October 2012 Newsletter: Beth's Fall Tours Begin On Wednesday

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

September 2012 Newsletter - Fall Tours

Dear friends,

The chill of fall is just beginning to cool our mornings and evenings.  Labor Day Weekend has past and it is time to plan for an exciting Fall Art Season in New York.

Please note that a few summer shows are still running through September.

Closing this month:
Edouard Vuillard, The Jewish Museum, through September 23.
"Ghosts in the Machine,"  Artists romance with technology in art, New Museum, through September 30.
Alighiero Boetti, Museum of Modern Art, through October 1.

Fall Tours:

Dr. Paul Werner's Tours 
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
"Art and the American Revolution," Thursdays, September 13 and 20, 1:30 pm
"Art through the Ages," Sundays, September 9 through December 16, 2 pm
"Art through the Ages," Tuesdays, September 11 through December 18, 10 am
"European Art," Sundays, September 9 and 16, 11 am
"European Art," Tuesdays, September 11 and 18, 1 pm
"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 for each course is also located on The Orange Press website.
Fees are pay you wish.  Everyone is welcome.

Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic's Museum Tours 
Wednesdays at 1 - 3 pm
October 3, The Bodleian Medieval Manuscripts and contemporary art, The Jewish Museum
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, Hudson River School, New York Historical Society
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

Beth's Gallery Tours and Excursions
Saturdays, 1 - 3 pm:
October 6 - Chelsea
October 13 - Midtown
October 27 - Upper Eastside
November 3 - Hispanic Society
November 10 - Brooklyn Museum
November 17 - SoHo

Series of 6: $300; $60 a la carte; $20 each with museum series of 10.
Reservations: nyarts.exchange@verizon.net 

Dr. Kim de Beaumont's Tours of 18th century art 
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 2013 - 2 tours for $100 or $60 a la carte. Specific dates TBA
Reservations: nyarts.exchange@verizon.net

We look forward to sharing this bountiful fall season with you.

With best wishes for the fall holidays,
Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic
Director
New York Arts Exchange