerful tastemaker and tireless advocate for photography as a fine art in the...More »
"Peripheral Visions: Italian Photography, 1950s-Present" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Hunter College Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery
- 695 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 81 days
The Hunter College Art Galleries present Peripheral Visions: Italian Photography in Context, 1950s-Present. This landmark exhibition showcases, for the first time in the United States, the works of major...More »
"A Passion for Drawings" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Frick Collection
- 1 E 70th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Drawing
- Starts in 7 days
In late 2010 a generous bequest of ten drawings was made to the Frick by the estate of its former Director Charles Ryskamp. During his tenure at the museum, Ryskamp — an avid collector of works on paper...More »
"Heart & Soul" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Keith de Lellis Gallery
- 1045 Madison Avenue, #2, New York, NY 10075
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 22 days
Keith de Lellis Gallery presents "Heart & Soul", an exhibition of portraits of African Americans by African American photographers. [Image: Shawn Walker, Untitled, (1968)]More »
"Police Work Photographs by Leonard Freed, 1972-1979" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 40 days
"Police Work: Photographs by Leonard Freed, 1972-1979" features a selection of vintage prints by the Brooklyn-born photographer who documented "life on the beat" with NYPD officers during the tumultuous...More »
"The South Asia Galleries Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture" Exhibtion
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Sculpture
These galleries explore the South Asian emergence of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural traditions between the 2nd century B.C. and the 8th century A.D. More than 160 works from the permanent collections are...More »
"Red and Black Chinese Lacquer, 13th–16th Century" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Crafts
- Closes in 68 days
Lacquer, made from the resin of a family of trees (Rhus verniciflua) native to East Asia, is an amazing material. When tapped from the tree, it is white or light gray and has a consistency similar to that...More »
Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Product - Crafts
This installation presents approximately forty highlights from the Museum's extensive permanent collection of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and related...More »
Rey Akdogan "Silent Partner"
[0] [0]- at Andrew Roth
- 160A E 70th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Installation - Video installation
- Closes in 31 days
Andrew Roth presents Silent Partner, a one-person exhibition by Rey Akdogan. The exhibition presents a new projection work, and includes a series of subtle alterations to the gallery’s light sources. Central...More »
Machiel Botman "One Tree"
[0] [0]- at Gitterman Gallery
- 170 E 75th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 11 days
This exhibition of Machiel Botman’s black and white photographs from the past ten years is concurrent with the release of his third monograph, One Tree (Nazraeli Press, 2011). A key figure in Dutch photography,...More »
The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Furniture - Ceramics
The Wrightsman Galleries have undergone extensive renovations to improve the presentation of the Museum's renowned collection of French furniture and related decorative arts pieces—many of which have a...More »
"Gym Lessons The Youngest Art from the Czech post-industrial Periphery" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Czech Center New York
- 321 E 73rd St. New York, NY 10021
- Media: Photography - Video installation
- Closes in 16 days
The exhibition Gym Lessons presents a selection of the latest works by students from the Faculty of Art and Design at the J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem. Exercise in its very real form is...More »
John Cohen "Early Work: 1954-1957"
[0] [0]- at Parker Stephenson Photographs
- 764 Madison Ave., Suite 4F, New York, NY 10065
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 39 days
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs presents John Cohen Early Work: 1954-1957, an exhibition of photographs by filmmaker, musician, and photographer, John Cohen. The exhibition features Cohen's early...More »
Gallery for the Art of Native North America
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Sculpture - Crafts
The Museum’s renovated gallery devoted to Native North American art display approximately 90 works made by numerous American peoples. Ranging from the beautifully shaped stone tools known as bannerstones...More »
Jeannette Ferrary "You tawkin' ta me?"
[0] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 54 days
You tawkin' ta me? is an installation of New York City photographs by Jeannette Ferrary about the messages of the street. Taken during the past four years, Ferrary’s photographs depict the variety of life...More »
"Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at China Institute
- 125 E 65th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Product - Crafts - Ceramics
- Starts in 2 days
A new exhibition at China Institute Gallery will explore how theater and art intersected in the realm of the Chinese afterlife. Since the 1950s and as recently as a few years ago, hundreds of brick...More »
Cecil Beaton "The New York Years"
[0] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 13 days
From the 1920s through the ‘60s, Manhattan’s artistic and social circles embraced British-born photographer and designer Cecil Beaton (1904-80). Cecil Beaton: The New York Years brings together extraordinary...More »
"The World of Duncan Phyfe" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Hirschl & Adler
- 730 Fifth Avenue, Fl. 4, New York, NY 10019
- Media: Furniture
- Closes in 10 days
Hirschl & Adler presents ""The World of Duncan Phyfe: the Arts of New York, 1800-1847".More »
"Remarkable Treasures: Folk Art from the Allan Stone Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Allan Stone Gallery
- 5 E 82nd St., New York, NY
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Media Arts
- Closes in 32 days
Allan Stone Gallery presents "Remarkable Treasures: Folk Art from the Allan Stone Collection", the gallery’s second exhibition at its new East 82nd Street location. From primitivist painting, antique carousel...More »
"St. Sebastian: 1530 to 2011" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Edelman Arts
- 136 E 74th St., New York, NY 10021
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- Closes in 18 days
Cutting edge artists juxtapose renown sixteenth century Titian masterpiece in Edelman Arts' provocative exhibition St. Sebastian 1530 – 2011. This inspiring exhibition explores a fresh perspective of...More »
The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments
[0] [0]- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
- Media: Product
After an eight–month hiatus, the gallery devoted to Western musical instruments has reopened, showcasing more than two hundred works of art drawn primarily from the Metropolitan's extensive holdings, among...More »
"The Annual: 2012" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at National Academy
- 1083 5th Ave., New York, NY 10128
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Architecture
- Closes in 82 days
The National Academy’s Annual exhibition features works by over 100 artists and architects juxtaposing contemporary masters with emerging and mid-career artists. This year’s new format has been designed...More »
"Gallery Selections"
[0] [0]- at Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC
- 667 Madison Ave., 24 Fl., New York, NY 10065
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Furniture
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts is pleased to present a selection of its finest and newest acquisitions. The current installation of works in the gallery highlights the modernist landscapes of John Marin and...More »
Maria Garkavenko "New & Recent Works"
[0] [0]- at Ten43 Gallery
- 1043 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10075
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 18 days
Ten43 Gallery is proud to announce the first New York exhibition of paintings by Russian Emerging artist Maria Garkavenko. Human psyche is the signature mark of artist Maria Garkavenko’s work. Elegant...More »
"Milos Forman – 80" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Czech Center New York
- 321 E 73rd St. New York, NY 10021
- Media: Graphics
- Closes in 22 days
Exhibition of posters for films by Milos Forman The exhibition will introduce 30 posters for films that Forman made both in Czechoslovakia and in the US. The core of the presentation are posters from...More »
"The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011"
[0] [0]- at The Museum of the City of New York
- 1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029
- Media: Architecture
- Closes in 68 days
"The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011" celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, the foundational document that established Manhattan’s famous street grid....More »
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