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Archive for Category: "Museums"
Keith Haring at the Brooklyn Museum
Today would have been the 54th birthday of Keith Haring, the gifted artist whose work embodies the energy of 1980s NYC. Fortunately we can celebrate his life and work at the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition – Keith Haring: 1978 – 1982. The exhibition presents Haring’s early works, produced soon after he moved to NYC in 1978 [...]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest art museums. With a collection of over 2 million works, this vast museum (almost ¼ mile in size) exhibits masterpieces from ancient Egypt to modern art, showcasing many of the world’s great cultures. In 2011, 5.68 million visitors toured “the Met.” The Metropolitan [...]
Diego Rivera in NYC
Diego Rivera, one of the 20th Century’s most famous artists, was locked in one of NYC’s most infamous culture clashes. Celebrated Mexican artist Diego Rivera came to NYC in 1931 to create murals for the new Museum of Modern Art. The works were showcased in the museum’s second solo exhibition (Matisse being the first), which [...]
Dickens Does NYC
It’s your last chance to catch the Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibit, “Charles Dickens at 200,” celebrating the bicentennial of the great writer’s birth. The Morgan’s collection of Dickens manuscripts and letters is the largest in the U.S. (second largest in the world), and this exhibit features manuscripts (including originals of A Christmas Carol and [...]
NYC Culture for Free (or almost)
Let’s face it, NYC can be expensive. But meager funds needn’t keep you from enjoying the city’s cultural treasures. Most NYC cultural venues accept “suggested donations,” and many offer specific hours during which admission is completely FREE. So support these institutions with a donation you can afford, but definitely…go. Free Hours Brooklyn Botanic Garden: [...]
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