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It shows his evolution from an underground street artist to one who enjoyed international acclaim–acclaim that was more in Europe and Asia than in his native America during his lifetime and for several years after his untimely death. Jean-Michel Basquiat Childhood Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in December 1960 to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican […]
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 2015, it moved to its current beautiful building in New York City meatpacking district. We were lucky enough to get tickets on the opening day. Since then, we try to stop by every time we are in town to see […]
New York City’s Guggenheim Museum is housed in a Frank Lloyd Wright inverted-ziggurat design that is as impressive as the art that it holds. The spiral ramp leading to a skylight has been named as a National Historic Landmark as well as a UNESCO site. While we love the architecture, we also love visiting its […]
New York City’s New Museum of Contemporary Art is not a museum that has a collection of art. Instead, it pulls together exhibitions of contemporary art that it hopes will create a dialog between an artist and the public. Faith Ringgold: American People In May 2022, we visited the museum for the first time, primarily […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (“The Met”) is one of the world’s largest art museums. It has two buildings in New York City: its main building is on Fifth Avenue and its Cloister in Fort Tryon Park. The Met has more than two million works of art in its collection that span five thousand years […]
The New York City library has much more than books. For over 125 years, it has collected over 56 million items that reflect the city’s history and, in some cases, the country. It offers free exhibits (no library card required) around topics that focus on the city’s history or, in some cases, the country. We […]