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New York City

Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibition

June 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Highlighted Activity, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Whitney Museum of American Art

June 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Featured-City, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Whitney Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art

Wassily Kandinsky and Gillian Wearing

June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Wassily Kandinsky

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City

June 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Daniel Lie, Faith Ringgold, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Patricia Dominguez

Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Featured-City, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Alex da Corta, David Hockney, faberge, Hockney, Lexicon of Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, surrealism, The Met

New York Public Library Special Exhibits

May 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Learning, Museums, New York City Tagged With: George Washington, museums, Stonewall, Thomas Jefferson

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