The Art of Storytelling: Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth opened on October 6, 2012 at The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) in Baltimore Maryland.  Featuring more than thirty artists, this nearly year-long exhibit is considered by many to be the best hosted by AVAM in five years.  At the exhibit, artists have presented their works [...]

Tomás Saraceno to Create Bold Vision for Aerial Urban Living—Cloud City—as Work of Art atop Metropolitan Museum’s Roof Garden May 15– November 4, 2012 (weather permitting) Article by the MET, Photos by Len Rapoport Location: The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden  Artist Tomás Saraceno’s Cloud City, a large constellation of 16 interconnected modules composed [...]

  tarting as just a concept in Zürich, Switzerland in 1995, the Art on Ice production has grown year on year to become the premier figure skating entertainment event worldwide.  The Art on Ice world tour includes only around a dozen shows, but now is seen annually by over 100,000 live spectators and 10’s of [...]

Exhibition Date: September 27, 2011–February 5, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.–noon Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1501-1547), a pupil of Raphael, was a leading innovator of the late Renaissance style known as Mannerism, and one of the most influential Italian artists of the 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired [...]

Good Humor at the Met—Caricature and Satire Explored in Infinite Jest at the Metropolitan Museum Beginning September 13 September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 12, 10 a.m.–noon Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 13, 2011, through March 4, 2012, will explore humorous [...]

Acclaimed Hong Kong Collection of Ming Loyalist Art On View at Metropolitan Museum This Fall September 7, 2011 – January 2, 2012 Press preview: Tuesday, September 6, 10 a.m. – noon The collapse of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and subsequent conquest of China by semi-nomadic Manchu tribesmen from northeast of the Great Wall engendered some [...]