ART IN NEW YORK
Prof. Sheryl Humphrey
ITINERARY: FALL 1999
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Wed. 9/22 10:30 am
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St.
Recorded info: (212) 535-7710
web site: www.metmuseum.org
Specific exhibitions to see:
Magdalena Abakanowicz on the Roof: outdoor sculpture (weather permitting) by this important contemporary sculptor, born in Poland in 1930.
Permanent Collection of Drawings: Second Floor, a revolving collection that is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Photographs Dept.
PLUS:
Leo Castelli Gallery 10:30 am.
59 E. 79th St., between Madison and Park Aves.
Featured Exhibition: Works by Lee Bontecou 1958-1972
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Wed. 9/29
A Day of Contemporary Painting: 3 Galleries
10:30 am
DC Moore Gallery
724 Fifth Ave., 8th Floor (between 56th and 57th St.)
(212) 247-2111
Paintings by Paul Wonner and Debra Bermingham
Beadleston Gallery
also 724 Fifth Ave.
(212) 581-7574
www.beadleston.com
Acrylic paintings on paper by Greek artist Leonidas Goulandris--first U.S. exhibition
Fischbach Gallery
24 W. 57th St. (between 5th and 6th Aves.)
(212) 759-2345
Alexander Tyng: Paintings of Maine
Meg Shields: Recent Still-Life Paintings
Bonus: Marlborough Gallery (suggested, not required)
40 W. 57th St. (between 5th and 6th Aves.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz: Drawings and sculpture
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Wed. 10/6 10:00 a.m.
The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
32-37 Vernon Blvd. at 33rd Rd. (entrance on 33rd Rd.) (see map)
Long Island City, NY
(718) 721-1932
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Wed. 10/13 11:00 a.m.
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Ave. at 104th St., NYC
(212) 831-7272
-- "Viva la Muerte: Art Inspired by the Day of the Dead Celebration"
-- "Juan Sanchez: Printed Convictions"-- works on paper by this Brooklyn -born Puerto Rican
artist who combines graphic excellence with sociopolitical advocacy
-- "Pressing the Point" -- Graphic arts of the Chicano and Puerto Rican Movements
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Wed. 10/20 12 noon
National Academy Museum
1083 Fifth Ave., NYC
(212) 369-4880
-- "Mastery and Elegance"-- 115 French drawings from the 17th to the 19th centuries from the
collection of Jeffrey E. Hovitz
-- "Architecture of Prague"
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Wed. 11/3 11:00 a.m.
Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. (at 88th St.), NYC
(212) 423-3500
Francesco Clemente Retrospective
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Wed. 11/17 11:00 a.m.
Grey Art Gallery, NYU
100 Washington Square East, NYC
(212) 998-6780 Website: www.nyu.edu/greyart
"INVERTED ODYSSEYS: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, Cindy Sherman"--three 20th-century woman photographers who specialize in self-portraiture
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Wed. 11/24 10:30 a.m.
The Chaim Gross Studio Museum
526 LaGuardia Place, NYC
(212) 529-4906
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Wed. 12/1 11:30 a.m.
The Museum of American Folk Art
2 Lincoln Square (Columbus Ave betw. 65th and 66th), NYC
(212) 595-9533 Website: www.folkartmuseum.org
"Millennial Dreams: Vision and Prophecy in American Folk Art"
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Wed. 12/8 Time and on-campus location to be announced
Last day of class: slide presentation by Sheryl; party?