Category Archives: art & inspiration

Summer Art and Carole Feuerman

Posted on June 18, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

The dismay at finding my favorite ( elephant ) sculpture gone from it’s joyful pose in Union Square turned to delight when I discovered a fantastic new exhibit on the corner of Spring and La Fayette. You almost can’t believe … Continue reading →

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Museum Mile Festival

Posted on June 14, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

It was a classic case of dark clouds having a silver lining with the Museum Mile Festival this week. As with every year, the artistic arcade between 82nd and 110th was closed to traffic to allow people to flow freely … Continue reading →

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Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson

Posted on June 6, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

Eva Gabrielsson was recently in NYC to promote her new book “There are things I want you to know” about Stieg Larsson and me. Nearly 8 years since Stieg died, and 7 years since the publishing of “The Girl with … Continue reading →

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Earth Day at the UN

Posted on April 23, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

The General Assembly Hall at the UN saw an enthusiastic display of relevancy on the weekend with the showing of the film ‘One Day on Earth‘.  Thousands of people gathered for the special screening which was created from footage shot … Continue reading →

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

Posted on March 24, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

There are private clubs and members-only institutions all over new York, but I think none could be as austere as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Academy is a society of writers, musicians, artists and architects and was … Continue reading →

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Pier 15 – life after the old fish markets

Posted on March 15, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

The downtown east river waterfront is looking suddenly very stylish with the unveiling of Pier 15. For ages the area has been a bottleneck of tourists and street vendors with scaffolding and bike diversions making for a rocky road around … Continue reading →

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New Spring Sculptures

Posted on March 12, 2012 by TheFitzyreport

The coming of Spring brings a flush of new sculptures around the city. On Park Avenue Rafael Barrios has created traffic stopping illusions of three dimensional sculptures in brilliant colors. You can hardly believe they are actually flat. But there … Continue reading →

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Cafe Sabarsky

Posted on November 7, 2011 by TheFitzyreport

Trading favorite eateries with a visitor from Chicago last week, I drew a gasp from the woman when I admitted to not having heard of Cafe Sabarsky on the upper east side. She waxed lyrical about the pastries, about the importance … Continue reading →

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Elephant art

Posted on October 31, 2011 by TheFitzyreport

Every time I go past this sculpture on Park Avenue at Union Square it fills me with joy. The power of art!

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Ping Pong

Posted on October 11, 2011 by TheFitzyreport

Ping Pong is still the rage here, and a chance encounter with ( our ) table’s designer in Tompkins Square Park on the weekend gave news that two new table/sculptures are about to be installed in Riverside Park. Another is … Continue reading →

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