The courtyard of Tao bliss
by“In this image, there lies deep meaning. Yet when we would express it, the words suddenly fail us.” …Tang Dynasty (618-906), poet Tao Ch’ien Among the…
“In this image, there lies deep meaning. Yet when we would express it, the words suddenly fail us.” …Tang Dynasty (618-906), poet Tao Ch’ien Among the…
If there’s a more delightful experience than being in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Greek and Roman galleries on an April morning, I can’t…
“So,” a publicist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art asked teasingly, “are there enough Alexanders for you?” She knows me only too well. Lover…
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When Ann Sutherland Harris and Linda Nochlin created their landmark exhibit “Women Artists: 1550-1950” in 1976, they included the 18th-century French portraitist Elisabeth Vigée…
This has been a wonderful year for The Frick Collection in Manhattan. It has one of two prestigious shows on Andrea del Sarto –…
Staying with the Chinese New Year theme, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is also hosting its annual Lunar New Year Festival Feb….
“About suffering they were never wrong,The Old Masters,” W.H. Auden wrote in his 1940 poem “Musée des Beaux Arts.” “How well they understood its human…
If you’ve seen WAG’s January “Passion for Living” issue, then you know we were all over The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor…
The world of public relations is about to lose one of its brightest lights. Harold Holzer is retiring as spokesman for The Metropolitan Museum…
There can be no doubt where Bartholomeus Spranger’s artistic passions lay. A pert bosom, a dimpled buttock, the creamy dunes of a woman’s back,…
In 1953, the fashion designer Charles James received the Neiman Marcus Award. For the occasion, he dressed in a white silk tuxedo, pumps –…
“When I find pleasure in orchids, I love uprightness; when I see pines and bamboos, I think of virtue; when I stand beside limpid…
Many jewelers long to make a big splash, adorning celebrities with their pieces, selling them in the glitziest emporiums. Not so the man who…
Whether you hire an expert or whether you DIY, the art of interior decorating is a deeply personal endeavor. Though many a style exists…
Have you been Punk’d yet? And by Punk’d, we do mean with a capital “P.” If you haven’t seen “Punk: Chaos to Couture” at…
Summer in the city is not everyone’s cup of iced tea, but it’s a great time to catch up on what you’ve been missing,…
Landscape painter Joy Moser has learned much about art from visiting other places. “During my travels, (husband) Marvin and I had taken hundreds of…
By Georgette Gouveia For sheer voluptuousness, it’s hard to beat Indian art. Curvaceous goddesses and temple celebrants, sensuous queens, strapping gods, ripped bodhisattvas: They…
The man who famously predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes is still enjoying his. The Metropolitan Museum of Art keeps the ball rolling with “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” (Sept. 18-Dec. 31). The show plumbs the artist’s influence in 45 of his own works, juxtaposed with 100 by some 60 contemporary artists.