Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art
Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art through 2011–May 14, 2012
MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, west of 5th Avenue. Any visit to MoMA should include a stop at their wonderful book shop, and gift shop.
The Museum of Modern Art is open Mondays.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Museums, Navigating New York | Comment (0)The American Wing at The MET
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, at 82nd Street.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Museums, Navigating New York | Comment (0)Tornado Alley at AMNH
The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024-5192
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The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024-5192
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Maurice Sendak Remembers at The Jewish Museum
For the annual Hanukkah exhibition, the renowned artist and illustrator Maurice Sendak chose a group of Hanukkah lamps from The Jewish Museum’s preeminent collection. Sendak’s work is characterized by a push and pull between beauty and sorrow, light and darkness. His art is triggered by memories and is also their repository.
When going through the collection, the sheer number and variety of lamps struck a nerve, underscoring Sendak’s deep, lifelong sense of loss at the destruction of the prewar world of his Eastern European Jewish parents. Having movingly evoked that world in his drawings, he surprised himself by mostly avoiding its rich visual language when choosing lamps. “I stayed away from everything elaborate. I kept looking for very plain, square ones, very severe looking,” he explained. “Their very simplicity reminded me of the Holocaust.” The lamps Sendak finds most compelling and poignant are those that “go right to the heart,” whose “beauty is contained.”
The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.
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The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats is the first major exhibition in this country to pay tribute to award-winning author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), whose beloved children’s books include Whistle for Willie, Peter’s Chair, and The Snowy Day—the first modern full-color picture book to feature an African-American protagonist. Published in 1962, at the height of the civil rights movement in America, the book went on to become an inspiration for generations of readers, transforming children’s literature forever.
The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, New York NY 10128.
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Celebrate Hannukah with style courtesy of The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum’s gift shop includes wonderful Hannukah gifts for children and adults.
Shop online or visit the shop at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.
Filed under Children in New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City, Shopping | Comment (0)Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 8, 2012.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 5th Avenue at 82nd Street. For more information,…
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October 26, 2011 – December 29, 2011
The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustrationjury
The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (Park & Lexington Avenues) New York, NY 10065
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de Kooning: A Retrospective
At the Museum of Modern Art through January 9, 2012. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street.
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