The American artist Edward Hopper had a deep personal and professional interest in hotels, motels, tourist homes, and the wide scope of hospitality services—including the vast infrastructure of restaurants, entertainments, and staff servicing these institutions.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 11/06/19–11/12/19
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Woman of the World
Neuville is among the first women artists working in America to leave a substantial body of work. This article sheds light on this fascinating figure, whose life reads like a compelling historical novel.
Félix Vallotton’s uneasy art at the Met
Born to a conservative Protestant family in Lausanne, Switzerland, Félix Vallotton rather intrepidly moved to Paris in 1882 at the age of sixteen to study art.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/30/19–11/05/19
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Cameras and Critters
A feeling of intimacy between human beings and animals pervades By Hoof, Wing, Paw, or Fin: Creatures in Photographs, at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/23/19–10/29/19
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Studio craft takes wing in San Francisco
The American studio craft movement—which gained momentum in the postwar period and married a devotion to the handmade and honest materials to a fine arts sensibility—flourished particularly vibrantly in California.
Worldly visions at NYU’s Grey Gallery
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection, an exhibition on view at the Grey Gallery through December 7
Celebrating the happy art of Vera Neumann
For many women with a chic and sporty fashion sensibility, a Vera Neumann silk scarf—or a dozen of them—has long been a wardrobe essential.