Dear friends,
Mother Nature has already crowned the treetops in Duchess County and Upper Westchester with spangles of red, orange and gold. If you live in New York City, please visit us "upstate" before the great rains of November wash this beauty away.
Two important shows in Westchester just opened this weekend:
"Peekskill Project V," Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, through July 28, 2013.
"Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney," Hudson River Museum, through January 13, 2013.
Manhattan also has much to keep you busy before the New Year:
"Regarding Andy Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years," Metropolitan Museum, through December 31, 2012.
"Picasso Black and White," Guggenheim Museum, October 5-January 23, 2013.
Medieval Manuscripts from the Bodeleian Library, Oxford, England at The Jewish Museum
"Mantegna to Matisse," Frick Museum, through January 27, 2013.
"Conceptual Abstraction," Hunter College Gallery, October 5-November 10, 2012.
"Toxic Beauty: The Art of Frank Moore," The Grey Art Gallery, through December 8, 2012.
"Matisse: In Search of Painting," Metropolitan Museum, December 4 through March 27, 2013.
"Malcolm MacDougall III: Microscopic Landscape" in Union Square, through January 2013.
"Malcolm MacDougall III: Parallel Worlds," 287 Spring, November 10 - December 15, 2012.
(Please join us for the gala opening on Friday, November 9 at 6 pm.)
And many others listed among our tours.
Fall Tours:
Dr. Paul Werner's Tours
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Places still available:
"Art through the Ages," Tuesdays, September 11 through December 18, 10 am
"Bernini, Sculpture in Clay," October 3 through January 6, 2012 - schedule TBA
To reserve a place, please contact Dr. Werner at werner@theorangepress.com
For further information, please visit the events page at www.theorangepress.com
Syllabi and information about fees for each course can be found on The Orange Press website.
No one will be turned away.
Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic's Museum Tours
(NB revisions in bold type)
Wednesdays at 1 - 3 pm
October 3 - "The Duchamps" at Francis Naumann; Sally Mann at Edwynn Houk
October 10 - Andy Warhol, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
October 17 - "Toxic Beauty: Art of Frank Moore," The Grey Art Gallery
October 24 - Ruth Abrams, Yeshiva University Museum
October 31 - Rosemary Trockel, The New Museum
November 7 - Caribbean Art, El Museo del Barrio
November 14 -Picasso, Black and White, at the Guggenheim.
November 28 -Georges Bellows, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
December 5 - A studio visit with artist Ellen Levy
December 12 - Matisse, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Series of 10: $500; $60 a la carte
Reservations: nyarts.exchange@verizon.net
Gallery tours on Saturday have been cancelled.
Best wishes for Halloween -
Beth
Beth S. Gersh-Nesic
Director
New York Arts Exchange
www.nyarts-exchange.com