Beyond NYC: Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley

Beyond NYC: Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley

Modern Sculptures on a breathtaking vastness of the Hudson Valley rolling hills.

The Center is open for scheduled visits and online from anywhere. 

Suspended by Menashe Kadishman at Storm King Art Center
Menashe Kadishman, Suspended, 1977. Gift of Muriel and Philip I. Berman. ©Estate of Menashe Kadishman. Photo by Jerry L. Thompson

Overlooking 500 acres of continuous grounds, Storm King Art Center is a paradise for art and nature lovers. The sculpture park, which had been opened in 1960 and from the mid-1970s started focusing on the large-scale sculptures by contemporary artists has the works of such modern masters as Alexander Calder,  David Smith, Mark di Suvero, Henry Moore,  Douglas Abdell,  Isamu Noguchi,  Richard Serra, Louise Kevelson, and many others. 

Plan your visit by booking your time-entry tickets. Or explore the art center collection online. You can scroll through an exhaustive list of large sculpture masters who have their art shown at the center.

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Art in NYC: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met

Art in NYC: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met

While the Metropolitan Museum of Art has temporarily closed, you can visit it online from anywhere

A magnificent exhibition of works by the 17th-century Dutch masters titled “In Praise of Painting” can be viewed online 

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Met Museum collection of Dutch paintings is highly praised by scholars and extremely popular with the visitors. The “In Praise of Painting ” exhibition, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Met Museum founding, uses the occasion to showcase the treasures by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and others thematically and to highlight various aspects of the 17th-century Dutch society in all its complexity. The selection comes from the Benjamin Altman’s bequest, the Robert Lehman collection, and the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection. Thoughtfully organized by the curators around nine themes from portraiture to landscape and domestic scenes, the exhibition unites prominent works and allows for striking comparisons and keen amplification of the historical details.

The viewers are invited in for a closer look at people, their homes, land and the pastime when the Netherland was experiencing rapid changes brought in by the technological advancements and economic growth after the end of the Thirty Years war. The works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Steen and the rest of their famous contemporaries bring us closer to people living in the distant fast-changing times not that much dissimilar to our own. Societal mores, etiquette and hierarchy were turning in response to industrial progress and diversification at the time of the Dutch Golden Age. Luckily for us, it gave the world great artworks of unprecedented depth and potency. Savor the art in all its greatness.

In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces can be explored by taking an online visit.    Online Visit

 

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