Children 3-11 will love the new interactive space designed for them at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Located on the 81st Street entrance level in the old children’s library, The 81st St Studio has something enriching for children and caregivers alike. Seven interactive areas were designed by KOKO Architecture + Design, with the intention to […]
Sailing along. I’m feeling in the groove with how and what I eat and slowly starting to incorporate more inspired recipes. I’ll include them as I find keepers. It was my daughter’s birthday and I turned away the delectable-looking sweets at her celebratory dinner, but I consumed a popover, made at her request, the next […]
It was a full week. Two houseguests, Easter Sunday, our first bike ride to Domino Park of the season, a birthday party, a heatwave, a museum visit and an out-of-state gymnastics competition. Phew! Packing it in. Fun. Good thing I am eating my beans and protein for energy and meditating morning and night to try […]
Making the MET 1870-2020 AUGUST 29, 2020–JANUARY 3, 2021, a monumental exhibition celebrating the Museum’s 150 year anniversary, came and went in the haze of a global pandemic. At the time, I couldn’t get myself organized enough to post my take on the landmark exhibition and now, nine months later, my photographs of masked museum-goers […]
Alice Neel: People Come First at The Metropolitan Museum of Art March 22- August 1, 2021, is a show for our times. As the Coronavirus pandemic soldiers on, Ms. Neel’s paintings were exactly what my social distance-wearied eyes and spirit needed to see. The colors are vibrant and saturated. The brush strokes are bold and […]
“The paintings which I propose to do will depict the struggle of a people to create a nation and their attempt to build a democracy.” -Jacob Lawrence, 1954 On view for just a week more is Jacob Lawrence’s rarely-seen series —”Struggle: From the History of the American People” (1954–56)—Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle at The […]
As we transition into fall and continue our best practices for safety and health with the raging coronavirus pandemic, I revisit the John Singer Sargent show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art June 30-October 4, 2015, Portraits of Artists and Friends. Sargent’s brushwork is captivating; smooth and lifelike, gestural and evocative. While he was masterful […]
While our collective burdens grow heavier nearly by the day, there was one bright spot this past week. I was invited to attend the Press Preview before The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s reopening on August 29, 2020, in its celebratory one hundred-and-fiftieth year. One of my favorite museums in the city because of its generous […]
