Fall into Fall 2016 - Part 3: Women in the Arts, Hurrah!

Carmen Herrera (b. 1915), Siete, 1949, acrylic on canvas,

Paul and Trudy Cejas Collection

Right now- ending this weekend - most of the major museums in New York (and Greenwich, CT) are featuring women artists as the main exhibition in their galleries.  How about that, feminists!  Take note - and savor the strides that your hard work has accomplished.  This is only the beginning.  Today we are paying attention to this historic moment.  Tomorrow, the equality of women in the workplace, whether in the arts or in the auto industry, will be completely normal and unremarkable.  We are almost there.  Yes, we can! 

So here's the evidence:

Alma Thomas, Studio Museum of Harlem, through October 30th.

Cornelia Parker, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through October 31st. 

Diane Arbus, Metropolitan Breuer, through November 27th.

Charlotte Moorman Performing in 1971

Charlotte Moorman, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, through December 10th,

Her Crowd: New Art by Women Artists in Our Neighbors' Private Collections, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, through December 31st. 

Carmen Herrera, Whitney Museum, January 2, 2017.

Agnes Martin, Summer 1964, watercolor, ink and gauche on paper,

Agnes Martin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy Pace Gallery

Agnes Martin, Guggenheim Museum, through January 11, 2017.

Pipilotti Risi, New Museum, through January 15, 2017.

Sara Zapata, Siempre X, 2016, mixed media, courtesy of the artist

Sara Zapata, Museo del Barrio, ongoing.

Gustave Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907,

Gold, silver, and oil on canvas

Neue Galerie New York. Acquired through the generosity of Ronald S. Lauder, 

the heirs of the Estates of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer, and the Estée Lauder Fund

And the subject of women in art:

Klimt and the Women of Vienna's Golden Age, 1900-1918, Neue Galerie, through January 16, 2017.

Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children, Jewish Museum, through February 5, 2017

  

FYI - the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze is still on at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson. Tickets are still on sale for November 1 - 26.

Happy Halloween!

Beth New York

aka Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com

Fall into Fall 2016 - Part 1 - The Met

Jean Honore Fragonard, Island of Love, 1770-80, 

in Fragonard Drawing Triumphant

The Fall 2016 Art Season is in full swing with so many exhibitions and so little time in our busy holiday schedules.  So, feeling overwhelmed myself, I decided to roll out my recommendations in a series of short blog posts, beginning with our favorite museum: the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And a review by one of my favorite art lovers, Natasha Nesic.  Here is her video live from the Met on the Fragonard drawing exhibition, on view through January 8, 2017.

Lantern, Syrian origin, 13th Century

Jerusalem: 1000-1400 tells the story of this multicultural destination through rarely-seen sacred and secular art.  A feast for the eyes through January 8, 2017.

Cornelia Parker, PsychoBarn, 2016

Cornelia Parker's installation on the roof will close on October 31 - so hurry to see this surprising construction.  No spoilers here for those who haven't experienced the full Parker concept.   And even if you have already visited this "fun house" over the summer, you want to see the fall foliage from atop the Met before it blows away.

Valentin de Boulogne, Judith with Head of Holofernes, 1626-27

Valentin de Boulogne's name may not be on your list of "must-sees" this fall. Perish the thought: this guy can really paint well and his subjects tell the stories you may already know - a great combination for those who prefer Old Master paintings.  De Boulogne was born in France in 1591 and died in Rome in 1632. He was a follower of Caravaggio, hence the title: Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Carravaggio, on view through January 18, 2017.

And finally, Beckmann! as in Max Beckmann in New York, featuring 25 works from a short period in our fair city, 1949-50. Not quite your suave Valentin de B., but probably a good chaser for Cornelia Parker's Halloween-ish treat. Consider Beckmann an artistically angst-y fellow, curtsy of the New Objectivity movement in Germany (Neu Sachlichkeit).   It just opened on Wednesday, closing February 20, 2017.

That's it for now - back soon with another installment of "Fall into Fall 2016"

Beth New York

aka Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com