Best New Art Opening this Month Around Town
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
 |
Renoir, Impressionism, and Full-Length Painting
now through May 13, 2012 |
Just because Valentine's Day is over you can still romance your sweetie with a trip to the Frick Collection. Nestled along fifth avenue, this former residence of Golden Age billionaire Henry Clay Frick,
The Frick Collection possesses some of the world's best masterpieces from masters ranging from Rembrandt to Monet. This exhibition, inspired by Renoir's
La Promenade of 1875–76, a significant Impressionist work in the Frick's permanent collection, brings together nine full-length vertical grand-scale canvases from around the world and includes the romantic couples dressed in the finest fashions of Renoir's Paris.
 |
| Rembrandt's World: Dutch Drawings
now through April 29, 2012 |
Looking for more springtime romance in New York? Go to the
Morgan Library Museum. Morgan spared no expense when collecting books and art and creating a showcase for them. you and your lover will have plenty of privacy while looking at the great exhibits here. The one I want to see is the collection of masterwork drawings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries.
 |
| Rembrandt & Degas Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
February 23–May 20, 2012 |
Rembrandt lovers have plenty to choose from this year ( see also blog article:
Rembrandt Road Trips ) and Degas lovers too! (see blog article:
Degas Day Trips) Well here is the show that offers both. So if your sweetheart is an old master lover and you are an impressionist aficionado-- you can see both hand in hand. This exhibition opening at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a look at how Degas was influenced by Rembrandt
 |
The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde February 28–June 3, 2012 |
Personally, I can only take in one exhibit per visit-- but if you don't suffer from sensory overload, perhaps you might want to squeeze in one more exhibition from the
Met-- or save it for the next visit. The Steins Collect are sure to include crowd pleasing favorites. Come see what these taste makers chose for their own personal collections from modern Parisian avant-garde. This exhibition unites 200 works from their collection. Patron of the arts as well as personal friends of Picasso and Matisse-- this show tops my list of must see art this spring.
 |
Cindy Sherman February 26–June 11, 2012 |
Finally- I am really looking forward to the Cindy Sherman photography exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art.
Working as her own model for more than 30 years, Sherman has captured herself in a range of guises and personas which questions stereotypical female prototypes in the media.A must see for anyone interested in gender studies and/or an interest in modern portrait photography. Bringing together more than 170 photographs, this retrospective survey traces the artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present.
What would you want to see in New York?
mentioned in this article: @metmuseum, @frickcollection, @MuseumModernArt, @MorganLibrary
We were in NY last June for eight glorious days. We saw so much art...spent nine hours at the MET and only saw about a 1/3 of it at lightening speed. Glorious city! I wish we could go back but it will be a while.
ReplyDeleteI like this blog called About New York. Elizabeth lives there and posts photos from all over the city. If you love NY it's fun to see it through a residents eyes.
http://elizabeth-aboutnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/02/waiting-for-something.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AboutNewYork+%28About+New+York%29