Answers to some of the questions posed on our walk-through of the Impressionist and Modern Art Preview at Sotheby’s on May 4th. Yes, you can get close enough to actually touch the Van Gough. But you won’t, right? No, those men with aprons and gloves are not the caterers. They are art handlers and they […]
Exploring the Lower Manhattan Art Scenes
What a great weekend! On Saturday we took a group through Chelsea and on Sunday another group through the heart of the Lower East Side. The art is different and the neighborhoods so very different but there are a few things the two tours had in common. The first was perfect weather. The second was […]
A Docent Tour of “Love”
The latest show at Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) is entitled “Love” and it was mounted in conjunction with a series of new exhibitions going on throughout the area based on the theme of the Seven Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins. There are works by forty-two different artists from all over the […]
The Affordable Art Tour of The Lower East Side
Tour date: November 20, 2014 The idea of this tour was not to survey the Lower East Side art scene and not even to seek out the most memorable work currently being shown. The idea of this tour was to seek out work that was both interesting and affordable. The criteria we applied was the […]
Chelsea Art Gallery Tour
There were a total of nine of us for my Introduction To Chelsea tour on Saturday, November 8th. Texas, New Jersey and New York were all represented. The idea of the Intro tour is to give people a sense of what Chelsea has to offer—from the most affordable art to the works that aren’t even […]
Upper East Side Art Gallery Tour
An art tour of the Upper East Side is a different kind of tour from either Chelsea or The Lower East Side. Chelsea is crammed with galleries, side by side, layer upon layer, in converted warehouses on the streets and renovated storefronts on 10th Avenue. The Lower East Side is a storefront wonderland broken up […]
The Print Tour of Chelsea
October 2, 2014 Twelve members of the Arts Center of Northern New Jersey joined me on Thursday, October 2nd for a tour of print galleries in Chelsea. Print-making is one of the least understood art forms and our object was to learn more about the various kinds of print making and to see as many […]
A Day in The Life
September 18, 2014 A day in the life of an arts educator. Gave a presentation to a group of Seniors at Sinai Free Synagogue in Mount Vernon. The talk was sponsored by Westchester Jewish Community Services and I spoke about Jewish artists in post-WWII America. Artists I chose were Rothko, Krasner, Frankenthaler, Newman and Gottleib. […]
The Art Fair in The Hamptons
July 14, 2014 I brought eleven artists to Art Market Hamptons this past week-end, using the clout and hospitality of the Joy Wai Gallery to exhibit where I otherwise could not, at this juncture in my short art business career, gain entrance. There are those who will tell you that Hamptons people are snobbish and […]
On The Town
June 26, 2014 It was the last day of Member Previews for the Jeff Koons Retrospective at The Whitney so I forced myself out of the house and drove down to the East Side, found nearby parking and spent a few hours soaking in Koons. It was worth the trip and I highly suggest a […]