Happy Holidays 2021!

Viggo Johansen (Danish, 1851-1935), Silent Night, 1891

Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

William Ewart Lockhart (Scottish,1846-1900), Old Father Christmas, n.d.

Hunterian Gallery, University of Glasgow

 Augusto Giacometti (Swiss, 1877-1947) Christmas, 1939

Synthia Saint James (b. American, b. 1949), Kwanzaa 50th Anniversary Stamp, 1997

Mark Podwal (American, b. 1945), Hanukah Greeting Card, n.d.

Happy Holidays!

and

Best wishes for 2022 - 

Love,

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

 

Winter Solstice 2021 - Best Wishes to You

Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961), son of Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

View from the Artist's Window, Menton Carel in the Snow, 1955

Courtesy of the Stern Pissarro Gallery, London

Dear friends,

As the holiday season is upon us, and so many forces are at play in our lives - the blessings of our family and friends, the uncertainties of nature and politics, the promise of so many inventions, and the challenges of adjusting to our "new normal."

It's a tall order, but we're up to the task.

We are now in the midst of our longest night, a sacred night for those who are believers.  

Tomorrow - the days will be begin to grow longer again.

May this transitional moment bring you blessings, peace, and optimism, tonight and all through the new year.

Happy Winter Solstice 2021 - 

With love,

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

 

Happy Thanksgiving 2021!

Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Turkey Pie, 1627

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Best wishes from our family to yours

Love and hugs,

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

 

Last Call: Cézanne's Drawings at MoMA; Shadzia Sikander at the Morgan

Paul Cézanne, Vase of Flowers, 1885-88

The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

The end of the Summer Season exhibition is nigh, evidenced by the closing of two superb shows that demonstrate the transformative magic of drawing and painting on paper.

Cézanne Drawing closes today at the Museum of Modern Art to non-members and tomorrow to members of the museum.  It's a glorious exhibition that needs to be seen in person.  If you haven't been to the the show yet and can't visit today, please considered becoming a member of the Museum of Modern Art in order to see the show tomorrow. Our NY museums deeply appreciate your financial support, and these magnificent drawings deserve your undivided attention.

Shadzia Sikander, Mirrat I (1989-90)

Sean Kelly and Pilar Corrias, London

 

Shahzia Sikander’s exhibition Extraordinary Realities, at the Morgan Library & Museum closes on Sunday, September 26th.  It traces the artist's first 15 years as a professional artist, beginning with undergraduate work produced at the National College of Art in Lahore, Pakistan, her hometown. Sikander completed her graduate studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, in 1995, and spent 1995-1997 in  Houston, Texas.  She currently lives in New York.  Mirrat I was made while Sikander was an undergraduate student in Pakistan, where she studied traditional miniature painting.  Her work layers traditional imagery and her original figures and forms to provide feminist commentary on contemporary issues.

Shahzia Sikander's New York Times essay in the series "What Do We Believe?" was published on May 25, 2021.

For more information about the artists and exhibitions, please visit the website links provided here.  Exhibition images, videos, and podcasts are available on both websites.

Best wishes for the Fall,

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nešić, Ph.D.

Director

New York Arts Exchange, LLC

www.nyarts-exchange.com

Credit...Shahzia Sikander, Sean Kelly and Pilar Corrias

 

September 11, 2001 - We Remember . . . Memorials Around the World

Dedicated the the Victims of September 11, 2001 - 

on this 20th Anniversary, September 11, 2021 -

And those who lost their lives working/living on or around the toxic site following the attack on the World Trade Center Towers

We still grieve with their families and friends

and we extend to them our heartfelt condolences

Reflecting Absence

National September 11th Memorial and Museum, NYC, Ground Zero

Designed by Michael Arad Architect and Paul Walker Landscape Architect

and Associates

National September 11th Memorial and Museum, NYC, Ground Zero

FDNY Memorial for the Fallen on September 11th, South of the WTC Museum

FDNY Memorial for the Fallen on September 11th, South of the WTC Museum

The Tribute in Light 

Conceived by artists John Bennett, Gustavo Bonevardi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian LaVerdiere, 

and Paul Myoda, and lighting consultant Paul Marantz.

