Tag Archives: MOMA

The Art Seen In New York (Magritte/Balthus Edition)

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to The Big Town last weekend and say, it was swell. (After, that is, we crawled our way through the Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams: From the New York City line to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 59E59 Theaters, Al Hirshfeld, Alexander Calder, All That Fall, American Modern, Balthus: Cats & Girls, Barneys New York, Calder Shadows, Cezanne, Charles Demuth, Dennis Freedman, Designing Modern Women, Dubuffet Frayeur, Eileen Atkins, Eykyn Maclean Gallery, Gauguin, I Saw the Figure Five in Gold, Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, Lincoln Center Library, Magritte, Malkine Untitled 1927, Marcel Duchamp, Matisse, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Gambon, MOMA, Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Times, New-York Historical Society, Nude Descending a Staircase, Picabia, Picasso, Robert Indiana: Beyond Love, Roberta Smith, S.J. Perelman, Samuel Beckett, Surrealism and the Rue Blomet, The Armory Show at 100, the Big Town, The Line King, The Met, The Missus, Van Gogh, Venus Over Manhattan, Westward Ha!, Whitney Museum, WWD | 6 Comments

The Art Seen In NYC

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to The Big Town last weekend and here’s some of what we caught. Munch/Warhol and the Multiple Image We saw this exhibit at Scandinavia House the day before it closed. Via Norway.org: Organized … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Folk Art Museum, Andy Warhol, Bill Traylor, David Hockney, Edvard Munch, Fashion Jewelry, FIT, Judith Light, Le Corbusier, MAD, Madonna, MOMA, Munch/Warhol and the Multiple Image, Norway.org. Scandinavia House, Other Desert Cities, Retrospective, Robert Irwin, Scrim Veil, Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm, The Assembled Parties, The Brooch.Eva Mudocci, The Jugglers, The Scream, Tony Award, Whitney Museum | 1 Comment

While We Were Out (The Art Seen In New York)

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town last week and here’s some of what we saw. For starters, a couple of galleries in Chelsea. (Sign o’ the Times: A billboard for a storage facility that said, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Against the Grain, Ai Weiwei, Chelsea, Chim, Claes Oldenburg, DC Moore Gallery, Duane Michals, Edwardian Opulence, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gagosian Gallery, German Expressionism 1900-1930, Giovani Boldini, Helen Frankenthaler, ICP, International Center of Photography, James McNeill Whistler, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Laura Roth, Leonard Lauder, Met, MFA, MOMA, Museum of Art and Design, Museum of Modern Art, Neue Galerie, Painted on 21st Street, Roman Vishniac, Ron Lauder, Société Anonyme, The Painted Photograph, The Street and the Store, Wear it or Not, Yale Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art | Leave a comment

WSJ Sends Off Ada Louise Huxtable In Style

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The great Ada Louise Huxtable, who pretty much invented architecture criticism in her writing for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, has died at the age of 91. Wednesday’s Journal features an impressive tribute to Huxtable: Her Critical Judgments Were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 42nd Street Library, Ada Louise Huxtable, Boston City Hall, Boston Herald, Ken Fallin, Michael Kimmelman, MOMA, New York Public Library, New York Times, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Arts Seen In The Big Town (Rapture, Blister, Burn Edition)

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I trundled uptown again and here’s some of what we saw: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART’S 4th AND 5th FLOORS MIGHT FLOOR YOU MOMA hit Shuffle on its Permanent Collection, and the results are eye-opening. DID YOU … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edouard Vuillard, Jewish Museum, MOMA, Playwrights Horizons, Rapture Blister Burn | 3 Comments

Scene In The Big Town (II)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Still in the Big Town, still iPadlocked so no links or graphics. Highlights: * De Kooning: A Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (through 1/9/12). The great abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning is considered by some to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Evolution in Action, Frank Langella, Hans Hoffman, Lee Krasner, Man and Boy, Mark Rothko, Michael Rosenfeld, MOMA, Occupy Times Square, Occupyniks, Terence Rattigan's, Will Barnett, Willem de Kooning | Leave a comment

Campaign Outsider Critics Corner (NY Art Museum Edition)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Once around Central Park, James, and don’t spare the horses: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART * Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is an eye-popping tribute to the unique vision of the fashion designer who cut his own life short at age 40. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander McQueen, Cone Sisters, Francis Alys, German Expressionism, Jewish Museum, Maira Kalman, Met, MOMA, Night Vision, Reconfiguring an African Icon | 1 Comment

What To Do In The Big Town (Picasso Guitars Edition), Take II

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Well, the Missus and I were out and about in the city today and here’s what we discovered (links and graphics to come, since we’re still iPadlocked): * The spectacular Picasso Guitars exhibit at MOMA, which features a stunning array … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cezanne's Card Players, Courtauld Gallery, Guitar Heroes, Houdini: Art & Magic, Ideas Not Theories, Jason Patric, Jewish Museum, Met, MOMA, Picasso Guitars, That Championship Season | 1 Comment

What To Do In The Big Town (Picasso Guitars Edition)

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brian Cox, Cezanne Card Players, Chris Noth, Courtauld, Guitar Heroes, Ideas Not Theories, Jason Patric, Jim Gaffigan, Kiefer Sutherland, Met, MOMA, Picasso Guitars, That Championship Season | 1 Comment

Marina Abramovic Blushathon (IV)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times did its “The Arts in 2010” review on Tuesday, and smackdab below the predictable “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” action photo was this: With its costs and its casualties (including Christopher Tierney, standing above), “Spider-Man: Turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blushathon, Marina Abramovic, MOMA, New York Times, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark | 3 Comments