See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Botanical Bossa Nova
He’s back! The irrepressible Brazilian artist and landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx, dead these twenty-five years, is on stage once again, this time at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx
On stage in the garden: The roots of Frida Kahlo’s art at the New York Botanical Garden
After decades of lionization, what more could there be to say about Frida Kahlo? A great deal, as a visit to Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life, the new exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, proves. All it took was a fresh perspective and a unique team of talents. Born in 1907, Kahlo was, along with her husband, fellow painter …
The New York Botanical Garden unveils Monet’s Garden
This weekend the New York Botanical Garden unveils “Monet’s Garden,” a new exhibition combining the flowers and gardens Claude Monet cultivated at Giverny, France with several of the paintings that the plants inspired. Visitors are invited to stroll through the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a Victorian-era glass house which offers Monet’s dramatic flowerscapes. The gardens will change with …