Tuesday, March 2 – Uptown & Museum Mile Day
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, chronotopes & dioramas at Dia at the Hispanic Society of America
In this artwork the artist expands and updates the Hispanic Society’s historic collection with a range of 20th century literature by some 40 authors whose texts have been installed in a trio of dioramas: the desert, the tropics and the North Atlantic.
Time: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4:30pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm
Access: Free and open to the public
Location: Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets
Website: www.diaart.org
“Rolling Bench” at Grant’s Tomb
CITYarts will have a representative at the single largest public art project in the country. Originally constructed in 1972 by artist Pedro Silva with more than 2,500 community volunteers, the work is composed of a 400-foot long series of 17 mosaic benches.
Time: 2-4pm
Access: Public
Location: General Grant National Memorial, Riverside Drive and West 122nd Street,
Website: www.cityarts.org
AURORA: a spring collection of Harlem artists
artHARLEM curates an exhibition at Casa Frela Gallery. A listing of participating artist studios will be available at the gallery.
Time: Sunday March 1 – Saturday March 6 daily from 12pm-4pm
Access: Open to the public
Location: Casa Frela Gallery, 47 W. 119th St. (between Lenox & 5th Aves)
Website: www.artharlem.org
Discounted Admission to The Jewish Museum
In honor of Armory Arts Week, the Jewish Museum will be offering 50% off each admission from 11am-5:45pm on Tuesday, March 2nd. Visitors should mention Armory Arts Week.
Exhibition: Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention
Description: This major retrospective of over 200 works explores Man Ray's diverse artistic achievements in all media.
Time: 11:00 am - 5:45 pm
Location: 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street
Website: www.thejewishmuseum.org
Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
Exhibition: Quicktake: Rodarte January 29–March 14, 2010
Exhibition: Quicktake: Tata Nano the People’s Car February 18–April 25, 2010
Exhibition: Design USA: Contemporary Innovation, October 16, 2009–April 4, 2010
Location: 2 East 91st Street
Contact: 212.849.8400, www.cooperhewitt.org
Access: General Admission: $10.00, Senior Citizens and Students with I.D.: $5.00, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Smithsonian Institution Members and children under age 12 are admitted free
Hours: Monday–Friday 10am–5pm, Saturday 10am–6pm, Sunday noon–6 pm
Discounted Admission to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The museum will be offering discounted admission of $15 per person from 10 am to 12 pm.
Exhibitions:
Tino Sehgal, January 29 - March 10, 2010
Anish Kapoor: Memory, October 21, 2009 - March 28, 2010
Paris and the Avant-Garde: Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection, January 23 - May 12, 2010
Time: 10.00 am–noon
Location: 1071 Fifth Avenue
Website: www.guggenheim.org/new-york
Richard Hamilton: Selected Prints from the Collection, 1970- 2005
This selection of some 26 works presents one of the founders of British Pop art’s groundbreaking forays into a variety of print media, from traditional intaglio to digital techniques, as he explores subjects derived from portraiture, the history of art, and the work of James Joyce.
Time: Through Sunday, March 7 during Museum Hours
Access: Free with general admission to The Met
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Asia Society
Exhibition: Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea February 2–May 2, 2010
Location: 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
Contact: 212.288.6400, www.asiasociety.org
Access: 10.00; $7.00 for seniors and $5 for students with ID; free for members and persons under 16
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–6pm, Friday 11am–9pm, closed Monday
Franz West – The Ego and The Id
The artist’slargest aluminum sculpture to date soars 20 feet high and consists of two similar but distinct, brightly colored, looping abstract forms: one bubble gum pink and the other alternating blocks of blue, green, orange, and yellow. Each of the forms curves up at the bottom, creating stools that invite passersby to stop, take a seat, and directly engage with the artwork.
Time: On view daily
Access: free to the public
Location: Doris K. Freedman Plaza in Central Park. Subway Access: N, R to Fifth Avenue; 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street/Lexington Avenue
Website: www.publicartfund.org
MTA Arts for Transit – Passing Through
Arts for Transit staff will be onsite to discuss Al Held’s mosaic mural Passing Through, one of the artist’s last public works. The powerful imagery evokes New York City’s contemporary energy and references the forms and styles of the Midtown skyscrapers overhead.
Time: 12pm-2pm
Access: No RSVP required
Location: Lexington Ave – 53rd St. station (mezzanine)
website: www.mta.info/mta/aft
Museum of Arts and Design
Exhibition: Slash: Paper Under The Knife, October 7, 2009–April 4, 2010
Exhibition: Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, January 26–May 2, 2010
Location: 2 Columbus Circle
Contact: 212.299.7777, www.madmuseum.org
Access:General: $15, Members: Free, Students/Seniors: $12, Children 12 and under: Free
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–6pm, Thursday 11am–9pm, Closed Monday
