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Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawaii New York Botanical Garden To October 28, 2018 "O’Keeffe was astonished by the beauty of Hawaii." Hawaii in NYC: Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawai'i at New York Botanical Garden "Finding out Georgia O’Keeffe had a Hawaiian period is kind of like finding out Brian Wilson had a desert period. But here it is: “Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawaiʻi,” 17 eye-popping paradisal paintings, produced in a nine-week visit in 1939, and now on display at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, through October 28. It is the first time the largely unknown group has been shown together since its original exhibition in 1940 at Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery, An American Place, in New York. In addition, there are two oil sketches never before exhibited. And not a bleached skull in sight..." [ read more in the New York Times ]. "Her advertising work — the original impetus for the trip — is only a minimal part of the ...

David Bowie Is Brookyn Museum To July 15, 2018 Creative Commons image eliasroviello on Flickr "'David Bowie Is' is a museum exhibition that thinks it’s a rock concert. And it has toured the world like a rock star. Beginning in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in 2012, it has 'played' to rave reviews and long lines in 11 museums on five continents for the past five years. Bowie himself had hoped the exhibit would start in London, where he was born, and end in New York, where he lived and, in 2016, died. Now, 'David Bowie Is' arrives at the Brooklyn Museum for the final stop on its world tour. John Schaefer spoke to the curators of the both the original London exhibition and this newly-expanded New York edition..." [ listen to WNYC's interview ]. "It's a stunning tour of Bowie's world – whatever your level of Bowie fascination, it's impossible to walk more than a few inches without being dazzled. It has previousl...

John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom ACA Galleries, New York City To June 2, 2018 John Mellencamp named his current art exhibition after his 2008 album In late April, John Mellencamp, the highly-acclaimed musician, took another step forward in his dual career as an artist, with the opening of his second NYC exhibit in 3 years. With Life, Death, Love and Freedom, Mellencamp has taken a new direction, adding mixed-media to his painting style. "Heavily influenced by the German Expressionists, such as Otto Dix and Max Beckmann, whose anguish over human brutality and corruption speaks to his deep feelings about social justice, Mellencamp’s imagery takes its inspiration from the same sources as his music: the oppressive authority and social struggles of the working man and woman. But though that foundation is German, the evolved result is decidedly American, with the brash and snappy visual rhythms of our streets, lives, politics and passions. This can be seen in.....