The American studio craft movement—which gained momentum in the postwar period and married a devotion to the handmade and honest materials to a fine arts sensibility—flourished particularly vibrantly in California.
Worldly visions at NYU’s Grey Gallery
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection, an exhibition on view at the Grey Gallery through December 7
Celebrating the happy art of Vera Neumann
For many women with a chic and sporty fashion sensibility, a Vera Neumann silk scarf—or a dozen of them—has long been a wardrobe essential.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/15/19–10/21/19
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Nevertheless, she persisted: Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote in political elections. The road to suffrage had been a long one.
When Edith Met Abby
When Edith Gregor Halpert opened a gallery in Greenwich Village in 1926, the art world was a different place.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/7/19–10/14/19
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Two shows highlight the powerful imagery of Gordon Parks
“I’d become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be . . . I had the instinct toward championing the cause”
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 9/30/19–10/6/19
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Chivalry is not dead at the Met
On the five hundredth anniversary of the year of Maximilian’s death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will host The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I.