Expanding its footprint and outreach
byThe Hudson River Museum and its director and CEO, Masha Turchinsky, seek to connect with disparate groups even as the museum enlarges its physical plant in a capital project.
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How sweet it is
bySugar has long sweetened the economy of Yonkers and its art.
A place where art and commerce meet
byThe city of Yonkers, once part of the Dutch settlement of New Netherland, has been a bustling center of commerce and culture on the Hudson River for almost 400 years.
Culture blooms in the Carpet Mills Arts District
byFrom the Hudson River Museum to the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy to galleries and public murals and sculptures, art is key to attracting people to live and work in as well as visit Yonkers. (See sidebar.) Many of the artists working in Yonkers have studios in the Carpet Mills Arts District, which was officially created in 2016 by a new city zoning law.
The eyes have it
byDoes the male gaze trump the female one in the arts and what is meant by a male and a female gaze anyway?
The art of money
by“Mediums of Exchange” – an exhibit at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and Lehman College – shows us the money.
Moonstruck
byThe Hudson River Museum celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing and its Planetarium, as well as its centennial, with “The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art.”
Spanning artistry
byCapturing the beauty of the Hudson River through its concrete and steel structures.
A river runs through her
byMaya Lin – the environmental artist who is perhaps best-known for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – takes on the multifaceted Hudson in a new show at the Hudson River Museum.
‘Love hurts’: fear and longing in the work of Federico Uribe
byA new monograph, with strong ties to the Hudson River Museum, explores the contemporary Colombian artist Federico Uribe – whose haunting mixed-media paintings and sculptures draw on a difficult childhood, his complex relationship with Roman Catholicism and the violence of his homeland.
Hidden meanings
by“The Neo-Victorians: Contemporary Artists Revive Gilded-Age Glamour” opens this month at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers.
What’s happening in December
byWAG’s listing of local happenings and events in the month of December.
What’s happening in November
byWAG’s listing of local happenings and events in the month of November.
What’s happening in August
byWAG’s listing of local happenings and events in the month of August.
Following Wyeth, on her own path
byA new exhibit at the Hudson River Museum explores the iconic American painter Andrew Wyeth’s and French photographer Joséphine Douet’s relationships to the land and each other.
You gotta have art
byWhen newly minted Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio had a private audience with Pope Francis in January, he presented him with a check for the…
Gothic greetings from Glenview
byI’ll always remember the amazing corner studio in Yonkers where artist Catherine Latson creates her nature-inspired art. We featured the artist last summer, visiting…
Sinfulness on display
bySin — the ultimate pastime. Certainly, the Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance must think so. Throughout the summer, the alliance, which consists of eight venues in…
In full fall splendor
byIt was back in our September issue when we profiled artist Catherine Latson, as her one-of-a-kind creations using natural materials fit so nicely into…
Beauty in the beast
byFew creatures would seem to offer the antithesis to mental heft that the peacock does. Those feathers with the shimmering blue-green eyes. That fanning,…