The New York City Traveler

If you think that Manhattan doesn’t have any more room to grow, think again.  Five new houses were just constructed on a busy Midtown block.  Of course, these houses aren’t for occupation, they’re part of MoMA’s newest exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.  This two-part exhibition, loosely chronologically-based, examines historical and contemporary prefabricated architecture.  
Home Delivery, Part I includes patents and other historical documents that trace development of prefabrication from the early nineteenth century to the current day. 
Home Delivery, Part II is the outdoor component located on the west side of the museum where five full-scale prefabricated houses …read more

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Dalí: Painting and Film, MoMA’s newest exhibition, examines how Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s relationship with film and cinema affected his art.  In the first exhibition of its kind, over 130 of Dalí’s paintings, drawings, and letters are on display showing how cinema was, in his early years, an inspiration that evolved into an outlet outlet for the artist. 
The exhibition is in conjunction with a selection of weekly film programs featuring Salvador Dalí: Creator Collaborator, Dalí Laughs, Salvador Dalí and Three American Surrealists, and Salvador Dalí: Consumer/Consumed.  Other works, such as the 1930 film by Luis Buñuel and …read more

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The face of the Bowery changed forever on December 1, 2007 when the New Museum of Contemporary Art reopened its doors to the public after a massive relocation to the Bowery.  Since its conception in 1977, the museum has become the most relevant institution with regards to contemporary art, hosting a rotation of temporary and ongoing exhibitions that feature internationally renown and emerging artists.
The building, designed by Japanese firm SANAA, has received major recognition this year from Conde Nast Traveler when it was named one of the “New Seven Wonders of the Architectural World.”  You can’s miss it …read more

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Danish artist Olafur Eliasson’s massive public art project New York City Waterfalls is now on display. For more information on these waterfalls (and how you can take a free boat tour) check out last week’s post. 
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“Guardians of the Forest: Photographs by Rodrigo Petrella” | National Museum of the American Indian  Part of the Amazônia Brasil exhibition, these photographs introduce some of the Amazon region’s indigenous people.  Free.  Through July 13.   
“Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008″ | Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum  Exploring rococo style and its continuing revivals up to the present day in multiple fields, including drawings, decorative arts, furniture, textiles, and prints.  Through July 6.   
“Sosua : A Refuge for Jews in the Dominican Republic” | Museum of Jewish Heritage  This exhibit tells the story of the the Jewish refugees who found safety on …read more

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If you head out to Coney Island this weekend you may think that Hollywood is recreating the classic Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah film Splash.  Alas, they are not.  The mermaids swimming ashore and marching down the street are part of the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
Celebrate the sand, the sea, and the mythological mermaid at this parade of artistic self-expression. There are no Grand Marshalls in this parade, this year’s parade is being led by King Neptune Reverend Billy and Queen Mermaid Savitri D.  For more information, check out the Coney Island Mermaid Parade website.
In true Coney …read more

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Man-made waterfalls will grace New York Harbor this summer as New York City embarks on the largest, and most ambitious, public art project that the city has seen in years. 
Artist Olafur Eliasson, in conjunction with Public Art Fund, has created four 90- to 120-foot man-made waterfalls at locations across New York: Governors Island, between Brooklyn Piers 4 and 5, Manhattan Pier 35, and Brooklyn Bridge.  Click here for a map of waterfall locations.
The waterfalls may be viewed from various locations across the city.  The Staten Island Ferry and Governors Island ferry will provide views of the Brooklyn falls …read more

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Fashion has never appealed to the masses more since Project Runway came to television.  New York City is a fashion mecca from its Madison Avenue boutiques to Fashion Week twice a year.  It’s only right that New York City also have a museum dedicated to fashion: The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
The Museum at FIT is a tiny slice of the Fashion Institute of Technology, part of the State University of New York.  The museum’s mission is to “collect, conserve, document, exhibit, and interpret fashion.”  The museum’s permanent collection includes over 50,000 articles and is divided into …read more

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Located in the beaux-arts Alexander Hamilton Customs House on the Battery, the National Museum of the American Indian houses some of the Smithsonian’s collection of Native American art and artifacts. 
The permanent collection spans more than 10,000 years of native history, a significant portion of which is dedicated to the natives of North America and Hawaii.  Also represented are the indigenous cultures of Central and South America.  The museum also offers a range of public programs—including music and dance performances, films, and symposia.    
The exhibitions are all conceived and designed by Native American artists.  Currently on exhibit:

Listening to …read more

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An unnamed Keith Haring mural that enjoyed a brief life on the Lower East Side in the 1980s has returned in all of its DayGlo glory.  The mural was recreated by using photographs of the original mural that Haring, a New York artist, painted, then shortly thereafter painted over.  Haring died of AIDS at the age of 31 in 1990 and the new mural is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Haring’s birth.  The mural is located on a large piece of concrete at the corner of Bowery and Houston (map).  You won’t miss it… it’s bright!    
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