Bagels with ‘Everything’
“I think of the bagel as a great symbol that unites the people of New York from every demographic. Bagels are everywhere, for every class and race and in every […]
Category Archives: Things to See
Hopper at Home at The Whitney
This is the third and final article about the art at the Whitney Museum of American Art that caught our attention during a visit in early July. The first two […]
A ‘Walk’ in The Whitney
“People seem to be in some kind of hypnotic dream state. They seem to be programmed.” —George Segal (1924–2000), his observations while he was researching Walk, Don’t Walk This is […]
Seamen in The Whitney
“I think the picture portrays an enjoyable side of Navy life. I think it would make a good recruiting poster. I will raise my prices.” —Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), his response […]
Happy Birthday, Alice
“Curiouser and curiouser!” —Alice’s cry of wonder wandering in Wonderland, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) This year Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the beloved story for children […]
The Vanishing Vanderbilts
“The bits and pieces of history that chronicle the four-generation saga of the Vanderbilt Family are scattered everywhere like a broken string of pearls …” —from 1989’s Fortune’s Children by […]
Walk About New York on TV
“Death cannot kill what never dies.” —the poignant epitaph chiseled into the gravestone of the groundbreaking artist Violet Oakley (1874–1961) On Sunday, June 28th—Gay Pride Sunday—Walk About New York led […]
Big Gay Success Story
“If I weren’t gay, I wouldn’t call it the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. And if I weren’t happy, I wouldn’t have the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. It would […]
Masking New York
“In this piece I wanted to bring the activity and the feel of the studio into public space as an experience. The public gets to ‘see’ the work both from […]
Serious Man, Playful Art
“… with your support and that of our millions of non-Jewish friends, we will drive the last nail in the coffin of bigotry and fanaticism that has dared raise its […]
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