Egon Schiele and Paul Klee are both crowd pleasers, but how radically different are the pleasures they offer. Last fall, the Neue Galerie exhibited drawings, paintings and prints by the angst-ridden Austrian Expressionist. This spring, Klee’s affectionately cultivated whimsies adorn the museum’s pristine walls. The swing from masturbatory psychodramas to teetering, childlike enigmas is dramatic. Read More
Egon Schiele and Paul Klee are both crowd pleasers, but how radically different are the pleasures they offer. Last fall, the Neue Galerie exhibited drawings, paintings and prints by the angst-ridden Austrian Expressionist. This spring, Klee’s affectionately cultivated whimsies adorn the museum’s pristine walls. The swing from masturbatory psychodramas to teetering, childlike enigmas is dramatic. Read More
Michael Calderone waxes nostalgic about pre-Civil Rights Act Manhattan, when the Upper West Side was cheap, and its landlords discriminatory. Rejected by the owner of a 13-story building, Harry Belafonte bought the entire thing and turned it into a co-op. The Calypso singer is asking $15 million for his 21-room, 8-bedroom apartment now–Diego Rivera Read More
Artists of notable achievement who die young are bound to make a special claim on the attention of posterity. The more we admire the work, the greater our sense of loss, and we naturally find ourselves wondering what might have been accomplished had the career not been cut short. Often, indeed, we elevate the artist Read More
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection , an exhibition currently on display at El Museo del Barrio, is a mite heavy on portraits of its benefactors. There’s a reason for this: Often, the first step the Gelmans would take in establishing a relationship with an artist would Read More
