Chelsea Walk
The art galleries in Chelsea are always worth a look, but yesterday’s walk was unusually rewarding. An hour before lunch at the Cookshop and 90 minutes after gave us time to wander 20th and 22nd Sts. and not much more, with the following highlights: Benny Andrews at Michael Rosenfeld. Andrews is one of those artists […]
New York Museums
If the function of an art museum is the display of art, the new building for the Studio Museum of Harlem fails spectacularly. My guess is that not more than 25% of the space contains art. Its most notable feature is a massive main staircase, which is all you see when you enter. In keeping […]
London Museums
We spent a week in London, reminding ourselves of the masterpieces in the public collections. Monday we strolled along Oxford Street, to and from the Wallace Collection. The furniture with gold marquetry by A.C. Boulle was our discovery. On the lookout for Gainsboroughs as we prepared for our Frick exhibition, I was delighted to not […]
LACMA
It’s not fair to judge the new building and displays at LACMA based on a mere two-hour walkthrough, but that’s what a first impression is all about. So cutting to the chase, as they say, I give the architecture an A, the art a C. From the outside, the building is light, sinuous and strikingly […]
Divine Egypt
Two quick reactions from a quick first visit to the Met’s blockbuster fall show, “Divine Egypt.” First is the extraordinary amount of Egyptian material in the Met’s collection. One almost feels that an impetus for the show was the Met’s desire to bring out of storage scores of objects that probably haven’t been displayed for […]