September 11th Memorial for the Pentagon Attack, Arlington Cemetery, VA

For United Flight 93 - September 11 Memorial in Shanksville, PA

Tower of Voices, Shanksville, PA

Designed by Paul Murdoch

 

Tower of Voices, Shanksville, PA

Designed by Paul Murdoch Architects and BioLINIA, landscape

National Park Service

Tower of Voices, Shanksville, PA

Designed by Paul Murdoch Architects and BioLINIA, landscape

National Park Service

Wall of Names, Shanksville, PA

Wall of Names, Shanksville, PA

September 11th Memorial, Boston Logan Airport, MA

Designed by Moskow Linn Architects of Boston

September 11th Memorial, Boston Logan Airport, MA

Designed by Moskow Linn Architects of Boston

September 11th Memorial, Boston Logan Airport, MA

Designed by Moskow Linn Architects of Boston

Empty Sky, Liberty Park, Jersey City, NJ

Designed by Jessica Jamroz and Frederic Schwartz

Postcards, North Shore, Staten Island, NY

Designed by architect Masayuki Sono

The Rising, Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla, Westchester County, NY 

Designed by Frederick Schwartz

Teardrop, September 11th Memorial Bayonne, NJ

Gift of the Russian People

Remembrance Walk, September 11th Memorial, Monroe Community College

Monroe, NY, part of SUNY 

Cedar Grove High School, 2977 flags for each person lost in the World Trade Center

Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Attack

September 11th Memorial, Elko, NV

Designed by Joan Anderson and Jacques Errecart

Memoria e Luca, Padua, Italy

 Designed by Daniel Libeskind

Memoria e Luca, Padua, Italy

 Designed by Daniel Libeskind

September 11th Memorial, Modena, Italy

September 11th  Temporary Memorial in 2018, Paris, France

Twin Tower, Ramot, Jerusalem, Israel

9/11 Memorial Plaza

Designed by Eliezer Weiskoff

Memorial garden in Grosvenor Square opposite US Embassy honors all victims of 9/11 

with particular focus on the 67 UK citizens who lost their lives in the attacks.

And dedicated to our friend, artist Michael Rolando Richards, who perished in the attack 

(August 2, 1963 - September 11, 2001)

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

 

Labor Day 2021 Greetings and Jewish New Year's Wishes

Wishing you a very Happy Labor Day Celebration

and 

Joyous Rosh HaShanah

May we all feel blessed by peace, love and

 kindness in the days ahead

Happy New Moon in Virgo too!

 

With love and hugs,

Beth  and the New York Arts Exchange

Happy Father's Day 2021

 Fathers in Art in Honor of Father's Day 2021  ("an oldie, but goldie" repost from 2014)

Edgar Degas, Place de la Concorde (Vicomte Ludovic Lepic and his daughters), 1875

oil on canvas, The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Balthus, Joan Miró and His Daughter Dolores, 1937-38

oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, NY

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Ugolino and his Sons, 1865-67

marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hellenistic, Laocoön and His Sons, 27 BC-67 AD

marble, Vatican Museum, Vatican City

Berthe Morisot, Eugène Manet and His Daughter Julie at Bougival, 1881

oil on canvas, Musée Marmottan Monet

Paul Cézanne, The Artist's Father Reading “L’Événement, 1866
oil on canvas, National Gallery, Washington, DC

 Norman Rockwell, Father and Son: Homework, 1962
Four Seasons Calendar, oil on canvas, 
Collection of George Lucas, © Brown and Bigelow

Max Ferguson, Father on Fifth Avenue, 2011
oil on panel, Courtesy of Max Ferguson

Best wishes to fathers, grandfathers, god-fathers and uncles everywhere - (Click on the titles for more information about the works.)

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director and owner

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com 

Celebrating Juneteenth 2021

Dear friends,

Last year we celebrated Juneteenth in the midst of the #BlackLivesMatters demonstrations.

Today we celebrate Juneteenth as a new National Holiday!

Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy and healthy 

Courtesy of Tacoma Parks.Washington 

With love,

Beth and the New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com