Central Park never looks more beautiful than it does in autumn.
I have yet to attend a concert at the newly renovated (and renamed) David Geffen Hall, but a colorful mural on one side of the building nods to the mostly Puerto Rican neighborhood that Lincoln Center displaced (Robert Moses, again!) in the mid-60s.
Es Devlin created an installation for Lincoln Center plaza called "Your Voices." I first became aware of her work at Superblue in Miami. She also designed the terrific set for The Lehmann Trilogy.
The Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has an excellent Lou Reed exhibit. "Walk on the Wild Side" celebrated its 50th anniversary in November.
I took this picture in the stairwell of the Museum of Art and Design at Columbus Circle after being blown away by the Machine Dazzle extravaganza.
The Morris Hirshfield retrospective at the American Museum of Folk Art is highly recommended, too. A successful slipper designer and manufacturer, the Polish emigre became an artist late in life.
The Museum of Modern Art rewarded him with a one-man show in 1943 at the age of 71.
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| "Birds On Grass" (1942) |
Some of the exhibits I see don't display enough material for a blog entry. Like the Grolier Club's modest celebration of the 150th anniversary of Aubrey Beardsley, one of my favorite artists as anyone who has visited 47 Pianos can attest.
I didn't realize that he died at age 25! Beardsley definitely deserves more critical attention.
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| Self Portrait |
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| Mr. Aubrey Beardsley by Max Beerbohm (1896) |
Before flying to London, Thom and I hit the Brooklyn Museum and took in a very bloody production of A Little Life at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for his birthday.
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| JFK American Airlines Terminal |
I celebrated Thanksgiving in North Andover where it looks like Dagny got the home ownership gene, too.
Photographing holiday windows takes me all over New York in December, including the Lower East Side where the street art can't be beat.
It also affords the opportunity to take some dazzling cityscape shots at night.
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| General Motors Building Plaza/Apple Store Entrance |
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| High Line View of Hudson Yards |
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| The Oculus |
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| 9/11 Memorial & Museum |
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| "XO World" @ One World Trade |
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| Central Park South Skyline |
So many shows, so little time before this snowbird departs for his winter hibernation at museum-deprived Lake Worth. Three more must-sees rounded out my final weeks in New York:
Wolfgang Tillmans: to look without fear and Meret Oppenheim: An Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art:
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| "Anders pulling splinter from his foot" by Wolfgang Tillmans (2004) |
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| "Beginning of Spring" by Meret Oppenheim (1961) |
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