Holiday Season Museum Exhibitions Suggestions

Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger as Nefertiti (II), 1981, Mostly New, from the Permanent Collection, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, September 6, 2022 - December 17, 2022

Dear Friends,

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!  The Holiday Season is already underway with bushels of bounty that may overwhelm your list of "to-dos."  To help you plan, here are several excellent exhibitions in order of their closing dates, highlighted in red.  Hopefully, these recommendations will help you plan your Museum Holiday Visits with your favorite art companions.

Best wishes for Holiday Season 2022 - 

With love,

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, PhD, Director, New York Arts Exchange, LLC

Shoes: Anatomy Identity Magic

FIT Museum, September 1 - December 31, 2022

Museum of the City of New York, through January 8, 2023

plus: Food in New York, through September 30, 2023

And many other exciting exhibitions for the holiday season and beyond

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Ellen Maurice, 1597

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England

Met Museum, October 10, 2022 - January 8, 2023

Marjorie Strider, Girl with Radish, 1963

New York: 1962 - 1962

The Jewish Museum, July 22, 2022 - January 4, 2023

Kwame Brathwaite, Sikolo Brathwaite, 

African Jazz-Art Society and Studio (AJASS), Harlem, c. 1968,

 Courtesy of the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, LA

Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

New York Historical Society, August 19, 2022 - January 15, 2023

William Michael Harnett, Still Life - Violin and Museum, 1888

Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition

Met Museum, October 20, 2022 - January 22, 2023

Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces

New Museum, November 10, 2022 - February 5, 2023

The Little Prince: Taking Flight

The Morgan Library and Museum, October 14, 2022 - February 5, 2023

Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds, Roberta Flack, 1970

Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces

Museum of Modern Art, October 9, 2022 -  February 18, 2023

Earring, 250-200, National Museum of History, Sofia, Bulgaria

Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond

NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 

September 21, 2022 - February 19, 2023

Sumerian, Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi, (not in the show)

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400–2000 B.C.

October 14, 2022 through February 19, 2023

Book of Painted Kosode Patterns, 17th century, Japan, MMA collection

Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection - Met Museum, June 7, 2022 - 

February 20, 2023

Meret Oppenheim, Object (Luncheon in Fur), 1936

Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, October 30, 2022 - March 4, 2023

Edward Hopper, The Automat, 1927

Edward Hoppers' New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, October 19, 2022 - March 5, 2023

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Why Born a Slave!, 1869

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast, Metropolitan Museum of Art

March 22, 2022 -  March 5, 2023

Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 5, 2022- March 26, 2023

Juan Francisco Elso: Por America

Museo del Barrio, October 27, 2022 - March 26, 2023

Reynier Leyva Novo: Methuselah

Museo del Barrio, October 27, 2022 - March 26, 2023

Misla, El Comedor, 2019

Domesticanx

Museo del Barrio, October 27, 2022 - March 26, 2023

Mayan, Maize God Emerging from a Flower, c. 7th  - 9th centuries

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Mayan Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 21, 2022 - April 2, 2023

"I'll Have What She's Having": The Jewish Deli

New York Historical Society, November 11, 2022 - April 2, 2023

Nick Cave, Wall Installation in Forothermore, 

Guggenheim, November 18, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Marquee Frederic, Lord Leighton, Flaming June, 1895

Victorian Masterpieces from the Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico

Met Museum, October 8 - February 2024

Labor Day Weekend - Last Call for September/October Closings

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965). Swimmers and Sunbathers, 1945. 

Oil on canvas, 28 x 48 1/4 in.

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger, 1951 (51.97). 

© 2019 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), 

New York. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

Labor Day is nigh and the end of summer is here!  I sincerely hope you all had wonderful summers with friends and family, whether here in New York or far, far away.  

Now is the time to catch the last days of the New York Summer Season's best exhibitions, each closing very soon. Here is the list:

James McNeill Whistler, Fumette, 1858.

 Etching and drypoint, black ink on cream French laid paper, 6 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches. 

Gertrude Kosovsky Collection; © The Frick Collection

Labor Day Weekend:

Whistler as Printmaker: Highlights from the Gertrude Kosovsky Collection, Frick Museum, through Sunday, September 1.

Summer with the Averys: Milton, Sally and March, and Sharks! Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, September 1.  (This one venue is perfect for the family as both exhibitions are suitable for children of all ages.)

Ragnar Kjartansson:  Death is Elsewhere, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 2.

Blue Man Group: Ready . . . Go!, Museum of the City of New York, through September 2

Anne Samat, Che Yah (The Greatest Love),2019

Next weekend:

Camp: Notes on Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 8.

Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, The Jewish Museum, through September 8.

Anne Samat: Greatest Love, Hudson Valley Museum of Modern Art, Peekskill, NY, through September 8

Two weeks from now:

Summer Revolution, New York Historical Society, through September 15.

Walt Whitman, Bard of Democracy, Morgan Library and Museum, September 15.

Three weeks from now:

Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, through September 22.

Hogarth: Cruel and Humor, Morgan Library and Museum, through September 22.

Mrinalini Mukherjee, Aranyani, 1996

Last weekend in September/October 1:

Phenomenal Nature: Mrinalini Mukherjee, Met Breuer, through September 29.

