We could all use more brightness to our day right now. Museums are now using #MuseumMomentofZen on Twitter & Instagram to provide some beauty in your timeline. Be sure to check it out. There’s a lot of stress building in everyone’s news feeds. Here’s some serenity. #Museummomentofzen 🎨 by Joseph Opshinsky pic.twitter.com/oKWQavTc5R — Roberson Museum […]
At the Whitney, until September 22nd, you can see the culmination of 2 years of curation, via their Biennial. “Often described as a snapshot of art in the United States, the Biennial brings together work by individuals and collectives in a broad array of mediums.” Curators Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley made hundreds of studio […]
Expand your knowledge and creativity – from the comfort of your home – with The Museum of Modern Art‘s online courses! Offered for free on Coursera, MoMA’s ongoing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow you to take classes about modern and contemporary art and design. Learn to better understand photographs, what processes are involved in […]
Artists: Apply for Edition III of The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center’s Contemporary Art Pop-Up Gallery Program: MAAC on the Map
Editions…
We’re excited about tomorrow’s opening reception for MAAC on the Map Edition II.
Join us! (Register here.)
The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center is pleased to announce their new Contemporary Art Pop-Up Gallery Program. About the program: Artists are given rent free gallery space for three weeks in the Manhattan Art and Antiques Center in midtown Manhattan. Currently accepting two-dimensional media, framed and/or ready to hang. Each session will feature public programming […]
![First Edition "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Ernest Hemingway in original dust jacket; Charles Scribner’s, 1940. [Manhattan Rare Books: Gallery 90/212.326.8907]/Ernest Hemingway on crutches while recovering in Milan, Italy, September 1918. The Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Source: themorgan.org](https://the-maac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ernest-hemingway.jpg)
All Hemingway stories are war stories, which is to say, they’re all stories that tussle with life. The Morgan Library & Museum’s Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars (through January 31, 2016) is the first major exhibition of Hemingway’s works from his earliest short stories to his best-known masterpieces. Featured here are our gallery Manhattan Rare Book […]
Artist Joe Burns has lived many lives. Raised by Catholic charities, Burns has been a restaurateur, cab driver, bartender, and flea market junk man. He joined the army at 18; studied painting at the Pratt Institute and poetry with Pearl London in his 30s. Strange lives make for storied art. Currently on view at The […]
Perhaps the most highly anticipated exhibition of the year, Picasso Sculpture opened yesterday at the Museum of Modern Art to breathless critical acclaim. There’s a good reason for the hype–Picasso guarded his sculpture so closely that it wasn’t until 1966 at the age of 85 that he agreed to a major sculpture exhibition. There has […]
“What makes the Japanese people unique in their need for beauty? What can Westerners learn from this ancient culture and history? How can a better understanding of the role beauty plays in the daily life of the Japanese enhance our own lives?” These are the questions acclaimed photographer Gil Garcetti answers in his most recent […]