“BUT WE’RE NOT EVEN JEWISH!!!” A little girl shrieks at her mother at the edge of the entrance to the Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History exhibit. Clearly exasperated, and even more embarrassed, the woman whispers something sharply in her daughter’s ear before yanking her small, squirming frame into the display room. Later, my ever-keen grandmother told […]
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” Recollections of September 11, 2001 have started to recede. The generation growing up now wasn’t old enough to remember, and so we learn about the horror from others. There are books, pictures, captured footage, documentaries, and now, museums. “May the lives remembered, the deeds recognized, and […]
Lovers all around the city relished in the unique exhibits offered by MoSex this Valentine’s Day weekend. In honor of the lovely holiday, MoSex installed new and interactive options for their patrons, including a bouncy house made of breasts that people can jump on, a rock-climbing wall made of genitalia, and exhibits on the general […]
What: Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time When: through January 11th, 2015 Where: National Academy Museum (Upper East Side) Admission: Pay What You Wish (In partnership with Macaulay’s Cultural Passport Program) The Bounty KillArt (artist), L’Histoire et la Paix (History and Peace), 2004. The National Academy Museum, a tiny gem among the giants of […]
What: Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis When: through January 11th, 2015 Where: the International Center of Photography (Midtown) Admission: FREE for Macaulay students with a Cultural Passport General Admission: $14 Students: $10 Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis fills both floors of the International Center of Photography with more than 200 breathtaking black-and-white photographs of the most pristine, untouched places […]
The Nicholas Roerich Museum, located on the Upper West Side, is devoted to the life and work of the painter. The museum itself is located at the end of a residential block, and from the outside appears to be another townhouse building. However, upon entering the building, you are surrounded with various paintings and sculptures. […]
