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Links to NYC

One does not spend a weekend in NYC without amassing choice addresses along with key facts of favorite locales that were experienced while visiting, and once a location bears merit it is immediately jotted down so, that upon returning to this illustrious city, we have our very own guide-book of captivating sites plus, a great reference for mapping out itineraries.

IMG_3983{Photo of the Whitney taken from the High Line}

Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
The Whitney Museum of American Art has reopened after a lengthy renovation at the south end of the High Line next to the Meat Packing District in a building that covers nine floors and 220,000 square feet.  Along with a gorgeous view of the Hudson the building was designed by Italian architect Reno Piano, this upgrade of 20,500 square feet for two floors is double the previously allocated space for contemporary favorites such as Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. The inaugural exhibit America Is Hard to See is on display until September 27, 2015, which features nearly 650 works dating back to 1900, all chosen from the permanent collection. Enjoy this architectural review from the New York Times: A New Whitney by Michael Kimmelman.

IMG_3878{The Name Day of the Madame by Degas a monotype depicting ladies in a brothel wearing only their colored stockings and shoes. Pierre-Auguste Renoir singled this work for praise, observing that “any treatment of such subjects is likely to be pornographic…”

MoMA
11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
To avoid long queues attend on Uniqlo Free Friday Nights after 5:30 without a backpack for quick entry into the museum and make sure you schedule plenty of time to see Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty which will be on display until Sunday, July 24th.

IMG_3972 IMG_3968 IMG_3970Laduree SoHo
396 West Broadway
New York City, 10012
After a jammed packed morning of museum hopping in the rain, there is nothing like stopping into a cozy tea room with soothing music to find utter relaxation and have a thorough drying out. Laduree a French luxury bakery best known for their double-decker macarons was the perfect hide-a-way to enjoy a fresh pot of coffee along with a few tea sandwiches.

Muji
455 Broadway
New York City, 10013
Muji is a Japanese nick-knack shop that sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods, and is great fun perusing unique products!!

Travel stylishly,
K

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Weekend Getaway: New York City

IMG_1303As summer is quickly approaching I have begun scheduling weekend excursions to get away from the ordinary so, that I may relax and indulge in the art scene.

This weekend’s destination is New York City, now considering this region a relaxing place is a relative concept, but when you are inside galleries, viewing exquisite collections, one becomes so focused on the art that the noise and nonsense of Gotham dissipates.

With several galleries to explore along with shops and restaurants planned within a two and half day period, the challenge was put forth. Upon arriving in the city it was imperative to check into the YOTEL New York on 10th Avenue, which is a trendy capsule hotel within walking distance from the Port Authority and Times Square.

IMG_3910 IMG_3913{Section of a marble mosaic bathhouse floor, Byzantine, from Antioch, Roman Syria {now Antakya, Turkey}, laid 537/38; and a Mosaic scene with itinerant musicians, Roman, Late Republic period, 2nd-1st century BC, signed by Dioskourides of Samos, excavated at the Villa of Cicero/Diomedes, Pompeii, 1749-64}

Next it was off to the Onassis Cultural Center on Fifth Avenue to see Gods and Mortals at Olympus: Ancient Dion, City of Zeus and to research additional information on the Hellenistic culture, from antiquity to today. The newly renovated midtown Manhattan space, designed by Perkins Eastman, allows the audience to engage with the art and culture from this ancient Greek and Mediterranean period of history. When I wrote the post “Weekend Reprieve”, it was after spending time at the National Gallery of Art {Washington, DC} to view the exhibit Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World and to take part in a public symposium; with illustrated lectures by Christopher A. Gregg, assistant professor of art history, George Mason University and Despina Ignatiadou, head curator of the sculpture collection, National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

IMG_3932{Marble horse from a quadriga {acroterion from the Great Altar} Greek, Hellenistic period, ca. 160 BC, discovered at Pergamon, Altar Terrace}

Saturday morning it was time for a trip to the Met to see Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World, which will be on exhibition until July 17th. The New York show uses the Pergamon, the Hellenistic capital in present day Turkey as the case study to explore three centuries of fine art, literature and trade from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to Cleopatra’s in 30 BC.

While at the symposium at the National Gallery of Art in early spring, the discussion ensued around Arsinoe; Queen of Egypt who was married to Ptolemy about 282 BC as part of the alliance between Thrace and Egypt. But, I must continue my research this summer while in Athens and Rhodes for clarification of her true role in history.

Enjoy the audio tour of Power and Pathos that was at the National Gallery.
Stay stylish,
K