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Saturday, September 1
Architects: NYC Subway Part II, Squire Vickers and the Subway’s Modern Age.
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal. 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Grand Central Terminal, 718-694-1600. Between 1906 and 1940, Squire J. Vickers and his team of architects designed more than 300 subway stations for the Dual Contracts and the IND. Continuing the series from Part I, this exhibit contains additional drawings, paintings, objects and archival photos to show how Squire Vickers integrated a contemporary style into stations and structures. Runs through October 28th.
Make the visit extra special with a DNY Art in the Subway Experience and meet one of the artist’s that created a new piece of art and hear about how he or she received his/her commission!
Wednesday, September 5
James Lee Byars: The Art of Writing, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street. This exhibition includes a selection of letters written by artist James Lee Byars, who for over fifteen years engaged in an engrossing correspondence with MoMA curator Dorothy C. Miller. Written using manifold and diverse media, these letters reveal the artist's interest in materiality, and many of the documents also have a performative nature that evokes the element of time. Drawn from The Museum of Modern Art Archives, these writings function as an intimate sketchbook; they clearly delineate the artist's ideas while making room for experimentation with materials—often the same materials Byars used in his "mature," fully executed works.
Saturday, September 8
22nd Annual Autumn Crafts Festival, American Concern for Artistry and Craftsmanship, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 64th St. at Columbus Avenue, 973-746-0091. See 400 juried craft displays selected from every region of the United States. Continuous entertainment, exotic and natural foods. An exposition and sale of superior quality American crafts. The premier crafts event in the New York Metropolitan area as well as one of the best in the nation. Elegant gifts, personal & home accessories. Runs through Sunday, September 9.
Tuesday, September 11
The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, 212-879-5500. This exhibition of all the approximately 235 Dutch paintings (dating from about 1590 to 1800) in the Metropolitan Museum will coincide with the publication of the first catalogue of the collection and celebrates Rembrandt's 400th birthday. The installation will focus on how the collection was formed and how it reflects American taste for Dutch art. Runs through Sunday, January 6.
Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, 212-879-5500. This exhibition will feature a selection of paintings, sculptures, and drawings from The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, which was given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2006. Formed primarily in the mid-1950s, it has long been recognized as one of the preeminent collections of Abstract Expressionism in the country. Runs through Sunday, February 3, 2008.
Wednesday, September 12
Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street. Painted or printed images on glass were among the earliest forms of projected "motion picture" entertainment. Mechanical glass slides were manipulated to simulate various kinds of change in the image, and multiple projectors allowed for superimposed and dissolving views. Brightly colored, handcrafted slides, depicting human activity, fantasy figures, and landscapes, were typically presented with live narration, music, and sound effects, in what became popular by the 1870s as Magic Lantern shows. Experimental media artist Ernie Gehr's Panoramas of the Moving Image (2005) is a synchronized five-channel video installation that uses eighty-seven original slides and views selected from Gehr's personal collection and that of renowned pre-cinema collector David Francis. Projected side by side, the slides create a mesmerizing wide-screen spectacle. A selection of vintage paper Zoetrope strips and Phenakistiscope discs—complementary artifacts of nineteenth-century moving-image technology—are also on display. Runs through Monday, February 25.
Friday, September 14
James Tissot: The Life of Christ, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 718-638-5000. After a long and successful career painting fashionable society in Paris and London, in the 1880s, the French painter James Tissot (1836–1902) abruptly shifted his artistic focus to spiritual subjects after experiencing a religious vision. The painter then embarked on an ambitious project to illustrate the New Testament. Runs through Saturday, January 19, 2008.
Alexander Calder, The Estée and Joseph H. Lauder Painting and Sculpture Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, Fifth Floor. Alexander Calder is best known for his mobiles—abstract sculptures made of independent parts that incorporate natural or mechanical movement. This installation, which includes early mobiles and wire sculptures, focuses on works created between the late 1920s and the late 1940s, prior to Calder's shift to monumental constructions and public works. These works demonstrate the humor, visual sophistication, and inventiveness of his approach to making art, which quietly revolutionized ideas about what modern sculpture could be.
