“Henri Matisse’s art is some of the best known—and most loved—of the modern era. This exhibition focuses on a somewhat less familiar aspect of his work, but one that inspired a passionate and enduring commitment during the latter part of the artist’s career. The extraordinary volumes on view… Read More
“Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan. 1874–1949) is a central figure in the history of modern art in the Americas. He embraced the formal freedom of modernism without sharing the modern messianic fascination with progress, and aimed to produce an art that was at once timely and universal,… Read More
Photographs by Corrado Serra. Enlightened Universe is an interactive art installation that celebrates the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. A central globe is surrounded by 70 life-size figures joined in hand, one for each year that the UN has been in existence and creating a human chain of global… Read More
“The reunification of ancient Egypt achieved by Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II—the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom—was followed by a great cultural flowering that lasted nearly 400 years. During the Middle Kingdom (mid‐Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and political traditions first conceived and instituted during… Read More
“In 1968, amid an economic boom, many in Japan registered widespread discontent over social inequalities. At the same time, the country was roiled by protests against the Vietnam War and the upcoming renewal of a treaty extending American occupation. These circumstances mark the point of departure for For a New World… Read More
“Printed sources related to the design of textile patterns first appeared during the Renaissance when six intricate, interlaced “knotwork” designs, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and later copied by Albrecht Dürer, marked the beginning of a fruitful international exchange of pattern designs. Starting in the 1520s, small booklets… Read More
“Zhang Hongtu has spent the past five decades expanding the ways in which viewers perceive the world around them, skillfully drawing connections between cultures. Originally from mainland China, and New York-based since 1982, Zhang’s subject matter and styles have continued to shift resulting in a vast… Read More
“Tracing the rise of rhythm and blues music in the 1950s and 1960s within the context of civil rights movement, it features portraits of such celebrated performers as B.B. King, Sam “Lightnin’”Hopkins, Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and Della Reese. The exhibition also includes Joseph’s striking… Read More
“Andrea d’Agnolo (1486–1530), called Andrea del Sarto after his father’s profession as a tailor (sarto), transformed sixteenth-century Florence through his art and influence. Through his large and prolific workshop, one of the most significant of the age, he enriched his native city with portraits, altarpieces,… Read More
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Over the past thirty years, Shaw has become one of the United States’ most influential and visionary artists, moving between painting, sculpture, and drawing, with works that build connections between his own psyche and America’s larger political, social, and spiritual histories.… Read More
“The New Museum is pleased to present “Barbara Rossi: Poor Traits,” a selection of Rossi’s enigmatic graphite and colored pencil drawings from the late 1960s and meticulously rendered reverse paintings on Plexiglas from the early 1970s. The exhibition marks Rossi’s first museum show in New… Read More
Photographs by Corrado Serra. Pink Lotus, a large-scale, site-specific light sculpture by artist Grimanesa Amorós, was installed on the façade of The Peninsula New York in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Amorós used LED lights to create a pink lotus flower. The installation activates the entrance… Read More
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