Meet New York City’s newest public park, Little Island, on the Hudson River off Pier 54. Little Island is located in Hudson River Park and was once home to the Lenape tribe. Between 1910 and 1935, Pier 54 operated the British Cunard-White Star line, serving as a point of departure and return for trans-Atlantic ocean… Continue reading Little Island NYC
Tag: Art
Moynihan Train Hall Art
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
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida, features items from the Glided Age (the end of the Civil War to the 1929 Stock Market Crash). With more than 75 rooms the museum was originally the winter retreat of Henry Flagler in 1902. Flagler Kenan Pavillion on the grounds of the museum houses Railcar No. 91, the… Continue reading Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Silvio Porzionato
Figurative painter Silvio Porzionato paints photorealistic works in acrylic or oil using colorful palettes or black and white. His paintings are frequently large scale of personal reflections on men and women that he often bases on photographs of himself and his friends. Featured image: Black Series #28, oil on canvas.
Golden Touches
Here are a few brilliant works with golden touches in the compositions. Featured image: Alejandro Puente – Cuatro Estaciones, 1970 acrylic on canvas in 4 parts.
Unlights
Robert Irwin’s gorgeous exhibition Unlights at Pace Gallery, New York featuring colorful six-foot long fluorescent bulbs. They are filled with theatrical gels mounted on long white electrical fixtures, but those canisters contain no wires, and the bulbs are never turned on, thus the name of the exhibition Unlights. Irwin is one of the founding masters… Continue reading Unlights
Where Fine Art Collectors Go
The eight edition of Salon Art + Design is back at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City featuring some of the world’s best design in vintage, modern and contemporary works. There are 56 galleries from 14 countries spotlighting the trends of collectible design from a highly curated mixture fine art and interior pieces.… Continue reading Where Fine Art Collectors Go
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn
The Other Art Fair is now open at the Brooklyn Expo Center. Check out works from 130 independent artists with prices starting at USD$150. Presented by Saatchi Art in partnership with BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®. Featured image: Mohammad Taufiq
