Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts From The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, offers a broad overview of the radical shifts of the studio design movement from the mid-twentieth century to…
Exhibitions from Richard Avedon, Mary Heilmann, Clifford Ross, and a first U.S. survey of photorealism top the list. Long Island’s East End has been a rich cultural community for decades, being home to marquee names…
The natural world often inspires artists by opening up experiences to conceptualize and perceive nature allowing them to respond in new ways. Their intervention alters the formal structure of the environment where a blurring of…
Taking as its focus one of its more engaging masterpieces, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has organized a thematic exhibition that offers a unique historical context for appreciating the tradition and allure of the enchanting…
A prominent figure in Art Décor Design during the 1920s and 1930s, French architect and designer Pierre Chareau’s furnishings, light fixtures, and customized interiors for an affluent clientele were considered the epitome of elegance and…
The French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a relentless innovator who pushed the boundaries of the conventional. His radical experimentations with form and material led to the founding of “Art Brut” or outsider…
Rashid Johnson, a young promising artist from Chicago, made an auspicious debut in the exhibition “Freestyle” (2001), a show that formally established the genre referred to as post-black art. Conceived by Curator/Director Thelma Golden, Johnson…
The newest addition to the trendy and growing list of food shops, this one solely dedicated to the culture of cheese, is the French Cheese Board located in Nolita on a corner where, surprisingly, a…
