More than 70 works by the American artist are shown in a new exhibit at Düsseldorf’s K20 museum, highlighting his kinetic avant-garde art from the 1930s and 40s. Düsseldorf, Germany — Alexander Calder’s art centers around the movement of objects in space, and his elegant mobile sculptures made him one […]
Old Masters, Newly Acquired May 31–August 11, 2013 Old Masters, Newly Acquired presents more than one hundred recent additions to the Morgan’s renowned collection of drawings. Representing the Renaissance through the nineteenth century, the show features major gifts from several notable collectors, works that have entered the collection as gifts […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]