Overpriced and Erotic, Klimt’s Idealized Adele

Standing in the Neue Galerie in front of Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer I, I couldn’t help thinking of one my favorite Donald Trump anecdotes:

Once upon a time, a fellow billionaire asked Mr. Trump why he’d never amassed a collection of art. Why, in fact, wasn’t he interested in art at all? “You know what a Read More

Overpriced and Erotic, Klimt’s Idealized Adele

Standing in the Neue Galerie in front of Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer I, I couldn’t help thinking of one my favorite Donald Trump anecdotes:

Once upon a time, a fellow billionaire asked Mr. Trump why he’d never amassed a collection of art. Why, in fact, wasn’t he interested in art at all? “You know what Read More

A Flawless New Museum And Viennese Coffee

Of the many reasons why everyone-everyone, that is, with a keen interest in art, architecture and design-will want to visit and revisit the Neue Galerie New York, the city’s new museum devoted to early 20th-century German and Austrian art, not the least is the building itself, at 1048 Fifth Avenue (at the corner of 86th Read More