Ode To Highway 61
Posted on November 21, 2019
Acclaimed actress Jessica Lange is also a visual artist, behind the camera. Her recent book Highway 61, filled with soul and melancholy, documents the fabled highway from Minnesota to Louisiana. Lange noted that “long stretches of 61 are empty, forlorn as if in mourning for what has gone missing — the hometowns, the neighborhoods, family farms, factories and mills.” Photographs from the project can be seen at Howard Greenberg Gallery, through January 18, 2020.
Through November 18 at the Park Avenue Armory.
TEFAF
Posted on November 2, 2019
The European Fine Art Foundation at the Park Avenue Armory through Nov. 5.
IFPDA
Posted on October 25, 2019
The International Fine Print Dealers Association annual fair runs through October 27 at the Javits Center.
Photo Plus, at the Javits Center through October 26.Point-to-Point
Posted on September 15, 2019
The “Epoch Center,” a group show, at The Living Artist in Woodside (38-02 61st St.) through September 26.
The Right Stuff
Posted on July 18, 2019
Original NASA videotape of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, to be sold at Sotheby’s.
At the Met.
Surly and sullen.
Pentecost
Posted on June 9, 2019
“Lord, send out your Spirit,
and renew the face of the earth.” Psalm 103
Big Hitters From Mexico
Posted on June 5, 2019
Along with Andy Ruiz Jr., several wine producers from Mexico are positioned to obliterate their European competition, even with tariffs on the horizon. Among those we especially like are: Vin Sur, Madera 5, & Casa Magoni.
The Beyond
Posted on June 1, 2019
Art aficionados in the NY/Boston area might enjoy an excursion to the New Britain (CT) Museum of American Art, to see The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art, which closes on June 2.
If post-modern art is about self-expression through performance art (selfies on instagram), then O’Keeffe can be seen as one of its progenitors.
Remembering
Posted on May 27, 2019
On this Memorial Day, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and also those architects of American foreign policy (from TR to Bolton) over the years who acted badly — using the US military in wrongheaded ways, and destroying countless lives — while bankrupting the nation and making the world more peace-less.
All Is One
Posted on May 25, 2019
With Pelosi and Trump accusing each other of being “crazy,” Americans are finding the only thing that unites them is mental illness. Enter Misfit Hive, a comedy troupe in Woodside that features (self-professed) mentally-ill comedians, performing and raising money for their like-minded neighbors.
Artwork: Jeff Koons
Frank Stella at Christie’s.
Ballet Hispanico Gala 2019
Posted on May 7, 2019
With the theme: Uniting-Inspiring One Dance at a Time, Ballet Hispanico held their 2019 Carnaval Gala last evening at the Plaza. Lourdes Lopez, Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet, was honored.
At the Park Avenue Armory through May 7.
Death-On-Wheels
Posted on April 19, 2019
This year’s New York International Auto Show (through April 28) presents countless vehicles that go fast, all while distracting, disrupting and disabling drivers to the point where they want/need to be driven by robots.
Genocide In Rwanda
Posted on April 7, 2019
“Why had the devil been allowed to walk among us unchallenged, poisoning hearts and minds until it was too late?” Immaculee Ilibagiza, “Left To Tell” (Hay House, 2006)
On this the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, one can see similarities to the way people were educated (deformed) in Rwanda, in the years leading up to the genocide, and the way many Americans are being deformed and filled with resentment today.
AOC In the Zone
Posted on April 6, 2019
Congresswoman Alezandria Ocasio-Cortez was joined by NY State Senator Michael Gianaris at the Woodside Library today, for a constituent meet-and-greet.
LE asked both about the large numbers of New Yorkers leaving the city and state, and what they proposed to do about it? He said “infrastructure” projects. She said more taxes for the wealthiest and less for everyone else.
With unbridled capitalism (especially REITS), and progressive politics, undermining persons and society, it’s hard to find elected officials capable of building a better community for all. One of the recent ‘accomplishments’ of the New York City Council was the legalization of public urination, in Manhattan, in the name of equality. It had already been legalized in the outer boroughs.
Asian Art Week
Posted on March 18, 2019
The ongoing story with Asian art, especially Chinese art, is the restrictiveness on the part of various parties as to what is acceptable.
Ready-made busted on Park.The Art Show
Posted on March 2, 2019
Billed as “the nations most respected and longest running art fair,” The Art Show is at the Park Avenue Armory through March 3.