Free Lecture on Thursday, September 5th, 6:30 and Gallery Talk on Tuesday, September 10th, 12:30.

From Manet to Picasso: The Thannhauser Colllection, Guggenheim Museum, through September 29.

Best wishes for the Labor Day Weekend and the Fall Season ahead - 

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director and owner

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com 

Staycation 2019: August Exhibitions that Spark Joy!

"Camp: Notes on Fashion," 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 8th

Franco Moschino (Italian, 1950–1994) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). 

Dress, fall/winter 1989. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Dear friends,

There are times when writing this blog seems so trivial in the midst of tragedy here in the US or abroad.  Whether the circumstances are natural disasters or human actions that bring loss and pain, the notion that this blog shouts out "go see art" often feels inappropriate these days.

And yet - speaking only for myself - I need to go to museums and galleries to escape the gloomy thoughts about our current global mess.  For we still have so much to be thankful for,  especially the good fortune of living in or near New York, which this summer is brimming with exceptional opportunities in museums, theaters, concerts, performances, and lectures. 

"Camp: Notes on Fashion," 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 8th

Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Ensemble, fall/winter 2017–18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2017 (2017.399a–d). Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Here are a few museum exhibitions for those of you in search of art that "sparks joy":

Camp: Notes on Fashion,  Met Museum, through September 8th

Play It Loud, Met Museum, through October 1st.

Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, Jewish Museum, through September 8th

"Play it Loud," Metropolitan Museum of Art, through October 1st

Ludwig Drum Company, Four Drum set with cymbals, 1963

Formerly in the Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach Collection. Photo: Courtesy of Jay Irsay and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything,"

Jewish Museum, through September 8th 

 Installation photograph, courtesy of the Jewish Museum

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in.

--Leonard Cohen

May a day with art bring you joy and peace -

With warm wishes from the Big Apple,

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director and owner

New York Arts Exchange, LLC

www.nyarts-exchange.com 

Happy 2019 - Last call for top exhibitions closing in January

Dear friends,

Wishing you joy, good health and peace of mind in the new year!

Here are my top choices for the exhibitions closing in January:

"Everything is Connected," Met Breuer, closing January 6

Delacroix, Metropolitan Museum on 5th, closing January 6

Tintoretto, Pontormo, and "Frankenstein," Morgan Library, closing January 6

Current exhibition, Scandinavia House, closing January 12

Charles White, Museum of Modern Art, closing January 13

Architecture in Yugoslavia, post WWII, Museum of Modern Art, closing January 13

Yasumasa Morimuri, Japan Society, closing January 13

Jan van Eyck, The Charter House at Bruges, Frick Collection, closing January 13

 August Macke and Franz Marc, Neuegalerie, closing January 21

Lillian Porter, El Museo del Barrio, closing January 27

Harry Potter, NY Historical Society, closing January 27

Cheers!

Beth New York

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

Director and owner

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com 

Fall into Fall: September 2017 Newsletter

Clarity Haynes and Beth Gersh-Nesic in front of Robin, 2015

New York Arts Exchange Fall Exhibitions - 

September and October 2017 

NYAE is proud to present two curatorial projects that bring attention to "Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October)":

Clarity Haynes: Bearing Witness, The Breast Portrait Project, 1998 - Present

Payne Gallery, Moravian College, 346 Main Street,  Bethlehem, PA 18018

September 7-October 15, 2017

And:

:

An Exhibition In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

A group show with over 15 artists

SIA Gallery, 1 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566

October 7 - 29, 2017

Opening: Saturday, October 7th, 3 - 6 pm

Closing with Performance and Panel Discussion: Sunday, October 29, 3 - 5 pm

Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12 - 5 pm

Dedicated to SISTAAH: Survivors Inspiring Sisters Through Art and Advocacy for Health

www.sistaah.org 

We know that Bethlehem, PA is far, so we hope you will join us in Peekskill on October 7th as we celebrate the female breast in all its beauty and power!

Please save the date and look for other announcements related to the exhibition.

Florine Stettheimer, Self-Portrait with Palette and Faun, c. 1915

September-Early October exhibitions closings:

Jewish Museum: Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry, through September 24th. 

(NB: Stettheimer's Cathedral Series is still at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, eight blocks down Fifth Avenue, and the Stettheimer Dollhouse is still at the Museum of the City of New York, ten blocks north on Fifth Avenue, on display.)

Hilary Knight, Eloise for the Plaza Menu, 1957-8

New York Historical Society: Eloise at the Museum, through October 9th.  Absolutely delicious!  A must-see.

Richard Gerstl, Semi-Nude Self-Portrait, 1902-4

Neue Galerie: Richard Gerstl, through September 25.   Excellent!

Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1955-59

Museum of Modern Art: Robert Rauschenberg Among Friends, through September 17th.

Outstanding - I went a few times and will return before it's gone.  Loved the modern dance videos and E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) installation.

Beth's courses at Purchase College this Fall: "Realism in Art" and "Modernism, Media and the Middle Class."  Wednesday evening, 7 - 10 pm; Thursday evening, 6:30-9:50 pm, respectively.

Consult the Purchase College, School of Liberal Studies, to audit: www.purchase.edu

Best wishes for Fall 2017!

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director and owner

New York Arts Exchange, LLC

www.nyarts-exchange.com