Live from the NPL
New York Public Library's Spring Speaker Series (11 West 40th Street) just started! Malcolm Gladwell is just one of the speakers on the calendar.
Through March 8
Fred W. McDarrah: Save the Village
Steven Kasher Gallery (521 West 23rd Street) in Chelsea is currently exhibiting famous shots of subway graffiti.
Through March 9 ADAA: The Art Show
Opening at the Park Avenue Armory (67th Street & Park Avenue) next week, the 26th annual exhibition showcases 72 of the nation's art dealers. It is truly a "work of art!"
Through March 9 The Armory Show
On Piers 92 & 94 (55th Street & Hudson River); still touted as the nation's largest art fair!
Through March 10 Isa Genzken: Retrospective
The exhibition at MoMA (11 West 53rd Street) features art of this German sculptor for whom York and its skyscrapers are a major source of inspiration.
March 14 through 22 Asia Week
Celebrate Asian Art at 19 museums and cultural institutions throughout New York City. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue), where all of the Asian Art galleries will be open for viewing.
March 14 Bill Cunningham: Facades
One of my favorite NYC photographers, the legendary Bill Cunningham, will preview "Fashion as Cultural History" in one of my favorite museums, the New-York Historical Society (170 Central Park West). You're in for a treat as you view the architectural riches and fashion history of our city.
Through March 17
ANALOGIA - Installation at Bryant Park
A large scale art installation has been created on the West side of the Bryant Park (42nd Street & 6th Avenue). Visitors will enjoy visual experiences as the park undergoes its annual transition from a winter wonderland to spring. I think we're all ready for that!
Through March 25 Whitney Biennial 2014
View an impressive lineup of a trio of outside curators at the Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue).
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s
The Museum at FIT (7th Avenue at 27th Street) features an exquisite collection from the decade that emerged from the Jazz Age and ended with the onset of World War II... a period when modern clothing was introduced to the fashion world. Through April 19th.
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Beatles!
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles arriving in America with memorabilia, videos, and photos... it's all about Beatlemania! At the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza). Through May 10th.
A Collective Invention: Photographs at Play
Morgan Library and Museum A debut of photography at the Morgan Library & Museum (225 Madison Avenue) as a curatorial focus at the Morgan.
Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal
The exhibition, also at MoMA (11 West 53rd Street), examines the tension in Wright's thinking about the growing American city in the 1920s and 1930s... with a 12 foot by 12 foot model of one of his plans. Through June 1st.
City as Canvas
At the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue), East Village curator Martin Wong's collection of graffiti art. Photographs of graffiti writing long-erased from both subways and buildings. Through July 27th.
