Home Delivery, Part I includes patents and other historical documents that trace development of prefabrication from the early nineteenth century to the current day.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 were constructed on a vacant lot.  Of the initial 500 architectural firms that applied for the project, only five were chosen to create commercially-viable homes for the exhibit.  Each house is unique in its design and all employ some type of “green” technology, such as the use of recycled materials or use of photovoltaic cells, that promotes sustainability.  

Next time you drive past a trailer park, think about the evolution of the prefabricated home.  What do you think?  Would you live in a house a pre-fab house?     

Location: MoMA, 11 West 53rd (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) map (212) 708-9400

Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue-53rd Street

Hours: 10:30am -5:30pm Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun; 10:30am-8pm Friday; Closed Tuesday.  Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is on exhibit through October 20, 2008.     

Cost: $20 adults; $16 65+; $12 full-time students; under 16 free (with paying adult); free to all Fri 4-8 pm.  Cost includes admission to film programs.  Save your MoMA ticket for free admission to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens.

Photo credit: Cellophane House flickr, Burst 008 flickr 

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Dalí: Painting and Film

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 Dalí, “L’Age d’Or,” is on continuous display in the gallery.

Location: MoMA, 11 West 53rd (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) map (212) 708-9400

Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue-53rd Street

Hours: 10:30am -5:30pm Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun; 10:30am-8pm Friday; Closed Tuesday.  Dalí: Painting and Film on exhibit through September 15, 2008.     

Cost: $20 adults; $16 65+; $12 full-time students; under 16 free (with paying adult); free to all Fri 4-8 pm.  Cost includes admission to film programs.  Save your MoMA ticket for free admission to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens.

All photos courtesy of MoMA: Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989), The Persistence of Memory 1931, Oil on canvas 24.1 x 33 cm, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Given anonymously, © 2008 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Luis Buñuel (Spain, 1900-1983) and Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989), Film still from Un Chien andalou 1929, France, 35 mm print, black and white, silent, The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Luis Buñuel, © 2008 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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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 as you walk down Bowery, a stack of metal mesh boxes with the rainbow “Hell Yes” sign is a beacon to gentrification in the once-seedy Lower East Side.

But the museum has been met with its fare share of criticism as well.  It has been said that three floors of exhibition space simply isn’t enough for the world’s premier contemporary art museum and even people are saying “Hell, No” to Ugo Rondinone’s “Hell, Yes” on the exterior.   

Free 45-minute docent-led public tours are available to visitors with museum admission.  Current exhibitions as well as the building’s architecture are discussed in the tours.   Tours are conducted on Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm, Friday at 2 and 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4pm. 

Location: 235 Bowery (map) 212-219-1222

Subway: F, V to 2nd Avenue-Lower East Side; J, M, Z to Bowery; 6 to Spring Street

Hours:  Wednesday 12-6pm; Thursday and Friday Noon-10pm; Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm.  Closed Monday and Tuesday.

Cost:  Adults $12; Seniors $8; Students $6; 18 and under Free.  Free admission every Thursday evening from 7-10pm. 

The weekly “Museum Monday” posts celebrate the over 100 museums that are in New York’s five boroughs.  Check out last week’s Museum Monday post on the New York Transit Museum.  Museum Monday continues next week with a post on the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. 

Photo credits: personal collection

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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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“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 a banana plantation in 1938 in the Dominican Republic.  Through July 13.

“@MURAKAMI” | Brooklyn Museum  This show exhibits the popular artist’s popular commercial and fine art works.  Through July 13.

“Book/Shelf” | MoMA  Explores how artists use classic and contemporary books in their art.  Through July 7.

Sigalit Landau, DeadSee” | MoMA  Performing art that explores the landscape of the Israel.  Through July 28.

“Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing” | MoMA  Using drawings from MoMA’s collection, this exhibit explores unexpected links between artists.  Through July 7.

“Daniel Guzman and Steven Shearer, Double Album” | New Museum of Contemporary Art  Male identity, rock culture, and self-portraits are explored in a variety of artistic mediums.  Through July 6.     

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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 Island style, following the parade is the annual Mermaid Ball.  The evening will include music, DJs, burlesque, drinks, go-gos, a sideshow and, of course, mermaids.  Doors open at 5pm and pre-purchase $10 tickets are available online or pay $15 at the door.   

Parade Route:  The Parade starts on West 10th Street and the Boardwalk, moves west to West 16th Street and the Boardwalk, then goes north to Surf Avenue and  turns east along Surf Avenue and rolls to West 10th Street where it ends.  Click here for a map of Coney Island.    

Subway:  D, F, N or Q to Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island

Date and Time:  Saturday, June 21, 2008.  Parade begins at 2pm and ends around 5pm.

Photo credit: flickr, flickr

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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 and Governors Island falls.  Additionally, Circle Line Tours will be offering free 30 minute boat tours of all of the waterfall locations.  For free tickets call 866-9CLINE1 (1-866-925-4631).  The tour will provide up-close viewing of the waterfalls and include an audio introduction of the falls. 

The mastermind behind New York City Waterfalls is 41-year-old Danish artist Olafur Eliasson.  Considered to be one of his generation’s most influential artists, he is best known for The Weather Project, a giant sun made of 200 yellow lamps, mirrors, and mist, which was presented in 2003 at London’s Tate Modern. 

Dates and Times:  June 26, 2008 until October 13, 2008.  Waterfalls will be operating from 7am-10pm, and will be lit after dark.

Tours:  Circle Line Boat Tours, for free tickets call 1-866-925-4631.

For More Information:  www.NYCWaterfalls.org 

Image courtesy: Public Art Fund, The New York City Waterfalls (artist’s rendering), © 2008 Olafur Eliasson

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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 an accessories collection, a costume collection, and a textile collection that date from the 18th-century to present.  The museum is always acquiring new items, some of its newest acquisitions include a beautiful white organza, silk tulle, and feather dress by Rodarte.  Rotating exhibitions feature photography, clothing, textiles, and accessories.  Student art from FIT is also shown at the museum. 

The current temporary exhibition is Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion.  The exhibition focuses on the women who have shaped the course of fashion: from the work of female designers to clothing and accessories worn by female department store executives, influential clients, magazine editors, muses, and models.  Items included will be a gown, circa 1770, designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite and a Chanel suit worn by legendary fashion photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion will be on display through November 8, 2008. 

The best bargain in fashion can be found at the Museum at FIT, free admission!

Location:  Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street (map),  (212) 217-4560

Subway: 1 to 28th Street; R, W to 28th Street

Days and Hours:  Tuesday-Friday Noon-8pm; Saturday 10am-5pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays.

Cost:  Free

Check out last week’s Museum Monday post on the Merchant’s House Museum.  Museum Monday continues next week with a post on the the New York Transit Museum. 

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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 Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast explores how the natives of the Pacific Northwest continue their time-honored traditions.  Through July 20, 2008.
• Beauty Surrounds Us is an exhibition of 77 objects from the museum’s permanent collection that will inaugurate the new Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Cultures.  Through March 31, 2010.

Location: 1 Bowling Green (map) 212-514-3700

Subway: 4, 5 to Bowling Green; 1 to South Ferry

Days and Hours:  Monday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday 10am-5pm; Thursday 10am-8pm.

Cost:  Free

Check out last week’s Museum Monday post on the Whitney Museum of American Art.  Museum Monday continues next week with a post on the Merchant House Museum.   

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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!    

Photo credit: personal collection 

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