Flemish Illumination in the Era of Catherine of Cleves at The Morgan
This exhibition of eighteen manuscripts illuminated in the area of Flanders in the southern Netherlands (today part of Belgium) celebrates the variety of styles from the last great flowering of Flemish illumination during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. All Books of Hours, the manuscripts provide intriguing iconographic and stylistic points of comparison with miniatures from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves. The Morgan’s rich holdings of Flemish illumination comprise examples by the major illuminators of this prolific period encompassing the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Included will be works by Lieven van Lathem and Willem Vrelant, two artists who collaborated with and were influenced by the Master of Catherine of Cleves.
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
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Simon Boccanegra at The MET, Friday, January 29
Simon Boccanegra at The MET, Friday, January 29th at 8:00 PM.
Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves at The Morgan
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is the most important and lavish of all Dutch manuscripts as well as one of the most beautiful among the Morgan’s collection. Commissioned by Catherine of Cleves around 1440 and illustrated by an artist known as the Master of Catherine of Cleves, the work is an illustrated prayer book containing devotions that Catherine would recite throughout the day. The manuscript’s two volumes have been disbound for the exhibition, which features nearly a hundred miniatures.
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
Paris and the Avant-Garde: Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection
Paris and the Avant-Garde: Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection features paintings from the Guggenheim Collection by artists Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Albert Gleizes, Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, and Yves Tanguy, among others, and showcases a significant group of sculpture by Constantin Brancusi and Alexander Calder.
The Guggenheim is artwork in itself, the building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is now enjoying it’s 50th birthday.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128-0173
American Paintings at The MET – Final Week-end
This is the final week-end for a truly outstanding exhibition — American Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765 – 1915.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, at 80th Street.
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Design USA: Contemporary Innovation
Design USA celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first ten years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion. Developed in collaboration with the renowned firm 2×4, Design USA focuses on innovation through the lens of technology, material, method, craft and transformation.
The Cooper Hewitt is located in the Andrew Carnegie mansion at 91st Street and 5th Avenue. For more information,…
Wolves at AMNH, Saturday, January 23
Wild, Wild World: Wolves at AMNH
- Saturday, January 23
- 11 am–12 pm, 1–2 pm
- Linder Theater, first floor
- $10 adults; $8 children
Members: $9 adults; $7 children
Saturday, January 23, visitors AMNH to meet Atka, an Arctic gray wolf from the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York. Learn about these highly endangered predators and the vital role wolves play in sustaining a healthy ecosystem. A representative from the WCC will also discuss the Center’s participation in the program to reintroduce wolves into their traditional ranges out west.
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January 18, 2010 @ 6:30pm
Symphony Space (New York, NY)
A Martin Luther King Day Celebration – Sonata for Violin & Turntables featuring DBR and Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific.
The Silk Road Exhibition at AMNH
Travel the Silk Route from Xi’An to Baghdad with interactive exhibitions at The American Museum of Natural History. Sundays the exhibition is complimented by live music from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Route Project.
The AMNH is located at Central Park West at 80th Street,
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