A $1.6 billion transformation of the 1913 Beaux-Arts post office decades long project exceeded expectations of most visitors. The Moynihan Train Hall converts what used to be a mail-sorting hall inside the James A. Farley Building, formerly the General Post Office, across Eighth Avenue from Penn Station into a new home for Amtrak and LIRR… Continue reading Moynihan Train Hall Art
Well
John Russell – Well, 2021 digital print on vinyl. Bridget Donahue Gallery, NY. “And all the Saved in paradiseCan look down on the Suffering Through the glass floor of heaven,As part of their rewardFor being virtuousIn their lives.And all the people in HellCan look upAnd see the Righteous looking down at themAnd laughing.” Vinyl print… Continue reading Well
François Morellet – In Coherent
‘All my work is about doing as little as possible and making the fewest possible arbitrary decisions.’–François Morellet François Morellet (1926 – 2016), was a self-taught painter, sculptor, and installation artist. The artist’s inaugural exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, New York ‘François Morellet. In Coherent,’ includes abstract geometric pieces and neon works developed over a… Continue reading François Morellet – In Coherent
Looking Up
Marveling at the latest iteration of Tom Friedman’s Looking Up sculpture, this one in Rockefeller Center, NY with Luhring Augustine New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery London. Always great to see public art even during heavy snow in NYC.
Goodbye 2020!
Most of us will be happy to see 2020 go as it has been an exceedingly difficult and dangerous year here and around the world. Many of our normal routines have been upended to something different including New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, NY. There were not the massive crowds of past years, but… Continue reading Goodbye 2020!
Rockefeller Tree Lighting 2020
Glimpse of the lighting ceremony of the Rockefeller Tree Lighting ceremony in NYC last night. To avoid crowds due to COVID-19 you will have to get a reservation to view the tree, will be worth the wait.
A Very Different Thanksgiving Day Parade
2020 has been a very difficult and very different year for just about everything including the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year gone are the huge crowds, school marching bands and the majority of balloon handlers, but the show did go on. Looking forward to next year when things will hopefully get back to normal.
Vote!
Mayor de Blasio of NYC holds Media Availability press conference to update New Yorkers on what’s happening today during the election and what the results may mean to the city and state. No matter what your political views are make your voice be heard by voting today!
Slightly Alabama
Founded in 2013 by Dana Glaeser, Slightly Alabama is a brand of leather goods and a small atelier producing limited quantity leather bags, wallets, belts, cases and accessories. Along with Arthouse Books, this well curated store in NYC offers a mix of handcrafted American made goods, vintage records, first edition books and a few wonderful… Continue reading Slightly Alabama
