Category: New York City
Whitney Museum to Debut New Building This Spring
The Whitney Museum of American Art has come home to Greenwich Village. The new Whitney Museum building is located at 99 Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District within walking distance from its original home at McDougal Alley. Founded in 1930 by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the museum features one of the most impressive collections of […]
April 27, 2015
Whitney Museum to Debuts New Location
The Whitney Museum of American Art is kicking off the celebration of its new building with a block party sponsored by Macy’s on May 2, 2015. It will also offer free admission to the museum from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. The new home of the Whitney Museum is located at 99 Gansevoort Street. Designed […]
April 6, 2015
Sui Jianguo “Blind Portraits” Series Arrives in Central Park
Four massive sculptures by renowned Chinese sculptor Sui Jianguo are currently on display at New York’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza. The monumental sculptures are part of Sui Jianguo’s “Blind Portraits” series. While the large bronze do not quite resemble portraits, they were created “blindly.” Sui created small clay models while blindfolded, which were digitized and […]
January 19, 2015
Wang Jianwei Makes U.S. Debut at the Guggenheim
Wang Jianwei: Time Temple recently debuted at the Guggenheim Museum. It is the Beijing-based artist’s first solo museum exhibition in North America. The exhibit also marks the first of three commissions of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative at the museum. According to the Guggenheim, the initiative “explores key ideas and core […]
January 5, 2015FIDEM Holds Congress in Bulgaria
The Fédération International de la Médaille d’Art (FIDEM) or International Medal Art Federation recently held its 33rd congress in Sofia, Bulgaria. The FIDEM, which was founded in 1937, aims to promote and diffuse the art of medals at international level, to make the art known and to guarantee recognition of its place among other arts […]
November 17, 2014
Artist Maya Lin to Receive 21st Annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Maya Lin, who is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is set receive the art world’s top honor this week. The prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize is awarded annually to “a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind’s […]
November 10, 2014
The Whitney Jeff Koons Makeover
Jeff Koons does everything big, from the size of his sculptures to the price tags on his artwork. The new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art is no exception. “Jeff Koons: A Retrospective” takes over nearly the entirety of the Whitney’s Marcel Breuer building. It features the artist’s work from 1978 through the […]
September 8, 2014
New York City’s David Kassan Wins Third at BP Portrait Awards 2014
In the age of the “selfie,” painting a portrait may seem like a lost art. But it is very much alive at the National Portrait Gallery, which recently held the BP Portrait Awards. The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women. Today, it remains relevant by […]
July 28, 2014
2014 Whitney Biennial: Curators As Artists
The 2014 Whitney Biennial ended this week. It is the last to take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. The Museum is moving downtown to its new location in the spring of 2015. The Museum’s new building was designed by architect Renzo Piano and is […]
May 26, 2014
Frieze Art Fair – A True New Yorker
Not only does New York steal some good theater from London, but the Frieze Art Fair has now become a New York art show and part of the established New York art scene. Direct from London, the Frieze Art Fair landed on New York Randall’s island from May 9 – 12, 2014 featuring over 190 […]
May 12, 2014