The exhibition juxtaposes immigrant cultural beliefs and pragmatism with suburban American social, aesthetic, and financial codes. With a regional focus and global reach, it also provides insight into the long-term effects of 9/11 on the New York Chinatown service industry as a significant factor behind the influx of Chinese labor seeking employment at the region's casinos, and the formation o...

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Join Stephan Rabimov, publisher and editor in chief of DEPESHA magazine, for a discussion about the rise of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Almaty as fashion capitals. Rabimov will examine the growing influence of fashion in cross-cultural relations, as well as fashion’s impact on national identity and international perceptions. Location: Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Fred P. Pomerantz Art a...

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From early vanguard constructivist works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, to the modernist images of Arkady Shaikhet and Max Penson, Soviet photographers played a pivotal role in the history of photography. Covering the period from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution through the 1930s, this exhibition explores how early modernist photography influenced a new Soviet style while energizing an...

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The Steerage focuses on Stieglitz’s enduring 1907 picture of steerage-class passengers aboard the ocean liner Kaiser Wilhelm II. This image has often been regarded as evidence of the poor conditions under which many immigrants arrived in America; however, Stieglitz took the photograph on a voyage to Europe. As such, it is a document of people who were likely denied entry and citizenship to t...

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With over 600 spaces, the NYC Big Flea Market is the largest antique flea market in Manhattan. Spend a day shopping for one-of-a-kind finds in this 140,000 square foot indoor building. Find everything from vintage clothing, estate jewelry, furniture, fine art, silver, and millions of decorative collectibles at affordable prices that will make your apartment in NYC truly unique. Spend the day on a...

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Trees Are Alphabets considers how the sun, rain, wind, and soil constantly transform the shapes of trees since evolving in primeval forests.   McAdams sees in these transformations a vision of an epiphenomenon – like a text – that is forever changing. Closed Monday - Wednesday The Museum will be closed to the public on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year's Day.  

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September 28, 2015 - Global Fashion Capitals aims to broaden the understanding of what constitutes a “fashion capital” and to expand the dialogue on the globalization of the fashion industry during the 21st century.  Through over 70 objects, the exhibition explores the history of the established fashion capitals, Paris, New York, Milan, and London, followed by Tokyo and Antwerp, ...

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September 30, 2015 - Susanne Bartsch has been a highly visible player in New York City nightlife since the 1980s. Organized by Dr. Valerie Steele, Fashion Underground explores the creative links between Bartsch’s 30 years of sartorial self-expression and its influence on the global fashion scene. The September 30 Talk and Tour will be followed at noon by a tour of the exhibition Party Out o...

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Join Jennifer Farley Gordon and MFIT associate curator of accessories Colleen Hill as they present Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future,a book inspired by their 2010 MFIT exhibition,  Eco Fashion: Going Green. This is the first book to examine the eco-fashion movement in its multifaceted historical context, and to investigate the relationship between fashion and the environment as fa...

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While European Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism formed a critical jumping-off point for Oller’s aesthetic, his most important source of inspiration was Puerto Rico, where he painted tropical landscapes, still lifes with indigenous fruits and vegetables, and portraits of distinguished artists and intellectuals. This is the first U.S. exhibition to present Oller’s work within bot...

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