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Art in NYC: Public Parks, Private Gardens at The Met Museum

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Art in NYC: Public Parks, Private Gardens at The Met Museum

History and beauty of the parks and gardens from Paris to Provence through the famous artworks on view March 12 – July 29, 2018

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Claude Monet, The Parc Monceau, 1878 / Image courtesy of the Met Museum

Public Parks, Private Gardens exhibition at the Met is a perfect chance to see the magnificent green spaces of Paris through the eyes of the celebrated Impressionists from the Met Museum collection. And you don’t need to travel overseas to breeze the rest air of French parks! The Met brings the best of Paris to you.

The history behind the opening up of the parks and gardens to the public for its full enjoyment starts from the time of French revolution.  The idea that the beauty of nature has to be enjoyed by all not only by the privileged, had brought us the beloved public gardens of Paris and accelerated their expansion and general interest in horticulture and urban landscaping. Vive la Revolution for letting us escape the hustle and bustle of the city in the stately designed allees!

Impressionists and their en pain air painting movement preserved the lush greenery of the places in their celebrated works. Streaming sunlight, fresh and potent vegetation with relaxed figures strolling the grounds or sitting on the benches is how the parks are memorialized for us by Monet, Pissarro, Rousseau, Pissarro, and others. The names of the celebrated Paris gardens, Jardin des Tuileries, Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Le Parc Monceau sound like a love song to the eternal beauty of the city. See the show and enjoy a short imaginary walk in the best urban parks at the best time of year. It’s a timeless gift that will make even the gloomiest day full of excitement and hope. Don’t miss your stroll in that gentle sunlight! Read More

Beyond NY: Opera Demon at Bard SummerScape

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Beyond NY: Opera Demon at Bard SummerScape

Rarely performed in the US opera by Anton Rubinstein is part of the SummerScape 2018 program on July 27 – August 5 at Bard College

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Bard SummerScape presents Anton Rubinstein’s Demon / Photo by Maria Baranova

Bard SummerScape is well known for its daring and adventurous streak offering to its audiences a delicious yet rarely performed music. Last year the program included A. Dvorak’s Dimitrij. This year it presents Anton Rubinstein’s opera Demon. Rubinstein’s work will complement the rest of the SummerScape program lineup celebrating the music of the The Mighty Five, the Russian composers of the late 19th century whose ambition was to write compositions rooted in Russian folk songs and traditional tonalities. The resulting trove of music literature enriched the sound palette and expanded the music language.

As for The Demon, with an all-Russian cast directed by Thaddeus Strassberger and accompanied by the American Symphony Orchestra with Mr. Botstein, current president of Bard College, conducting the opera will surely delight and amuse by its vibrant music and opulent choral arrangements. The performance are taking place at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

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Art in NYC: Uraeus by Anselm Kiefer at Rockefeller Center

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Art in NYC: Uraeus by Anselm Kiefer on view at Rockefeller Center

Monumental public art installation by Anselm Kiefer on view at the Rockefeller Center until July 22, 2018

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ANSELM KIEFER​, ​Uraeus, 2017 – 2018 Lead, stainless steel, fiberglass, and resin ​​© Anselm Kiefer. Photograph Nicholas Knight. Courtesy Gagosian, Public Art Fund, and Tishman Speyer

Representing history and centrality for the City of  New York, Rockefeller Center capitalizes on its popularity to introduce the public art of tremendous influence and power to the visitors. This summer is no exception as it presents Uraeus by Anselm Kiefer, the artwork created specifically for this site. The project is organized by Public Art Fund and the property group Tishman Speyer together with Gagosian Gallery which represents the artist. Kiefer confesses that the project was about eight years in making starting from its conception and a search for the right site and leading to its unveiling to the public in May 2018. It will stay in its location at the top of Rockefeller Center Channel Gardens until July 22, 2018.

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Art in NYC: Like Life – Sculpture, Color, and the Body at The Met Breuer

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Art in NYC: Like Life – Sculpture, Color, and the Body at The Met Breuer

History of Sculpture from 1300 until Now on view from March 21 – July 22, 2018 

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Tip Toland, The Whistlers, 2005, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, 2011 / Image courtesy of The Met Breuer

This truly fascinating exhibition at The Met Breuer covers seven hundred years of history from 1300 till now of sculptures, casts, tableaus, masks and even automatons to illuminate the perfection of likeness and its distortion. Covering a vast time window and the diversity of the approaches, the show is organized into 8 thematic sections located on 2 floors of the museum. Each section includes works from various places and times connected by either similarity or extreme contrast in the concept. About 120 works by old and new masters are selected including Donatello, El Greco, Rodin, Degas, Kusama, Koons, Cattelan and many many other.

One may agree or disagree with the overarching thesis about the use of colors and the influence of religion and societal biases on how we perceive the body in its nakedness and likeness, but it all comes back to how we see ourself and how we are perceived by others. Allow yourself enough time to observe, compare and read. Read More

Beyond NYC: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano at Caramoor in Katonah, NY

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Beyond NYC: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano at Caramoor in Katonah, NY

A program of Schumann and Schubert by piano virtuoso Marc-Andre Hamelin on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 4 pm 

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Marc-Andre Hamelin; photo credit Canetty Clarke / Image courtesy of Caramoor

Eagerly anticipated by classical music fans, the recitals and concert performances by Marc-Andre Hamelin are always a delight for the audience. Well-known for his impeccable technique and sensible interpretation of works by the composers of a romantic period, Hamelin’s programs combine the scores by well-established composers and those that are familiar mainly to consummate connoisseurs of piano music. This mix of familiar and new names in the program makes each and every appearance of Hamelin an event full of excitement and discovery. Reward yourself with an evening of great music in an elegant setting of Venetian Theater at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY.

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