Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection
Averee Nelson, Staff Writer
March 16, 2020
Walking into the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, one sees walls of abstract art surrounding a dining table. At this table, there are place settings for 39 historical and mythical women, and the space also honors 999 other women, whose names are written in gold on th...
Ukraine in New York City
Cross Nelson, Staff Writer
February 18, 2020
When you think of New York art museums the first ones to come to mind are most likely the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MoMA, or the Guggenheim. These Museum Mile icons are home to some of the world’s most renowned works of art, but hidden in the shadow of these institutions are numerous other art...
Reopening of the MOMA
Cross Nelson, Staff Writer
December 7, 2019
On the brink of a new decade in history, the Museum of Modern Art has just reopened its doors to reveal a renovation fit for a modern age. In June of this year, the MoMA closed its doors and began a five-month-long, $450 million dollar renovation that has made the modern museum even more modern. For de...
A New Exhibit at The Met
Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer
December 7, 2019
When most people think of a medieval European king, they probably picture something along the lines of Henry VIII of England: a portly man in frilly clothing, who rarely leaves his castle. However, Maximilian I was not that kind of king. Famous for his reputation as a fearless combatant and honorabl...
Reveal of the Next Met Gala Theme
Gwen Attridge, Staff Writer
December 7, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute has been bathed in the luscious pink of Camp: Notes on Fashion for the past five months. The Met Gala this past May churned out some of the best looks the event has ever seen. While we are still taking in all of the amazing content that Camp had to o...
Hewitt Gallery showcases new exhibit: GO FIGURE: The Female Gaze
November 11, 2019
It is no strange fact that Marymount Manhattan is dedicated to the arts. Over half of the majors offered here are art-based majors, covering the whole spectrum of art-related career niches. However, in regards to Marymount, it is easy to reduce our arts department down to the Performing Arts, dance a...
Artistic Value Questioned with Practice of Graffiti
Rayiah Ross, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
Graffiti is an artistic concept that is constantly being scrutinized by neighborhoods and businesses. While many people consider it vandalism by law, others consider it a form of artistic expression and art. From a legal standpoint, the only distinction between street art and graffiti is permission....
EDMUND DE WAAL EXHIBITS NEW ART: THE POWER OF ART IN CONVERSATION
Cross Nelson, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side sits a manor house turned museum that reminds visitors of a Manhattan lost to history. Built in 1912, the Frick Collection served as a family home to Industrialist Henry Clay Frick, a successful businessman and a passionate art collector that used his fortune to fill h...
Vija Celmins MET Exhibition Stuns New Yorkers
Cross Nelson, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
Walking into the fifth-floor gallery at the Met Breuer and coming face to face with a work by Vija Celmins, you may think that you are viewing the work of a photographer. The image you are standing in front of is of the ocean’s surface, a cropped section of a vast body of water, captured in black and...
