At the start of a new season, as hundreds of galleries throw open their doors on new exhibitions, the New York art world can feel enormous, unwieldy even. But then one finds oneself walking to an opening at Mary Boone’s 57th Street gallery during the early hours of Fashion’s Night Out, and the whole art scene feels rather quaint. Read More
At first glance, Jennie C. Jones’ exhibit “Absorb/Diffuse,” which debuted at The Kitchen last night, looks a bit like a super-hip stereo store. The Minimalist “Acoustic Paintings” hanging on the wall are constructed of sound-absorbing material, the kind of panels one sees in a recording studio, that project a feeling of both sterility and warmth. Read More
The new works by Nicola Tyson at Friedrich Petzel Gallery last night featured colorful, twisted figures whose bodies were all emotion, as if they were built in a lab for the sole purpose of having awkward encounters.
One painting, Couple, seemed to feature a faceless woman, shyly holding an arm behind her back as she Read More
Vive le dessert! Right now, if you head to Madison Avenue between 71st and 72nd, you can treat yourself to some of the most celebrated macaroons in the world. Maison Laduree, the French pastry house credited with inventing the double-decked version of the confection, opened its first New York location at 9:00 a.m. Read More
A two-story carbon fiber frame, draped with shimmering black mesh, hovered over a throng of people who were drinking champagne and laughing. It was crowded, and some of the people were spilling through the iron railings onto the downtown street.
This was the BMW Guggenheim Lab opening party, held last night in First Read More
“Quick, come over here!” Susan Tribbitt called to her husband, Charlie Tribbitt, at the Pace Gallery’s 22nd Street outpost last night, at about 6 p.m. “This might not last!”
Mr. Tribbitt sauntered over and joined a crowd of a few dozen people watching a team of five women in sensible pastel dresses vigorously attack Read More
The Observer received an email last week from a publicist for “Dialog in the Dark,” a new exhibition by the people that brought you “Bodies…The Exhibition.”
“I just found out that due to water issues in the South Street Seaport bulding that houses Dialog in the Dark, the opening of the exhibition has been postponed,” Read More
