Reading and Roaming
FASCINATING FRICK We made two visits to the Frick Collection and highly recommend two current exhibits. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed. On our first visit, we discovered that Wednesday afternoons beginning at 2:00 pm, it’s pay what you wish, and the museum was packed. We took a brief tour around some of the Moroni …
Continue reading “Manhattan Finale: Frick & More”
Whitney Museum of American Art An every two year occurrence, the Whitney Biennial is designed to showcase trends in art and both emerging and established artists working in a variety of genres. Many of the artists in this year’s biennial are under 40 and their work gets at social, political and racial issues in both understated and …
Continue reading “Manhattan Museums: Art & More”
COHEN AND THE JEWISH MUSEUM The unseasonably cold weather and days of rain have kept us inside and a bit lazy. More time for reading and the occasional museum. Last week we paid a visit to the Jewish Museum especially for the Leonard Cohen exhibit, “A Crack in Everything,” which an acquaintance recommended. If you’re my generation, …
Continue reading “Manhattan: The Jewish Museum”
Camp: Notes on Fashion This year’s Fashion Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is all about camp from the early days of dandyish gay men to its adoption by women in outlandish and outrageous gowns and shoes. There’s low camp and high camp and camp that is somewhat subtle and that that is …
Continue reading “Manhattan Musing: Campy”
