A gorgeous exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum casts new light on the relationship between art and style. By Sara Evans The current fashion exhibit at the Met. conjures the glory days of the late, great Diana Vreeland, who for years presided over the museum’s Costume Institute. Under her imperious leadership, […]
Day: May 11, 2013
Shadows of MoMA
Photographer Carlos L. Esguerra illuminates the “unseen” at Manhattan’s iconic museum by Tina Seligman Navigating the hallways and stairwells of New York’s Museum of Modern Art to view the next gallery of exhibited artwork, most visitors, including myself, swiftly move through without ever noticing the transitory beauty of lights, shadows, […]
Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the 20th Century
A lush exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art explores a critical period in Britain’s past. By Sara Evans If you, like me, are having severe withdrawal symptoms following the end of Season Three of Downton Abbey, the beautiful Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, has […]
John Singer Sargent’s Watercolors
A lovely exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum highlights both mastery and medium. By Sara Evans The Brooklyn Museum is celebrating spring with a dazzling display of the watercolors of John Singer Sargent, (1856-1914). Comprising the combined holdings of this museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this treasure […]
America’s Cup 2013
July 4 – September 1, 2013 – Challenger Selection Series: Louis Vuitton Cup (ACCS) The Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, is used as the selection series to determine who will race the Defender in the America’s Cup Finals. Scheduled for July 4 – September 1, 2013 on […]
IN THE MOMENT: JAPANESE ART FROM THE LARRY ELLISON COLLECTION
This summer, as the America’s Cup Challenger Series takes to San Francisco Bay, the Asian Art Museum will feature an exhibition of Japanese art from the rarely seen collection of Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO and owner of ORACLE TEAM USA, defender of the 2013 America’s Cup. In the Moment: Japanese […]
chit chat from MONACO: Europe in Ruins
An insider’s view of the art mart. By David Shilling E urope in ruins” – you’d think so if you only read the financial press. but when it comes to the art scene, it is a completely different story, believe me. The culture scene in Europe is alive , well […]
This American Life
The Shelburne Museum highlights the best of our past. By Sara Evans The Shelburne Museum, set on the edge of Lake Champlain, lies some five miles south of Burlington, Vermont. It is arguably one of the loveliest and most fascinating museums in the country. The lovechild of Electra Havemeyer Webb, […]