New York Brewfest, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, Fulton and South Streets, 631-957-7035 The second annual New York Brewfest Friday, September 14, 5:00 PM -10:00 PM in NYC at South Street Seaport's Piers 16 and 17. The festival celebrates craft beer from New York State's 58 breweries and beyond. Live music and Spanky's BBQ too! Advance Tickets: $45 at all Heartland Brewery locations or NYBrewfest.com. Must be 21 or over.
Saturday, September 15
22nd Annual Autumn Crafts Festival, American Concern for Artistry and Craftsmanship, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 64th St. at Columbus Avenue, 973-746-0091. Enjoy 400 juried craft displays selected from every region of the United States. Continuous entertainment, exotic and natural foods. An exposition and sale of superior quality American crafts. The premier crafts event in the New York Metropolitan area as well as one of the best in the nation. Elegant gifts, personal & home accessories. Runs through Sunday, September 16.
Bridging East and West: The Chinese Diaspora and Lin Yutang, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. The exhibition will feature gifts and promised gifts to the permanent collection from the family of Lin Yutan (1895-1976), one of the leading literary figures in China before the second World War. Consisting of 43 paintings and calligraphies by 19 leading Chinese artists of the mid-20th Century, this donation will significantly enhance the Museum’s ability to illustrate the continued vitality of China’s traditional arts in modern times. Runs through Sunday, February 10, 2008.
Madeline Tea Party at Bemelman’s Bar, The Carlyle, 35, East 76th Street at Madison Avenue, 212-570-1600. If you've got a niece or nephew, son or daughter or a little one who you particularly adore, you'll want to make your way to the Carlyle for their new Madeline Tea Party at Bemelman's Bar ($40 per person) on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4:00 PM. The tea party launches on September 15th includes tea service, three-tiered sandwiches, s cones and pastries from a choice of two a la carte menus, as well as a children's storyteller and pianist for music and sing-a-longs.
Sunday, September 16
Well-Crafted Weekend Intergenerational Workshop – Faux Sure, Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street, 212-956-3535. Learn how to use and manipulate various simulated or faux textures that make surfaces look like they are made out of something else. From 2:00 PM -4:00 PM.
38th Annual African American Day Parade, 111th St. to 142nd St. on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. in Harlem, 212-348-3080. Dignitaries, celebrities and elected officials will march as well as bands and organizations from 12 states. Come and see an amazing cultural event of positive Black achievements with dignity and pride starting at 2:00 PM.
Tuesday, September 18
Taste of the Village, Village Alliance, Washington Square Park (5th Ave. at Washington Square North), 212-777-2173. Village Alliance presents Taste of the Village, a benefit that includes Blue Hill, North Square, Otto, Sushi Samba 7, Café Spice, La Palapa, Cafetasia, EN, 8th St. Winecellar, Jack, Camaje, Knickerbocker, Eva’s, Crumbs, Le Pain Quotidian, Anthony Road Wine, Brooklyn Brewery, IS-Wine, Gizzi’s Coffee and Fizzy Lizzy. $40.00 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. The Metropolitan is home to the finest collection of Dutch art outside of Europe, including 20 works by Rembrandt himself, and all 228 of these masterpieces are displayed together for the first time in this major special exhibition. The exhibition, which coincides with the publication of the first catalogue of the collection, celebrates Rembrandt’s 400th birthday. On view is a rich array of works dating mostly between 1600 and 17----landscapes, genre pictures, still lifes, marine views, portraiture and historical an biblical paintings. Runs through Sunday, January 6, 2008.
Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. Formed primarily in the early 1950, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection has long been recognized as one of the preeminent collections of Abstract Expressionist art in the country. This exhibition will present a selection of paintings, sculpture, and drawings from the collection, which was given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2006. Included will be major canvases by Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko along with works by slightly younger American artists working in the early 1960’s, such as Morris Louis , Kenneth Noland, and Claes Oldenburg. Painting and sculpture by European modernists Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró will also be on view. Runs through Sunday, February 3, 2008.
Drawings and Prints from Holland’s Golden Age: Highlights from the Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. This installation, which coincides with the special exhibition The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will display a selection of drawings and prints by artists active in Holland during the 17th Century. Chosen from the Museum’s collection including works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael, Albert Cuyp, Adriaen van Ostade, Willem Buytewech and Jacques de Gheyn II. Runs through Sunday, January 6, 2008.
Wednesday, September 19
What to Do About the Weather Historical Perspectives on Climate Change Merchant's House Museum, 29 E. Fourth Street, 212-777-1089. Andrew McKeon, founder of the Climate Change Foundation, will answer this age-old question when he discusses the surprisingly long history of climate concern and reveals a 21st-century strategy for battling the world’s growing weather-related crisis. 6:30 PM Free, reservations suggested.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
East-West Concert by Modern Works with Madeleine Shapiro, Director, Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street, 212-956-3535. East meets West in an evening concert with music from Asian and Asian-influenced composers. Highlighting two string quartets by the colorful and dynamic Ge Gan-ru, the program includes Zhou Long's Wild Grass for cello, and Three Chinese Songs by Lawrence Moss. Starts at 6:15 PM. Tickets: $20 general; $15 Museum members, students, seniors.
Fulton Street 1857-2007: Rekindling Citywide Spiritual Awakening Concerts of Prayer Greater NY, New York Hilton, Sixth Avenue at 53rd Street, 718-721-2626. Regional and national religious leaders celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Fulton Street Noon Prayer Meetings organized by businessman Jeremiah Lanphier. Runs through Saturday, September 22.
Sunday, September 23
Well-Crafted Weekend Intergenerational Workshops – A Chaired Event at the Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street, 212-956-3535. Design and build a prototype for a chair for a special occasion.
Tuesday, September 25
Impressed by Light: Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840 – 1860, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. This exhibition is the first to explore the opening decades of paper photography in the country of its birth, focusing exclusively on photographs printed from negatives of fine writing paper. This early process—replaced almost entirely by glass negatives by 1960—was favored especially by men of learning and leisure who not only accepted but appreciated the medium’s tendency to soften details and mass light and shadow in a self-consciously artistic way.
Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photograph, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. The Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography is the Metropolitan’s first gallery designed specifically for and devoted exclusively to the display of photographs created since 1960.
Thursday, September 27
The Digital Life, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Eleventh Avenue and 34th Street, 866-761-7303. DigitalLife is the #1 consumer electronics and entertainment event in the US. DigitalLife features the latest in home entertainment, video gaming, digital photos and movies, the mobile lifestyle, wireless services, music and movie download services, eCommerce, broadband content and much more. Open to the public. Runs through Sunday, September 30.
Behind the Widow’s Veil: Living with Death in the Mid-19th Century, Merchant's House Museum, 29 E. Fourth Street, 212-777-1089. From starkly macabre to heart-rending, experience the eloquence of 19th-century mourners told exclusively through their own words and artwork. Scenes of mid-19th century mourning, including a deathbed and a parlor funeral, will also be recreated.
Friday, September 28
Painted with Words, Vincent van Gogh’s Letters to Émile Bernard, at the Morgan Library & Museum. This compelling look at Vincent van Gogh’s correspondence to his young colleague Émile Bernard between 1887 and 1889 reveals his thoughts about art and life and communicating his groundbreaking ideas. Unseen for nearly seventy years and never before exhibited, the twenty letters document the two artists’ close, vital friendship. Runs through Sunday, January 6, 2008.
September 28
Open House New York. Stay tuned for the latest news by visiting their website. Encourage your friends and family to register their contact information at info@ohny.org to get the most current information on the 2007 OHNY Weekend!
