If you were going to redesign the entire concept of a museum, how might you do it? Gorgeous building? Yes. Beautiful gardens? Check. Fabulous location? Naturally. Ability to take the collection home with you? Well, almost—thanks to the Cooper Hewitt…
One of the finest amenities available to those who live in Manhattan’s Upper East Side condos and penthouse apartments is the immediate proximity of some of the finest art in the world. And while everyone knows about the Met and…
The Upper East Side of Manhattan has more than its share of world-renowned museums; 5th Avenue alone is home to the Metropolitan and the Guggenheim, as well as smaller but no less impressive gems like the Neue Galerie and the Jewish…
Most often, museums and galleries are thought to be the province of culturally enlightened adults. But children born and raised in the city—especially those on the Upper East Side—have a wealth of options when it comes to educational fun. Here…
2014 is another exhibition-packed year for the largest art museum in the United States, which also happens to be a stone’s throw from our own 737 Park Avenue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature groundbreaking Victorian artworks, ancient Asian…
Since its inception, the Upper East Side’s Guggenheim Museum has earned a reputation as the home of one of the world’s most expansive and influential collections of fine art. Philadelphia-born businessman and philanthropist Solomon Guggenheim founded the New York museum…
2014 is the final year the Whitney Museum of American Art will spend at its current locale on 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. In the spring of 2015, the main collections will up sticks and move to a new…
One of the primary benefits of being a New Yorker is the sheer access to breathtaking works of art—both modern and classical—that are available to everyone who lives in the city. What a lot of people don’t realize is that…
Undoubtedly New York’s artistic epicenter, it’s difficult to keep track of everything the Upper East Side has to offer in the way of world-class museums and art societies. The famed Manhattan bailiwick, incidentally home to our own 737 Park Avenue,…
Cultural Calendar for the Madison Avenue Art Museum Its permanent collection may house over 19,000 works, but the Whitney Museum of American Art is also renowned for its temporary exhibitions. This is a space where living artists often get as…
