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Gerhard Richter: Painting After All at the MET Breuer
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY
This long-awaited exhibition will explore Richter’s dual interest in representation and abstraction, his engagement with German history, and his investigation of personal and collective memory. We’ll see how his practice has evolved over the last six decades, and come to understand why he is considered Germany’s greatest living artist.
$45
Spanish Art at the MET: From El Greco to Picasso
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
This year marks the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s death. To commemorate the occasion, the MET is showcasing all of it’s canvases by this mysterious figure , along with its already rich collection of works by Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, and Pablo Picasso. Over the course of two hours, we will trace key characteristics of Spanish art–flattened perspective, a dark color palette, inattention to setting–from one master...
$55
Delacroix at the MET
Eugene Delacroix once said, “If you are not skillful enough to sketch a man jumping out of a window in the time it takes him to fall to the ground, you will never be able to produce great works.” Indeed, Delacroix was a speedy draftsman, and a forceful painter. Though he has always been considered influential, he has never had an American retrospective…until now. Together, we will see how this Romantic master eschewed perfection;...
$50
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Chelsea First-of-Season Gallery Tour
New York Gallery Tours @ 526 W 26th St, New York, NY
Our First-of-Season Chelsea gallery tour will feature the top exhibits from Chelsea’s 300 galleries, the world’s center for contemporary art! You’ll see painting, sculpture, electronic media, and photography. Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave without you. All sales are final, and tickets are valid only on the date for which it was purchased. Tours take place no matter the temperature or weather, as the art...
$29
The Contemporary Scene in Chelsea
Chelsea’s shows are unbeatable. This class will focus on five of this season’s most memorable and talked about exhibitions. Museum admission included.
$50
NYC Gallery Tour
Walking NYC Gallery tours We will meet and visit contemporary Art galleries as well as museums in Chelsea and uptown Manhattan.
City as Palimpsest: Old and New Architecture
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ Federal Plaza, New York, NY
Enjoy the summer with a walking tour! This class will cover some of the oldest and newest architecture of lower Manhattan. After investigating the structure and aesthetics of the 130-year-old Brooklyn Bridge, we’ll survey some of the city’s earliest skyscrapers and compare them to the recently finished Freedom Tower, Frank Gehry’s Beekman Tower, and Santiago Calatrava’s soaring transit hub. Wear comfortable walking shoes. Note: You...
$55
Alberto Burri: Art as Therapy
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY
The new retrospective, Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting,delves into the healing power of art. Italian doctor-turned-artist, Alberto Burri (1915-1995), served as a medic during World War II, but began painting while he was a prisoner of war in Texas. Upon his release, it became his full-time career and deep passion. By stitching burlap and other found materials into textured collages, Burri reenacted the healing process he’d...
$55
Long Island City Gallery Tour
Groups will view contemporary and emerging art works in one of the hottest artist communities in NYC. Participants will led to several galleries and artist’s studios in the vicinity. Enjoy an inside view of a unique community right across the East River. Long Island City is an interesting mix of old, manufacturing, new industry, artist’s studios and galleries. Their tour will take travelers through the street and avenues of this western Queens...
Transatlantic Dialogues at the MET
The Metropolitan Museum recently unveiled a novel installation, “Reimagining Modernism,” which highlights the interplay between Europe and America in the early twentieth century. Most histories of modern art focus largely on European trailblazers, and New York’s musuems have been all too happy to reinforce that notion. This exhibition constitutes a sea-change by setting up provocative juxtapositions of European and American masters....
Kehinde Wiley and Basquiat
Kehinde Wiley is only 37, yet in his ongoing retrospective, he has set himself a lofty goal: to offer a “new way of seeing black and brown bodies all over the world.” By inserting ordinary African Americans into well-known Western masterpieces, Wiley highlights the absence of black subjects in art history and endeavors to correct the mistake. His bright, meticulously composed canvases contrast sharply with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s messy graffiti-based...
Fall in Chelsea
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 555 W 24th St, New York, NY
Chelsea is finally emerging from its long summer slump, so come explore with us! Over the course of two hours, we’ll peruse five very different exhibitions, including photography by Luc Tuymans, an immersive installation by Sarah Sze, Roy Lichtenstein’s historic Greene Street Mural, and new portraits by the indomitable Chuck Close. Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of this season’s most talked about exhibitions! Museum...
$55
Frank Stella at the Whitney
For its first major retrospective, the new Whitney highlights the career of Frank Stella, who, at 79, still clings to abstraction and its many possibilities. In fact, according to the New York Times, “Stella has done more than any other living artist to carry abstract art… into the postmodern era.” Yet, by his own admission, he’s unabashedly out of step with contemporary trends. We will evaluate the truth of each aforementioned...
Fall Shows in Chelsea
Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 555 W 24th St, New York, NY
This class will focus on a handful of major players in the contemporary art world. We will stop in four of Chelsea’s highly influential galleries to see the some of the most popular shows of the moment. We’ll conclude with a stroll along the High Line, where we’ll see the beautiful park’s new sculptures installations. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly from original art and architectural objects. Each class session...
$55
Dumbo Gallery Tour
West Harlem Art Fund @ 16 Main St, Brooklyn, NY
Under the Manhattan Bridge is an old manufacturing community that has transformed itself into a fascinating community with great river views, art galleries, and funky retail shops. For 15 years, we have been providing public arts opportunities for artists of all kinds. Now we've turned our eye to the galleries of DUMBO, one of Brooklyn's most unique, upscale spots. See what we've discovered in a two-hour gallery tour. Beautiful river views accompany...
$40
Soho/ Tribeca Gallery Tour
New York Gallery Tours @ 59 Wooster St., New York, NY
This tour will feature contemporary galleries in New York's most legendary art neighborhood – Soho – along with next door up-and-coming Tribeca. We lead this tour just a couple of times a year. Our director, with a Ph.D. in arts education, visits all current exhibits and selects the 7 most extraordinary for you to see. At each stop there will be an explanation of the artwork and then lively discussion. Be sure to arrive early or on time,...
$29
Noho gallery tour
Our Noho tour will feature contemporary galleries in the city's newest art neighborhood, just as chic as neighboring Soho! We lead this tour just a couple of times a year. Our director, with a Ph.D. in arts education, visits all current exhibits and selects the 7 most extraordinary for you to see. At each stop there will be an explanation of the artwork and then lively discussion. Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave...
Countryside: The Future
Rem Koolhaas has organized this incredibly unique exhibition focusing on innovations happening in the countryside, which makes up 98% of the earth’s surface. Together we’ll discuss issues like migration, climate change, and evolution. This is the first time the Guggenheim has undertaken such an interdisciplinary exhibition, which is more focused on land use and ecology than aesthetics. We will spend 2 hours exploring Art and China After...
Graffiti Art Tour in Bushwick Brooklyn
Bushwick Brooklyn is the world’s epicenter for graffiti street art, with artists creating new works there all the time, in full public view. See the section of Bushwick with the most exceptional graffiti art, where pure creativity is unleashed – no holds barred – in BLAZING COLOR. Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave without you. All sales are final, and tickets are valid...
Basquiat
In the current exhibition, Basquiat: The Unkown Notebooks, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s messy graffiti-based paintings are set amidst a collection of 160 notebook pages, which include poetry, sketches, and wordplay, illustrating the connection between text and image throughout Basquiat’s oeuvre. Throughout his career, Basquiat tackled issues of race, class, sexuality and the politics of representation. Museum admission included. You will receive...
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