Category: Art
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Love in Little Italy
Your Love Is A Gift To The World – The Brooklyn Poet, on Mulberry and Grand Streets, Little Italy
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Free Public Art in NYC
It’s been a few months, so I thought I’d round up some new photos of fun and free art around NYC. There’s art everywhere in NYC, but the challenge is not to miss it as we rush by on our way to wherever we’re going. To Reflect Everything, Washington Square Park I didn’t want to…
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Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Come walk with me through the Metropolitan, and see priceless Greek and Roman sculptures, famous European paintings, Degas ballerinas and Rodin’s lifelike, emotional sculptures. Roman Sculpture We started out at the my favorite place: the collection of Greek and Roman art (more than 30,000 pieces!) from the Neolithic period to the Roman emperor Constantine. Although…
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The Great Elephant Migration
This month 100 Indian elephants moved into the Meatpacking district. Come walk with me and check out the Great Elephant Migration! When I heard about the life-sized sculptures I couldn’t wait to get down there. The elephants were created by the Coexistence Collective, 200 indigenous artisans in India. The elephants were on display in Newport,…
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Art and Nature on NYC’s High Line
The High Line Park is one of the city’s many gems. I hadn’t visited in a few months, so I was eager to take a walk this last day of Summer and soak in the beauty before the cool weather sets in. Much of the park runs through the Chelsea Art Gallery district, and there…
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Love Letters at Tiffany’s
I stopped in my tracks when I saw Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick print in the window of Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue. I’m a huge fan. It also slowed me down so I could appreciate the other love letters in Tiffany’s current window display in their Midtown flagship store. Marilyn Monroe The letter in the window is…
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“To Let the Sky Know” at Madison Square Park
I was walking past the Flatiron building a few weeks ago when something bright caught my eye. No surprise, Ana Maria Hernando’s vibrant tulle creations are a real head turner! Who is Ana Maria Hernando? The multidisciplinary artist Ana Maria Hernando is from Buenos Aires, and now resides in Denver, CO. She attended the School…
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Chinese Lion Dance for Lunar New Year in NYC!
Stop by Hudson Yards if you want to experience the fantastic Lion Dance and celebrate Lunar New Year 2024! The New York Chinese Cultural Center is performing at Hudson Yards between now and February 10, 2024. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. You’ll see the traditional lion dance and ribbon and fan twirling…
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Celebrate Lunar New Year at Hudson Yards NYC
If I had to pick just one holiday to celebrate in NYC it would be the Lunar New Year. There’s something about the music and dancing that is very moving to me. Yesterday was the first of the 9 performances the New York Chinese Cultural Center is doing at Hudson Yards New York. I wouldn’t…
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Sea Idylls by Carole Feuerman on the Park Avenue Malls
The last part of my walk Sunday brought me up Park Avenue. I was thrilled when I saw the first of Carole A. Feuerman’s “Sea Idylls”…but the best was yet to come! Nine of her wonderful sculptures are on view right now, from 34th Street to 38th Street on Park Avenue in Murray Hill. The…
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The Sammy Buttons Experience Plays Pershing Square
My youngest came along with my to NYC this past Saturday. The Sammy Buttons Experience were playing in Pershing Square and we couldn’t wait to hear them. We had discovered Sammy Buttons in Union Square a few years ago and loved his can’t-sit-still music. The New York Times calls Sammy “The Master of Sidewalk Funk”.…
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Enjoy Public Art in the Garment District
I headed to the Garment District this weekend to catch up with the latest public art and fell in love with Kneeler, the wonderful bronze sculpture by Joy Brown. Sculptures by Joy Brown Kneeler was completed in 2016. The maternal curves and mild expression really are calming. From her website, Joy says: “For 40 years,…