Sargent:  Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) created exceptional portraits of artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians, many of whom were his close friends. As a group, these portraits—many of which were not commissioned—are often highly charged, intimate, witty, idiosyncratic, and more experimental than his formal ...

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Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007) executed drawings by hand throughout his life; in 1968 he extricated his work from the confines of the frame and transferred it directly to the wall. The wall compositions were designed for limited duration and maximum flexibility within a broad range of architectural settings. Initially executed by drafters, these works in their finished state were most ofte...

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Best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel, New York based artist Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life. Closed Monday and Tuesday The Museum will be closed on July 4, Tha...

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The Bronx Museum of the Arts is organizing a multi-venue artistic and cultural survey of The Young Lords Organization—a radical social activist group founded by Puerto Rican youth in the 1960s that demanded reform in health care, education, housing, employment, and policing. Exhibitions of art and archival materials at three cultural institutions in New York City will exp...

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Featuring 70 Exhibitors - You'll find estate jewelry, folk art, painted furniture, decorative objects, prints, fine art, porcelain, eclectic decorations, smalls and much more.

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The exhibition will feature highlights from the N-YHS collections, as well as hidden gems on display for the first time. The installation will also feature outdoor colonial “kitchen gardens,” with herbs, vegetables, and flowers for visitors to enjoy. Every Saturday and Sunday between July 4, 2015 and September 27, 2015.

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Discover some of the planet's most versatile animals in a new exhibit that features live spiders, larger-than-life models, fossils, and more. Which came first: spiders or dinosaurs? Do all spiders make webs? Are all spiders poisonous? Test your knowledge and find out more. Location: American Museum of Natural History - Gallery 77

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The 53rd Annuar Cooperstown Antique Show  is looking forward to having another terrific show. We are determined to continue building this long-standing one-day show into the Premier Summertime Leatherstocking Antique Event! Join us for a day of treasure-hunting, it is going to be a terrific place to be on the 5th of July!

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Curated by Bronx-based artists Hatuey Ramos-Fermín and Laura Napier, Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial features the work of seventy-two emerging artists engaged in the Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program (classes of 2014 and 2015). AIM provides professional development opportunities for emerging artists residing and working in the New York metropolitan area. Closed - Monday thru We...

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FAILE, a Brooklyn-based collaboration between artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, raises questions about our relationship to consumer culture, religious traditions, and the urban environment by blurring the boundaries between fine art, street art, and popular culture. The exhibition includes The FAILE & BÄST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade, an interactive environment created in collaboration ...

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