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Tag Archives: Art

A Little-Noticed Holocaust Memorial

April 8, 2021by Walk About New York

“We are here, on this gentle spring day, to remember the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust and to mark that evil with a monument to the victims of that injustice.”—from […]

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9/11 Inspired Art

September 11, 2020by Walk About New York

“At first, it was hard to work. Everything seemed pretty trivial compared to it. Everybody said, ‘Do something that will take people’s minds off it.’ If you couldn’t figure out […]

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About “The Last Knight”

December 14, 2019by Walk About New York

“He who makes no memory of himself during his lifetime will have none after his death, and will be forgotten with the tolling of the final knell. Therefore, the money […]

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“Camp” at The Met

August 10, 2019by Walk About New York

“Camp is a kind of love, love for human nature.” —Susan Sontag (1933–2004) The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has put together a special exhibition, entitled, “Camp, Notes on Fashion.” This […]

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Keith Haring’s Art in New York

June 24, 2018by Walk About New York

“Obviously, the only place to go was New York. It was the only place where I would find the intensity I needed and wanted. I wanted intensity for my art […]

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“Atlas” at Rockefeller Center

August 10, 2017by Walk About New York

“That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky.” —from “Metamorphoses,” A.D. 8, by Ovid Directly across Fifth Avenue from the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]

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‘Standing Lincoln’ at The Met

February 12, 2017by Walk About New York

“Lincoln stood tall in the carriage, his dark uncovered head bent in contemplative acknowledgment of the waiting people.” —Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. […]

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General Washington’s Christmas of 1776

December 25, 2016by Walk About New York

Ah, he stands – sailor crew went going. And so this general watches rowing. He hastens – winter again grows cold. A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold. —the third stanza […]

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Happy Birthday to Fiorello La Guardia

December 11, 2016by Walk About New York

“Let’s drive the bums out of town.” — Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947) urging a crackdown on organized crime bosses Today we celebrate the birth of Fiorello Enrico La Guardia. The […]

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Say ‘Cheese’ for the “Paparazzi Dogs”

November 18, 2016by Walk About New York

“We’re so excited that our ‘Paparazzi Dogs’ are in New York. They’ve traveled the globe taking photos, and now they’ve arrived at this fun, trendy place that has been photographed […]

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