8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 18
Art Basel opens this week, so a good percentage of the New York art world is in Switzerland, but there’s still plenty to do in our city. Below, a brief guide to the week. Read More
Art Basel opens this week, so a good percentage of the New York art world is in Switzerland, but there’s still plenty to do in our city. Below, a brief guide to the week. Read More
Just as Fashion Week swept over New York, with lithe girls in tomorrow’s ensembles dropped on nearly every downtown block, an exhibition uniting for the first time nine large-scale figure paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir made its debut at the Frick Collection. The show highlights not only Renoir’s interest in the full-length, nearly life-size format, but is also a neat grouping of his depictions of the modern young woman of his time. Made between 1874 and 1885, these images capture her habits and costumes, from patent leather shoe to pleated cap, as well as the vision Renoir had of women and their role in the modern world. Read More
Like one of his Cubist creations, Picasso would seem to have as many faces as his curators require. Despite several Picasso solo shows this year (the intellectual collage artist at MoMA, the adulterous powerhouse painter at Gagosian Gallery), the Frick has, in the early drawings, discovered yet another facet to the 20th century’s favorite artist: precocious turn-of-the-twentieth-century draftsman. Looking at Picasso through the lens of drawing, and positioning him in relation to his engagement with artists of the past during the first three decades of his career, is a clever trick for the Frick, a museum of old masters; the result is a portrait of youthful ability and intense ambition. Read More
