Category Archives: art & inspiration
Screaming around NYC
There has been a lot of ( official ) screaming around NYC in the past few months. The inspiration may have come from the sale at Sotheby’s last year of Edvard Munch’s The Scream for $120M, which made it the … Continue reading
Bullet Catch
Brits Off Broadway is in town for their annual residency at 59th Street Theatres, which is a plus for a couple of reasons. The first is that the 59th street theatres are excellent venues for small intimate performances, and second, … Continue reading
Modernity at the MET
After going to the MET on the weekend to see the Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity exhibition, I have decided I could quite easily live in a Monet painting. All that colour and light is so deliciously inviting, you can almost … Continue reading
Horsing around at Grand Central
When I saw that Nick Cave was involved in an unique performance of dancing horses at Grand Central Station – Heard NY – I immediately thought it would involve rock and roll. Wow, that would be quite an event! But … Continue reading
Outrageous Opera
Perhaps not surprisingly, there are very few bike racks outside the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. For the traditional opera subscriber, concert attire would usually preclude being able to climb onto a bicycle and pedal off to the show. But with … Continue reading
No longer empty
When a gallery doesn’t publish a telephone number and has a name like No Longer Empty, there is not much 411 can do to help you find it. They don’t understand my accent at the best of times, and on … Continue reading
Back to school
There is something very delightful about a classroom that you enter voluntarily and find a menu on the board instead of lessons. R G Martin would be proud – although I’m a long way from the Ungarra Primary School, and … Continue reading
United Enemies
The Public Art Fund has done it again with a magnificent exhibition of artwork at the southeast entrance to Central Park. German sculptor Thomas Schutte has created two pairs of intriguing characters that are at the same time regal, political, … Continue reading
Viva Carnegie
There is a reason Carnegie Hall is one of the great artistic destinations of the world. Even though I considered myself very fortunate to have tickets for the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra last night, I could never have expected to … Continue reading
Black History Month
Gordon Parks is a hero to many people, not just because of his amazing artistry with photography, film, music and writing, but also for the example he set by tapping into his genius and owning his place in the world. … Continue reading
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