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Discover the art of ancient civilizations and museums with the History of Ancient Civilizations class in NYC, where participants can explore artifacts and gain a deeper understanding of the cultures that shaped the world. Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of contemporary art with a contemporary art appreciation class in NYC, where participants can learn about different artistic techniques, movements, and the social commentary behind modern artworks.

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Sexy French Art Tour

Museum Hack @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

Bring your lover and moodily smoke a cigarette on the escaliers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art before coming inside for our SEXY FRENCH ART TOUR – inspired by Broadway show, Les Liaisons Dangereuses.  We love a scandal at Museum Hack, and French do scandal like no other. We'll reveal what a creep Degas was, the rumors of the love affair with Gougin that drove Van Gough to cut his own ear off and give it to...

(428) All levels 21 and older
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Big Gay Met

Museum Hack @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums on the planet. It is filled with the history of societies present and past, packed with millions of objects that date back over 6000 years, brimming with beauty, inspiration and intellectual stimulation. It’s also super gay.   Come join us for a whirlwind romp through the sometimes strange, sometimes secret, always awesome queer history hiding in plain sight at the Metropolitan...

(428) All levels 18 and older
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The Mating Game

Museum Hack @ Central Park W , New York, NY

BIG DATE PANIC! Where to go, what to wear (and what not to wear), how's my breath, will I be late, will I be too early, how's my hair, do they look like their picture, do I look like my picture, are we politically compatible, is the L train running?! Don't worry, Museum Hack's got you covered. We've rounded up some of the most eccentric and extraordinary examples of courtship rituals, mating dances, dinosaur foreplay and other sexy secrets...

(428) All levels 18 and older
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Winter Might Be Coming

Museum Hack @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Winter Might Be Coming - The Completely Unofficial Thrones Tour Have you read the books so many times that you broke their spine? Does your loved one keep saying "The night is dark and full of terrors" and you just don't get it? Did you not read past the title of the tour because you got immediately suspicious that we don't know the difference between this and 'A Song of Ice and Fire'? WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK. Our 1.5...

(428) All levels 16 and older
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James Turrell at the Guggenheim

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY

This is your last chance to explore light artist James Turrell’s impressive exhibition before it closes. We will discuss some of his earlier works, as well as his environmental masterpieces like Roden Crater. Finally, we will delve into the experience of his newest site-specific work, Aten Reign, which has transformed Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim rotunda through washes of colored light. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Pokemon Tour of the Met

Museum Hack @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

Hello Trainers! Since 2013 Museum Hack has been developing wild, renegade tours of the best museums in the world. Now we are unleashing the Pokemon Tour!  Come to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and do our custom step by step tour complete with a Pokemon hunt, prizes and some of the craziest and most famous artwork in history with connections to Pokemon.  Hot Tip:  the Japanese Art collection includes a controversial deer named Bubbles...

(428) All levels 15 and older
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A Day In Art

A Day in Art's Spring Season features seven tours of noteworthy gallery shows and museums throughout Manhattan. Tours run every two weeks. Each tour concentrates on contemporary work and its various media rooted in an art historical context. Our focus at A Day in Art is to examine the lines of participation between viewed and viewer, where one can develop the capacity to creatively respond to what they are seeing....

All levels 18 and older
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Islamic Art at the MET

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

This class will explore the Metropolitan Museum’s newly remodeled Art of the Arab Lands Galleries. We’ll experience the intricate patterns and twirling arabesques of Moroccan courtyards, Persian textiles, and Iranian mosaics. Finally, we’ll see how all of these colorful geometric designs inspired European painters like Eugene Delacroix and Henri Matisse. The class session includes close looking, lecture, and discussion.

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Carrie Mae Weems at the Guggenheim

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY

This class will be based around the retrospective, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video. Weems– a black artist from Portland, Oregon–confronts difficult questions of gender politics and race relations in the United States and art history more generally. Weems– a black artist from Portland, Oregon–confronts difficult questions of gender politics and race relations in the United States and art history more generally. Her...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Egyptian Galleries at the MET

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

This class will explore the Metropolitan Museum’s famed Egyptian wing. We’ll examine a 4000-year-old  tomb, numerous mummies, a fully reconstructed temple, and religious texts like the Book of the Dead. By the end of our time together, we’ll know why ancient Egyptians devoted all of their time to preparing for the afterlife. The class session includes close looking, lecture,  and discussion. Note: You will receive a discount if...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Spring 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 galleries to see some of this season’s most talked-about exhibitions. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly from original art and architectural objects. Each class session includes close looking, lecture,  and discussion. Note: You will receive a discount if you register for 2 or more classes or if you bring someone...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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New 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 galleries to see a mixturesome of painting, photography, monumental sculpture, and watercolors. Artists include Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Tara Donovan, among others. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly from original art and architectural objects. Each class session includes close looking, lecture,  and...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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New York's Iconic Architecture

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ Federal Plaza, New York, NY

This class will cover the old and new architecture of lower Manhattan. After investigating the structure and aesthetics of the 130-year-old Brooklyn Bridge, we’ll survey the city’s early skyscrapers and compare them to the towers currently rising at the World Trade Center Site searching for common threads throughout. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly from original art and architectural objects. Each class session includes...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Futurism at the Guggenheim

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

We’ll begin with a look at Futurism’s foundational manifestoes and early paintings, then briefly discuss architecture, interior design, and theater. Ultimately, we’ll unpack the movement’s complexities and contradictions, including its uneasy relationship with Italian Fascism.  The Guggenheim exhibition, Italian Futurism 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe , is expansive and enlightening! It is the largest show on Futurism ever...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Jeff Koons at the Whitney

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

In moving from one floor to the next, we’ll peruse Koons’s multifaceted career, including his gleaming monumental sculptures, his seemingly mundane readymades, and his bright, Pop imagery.  This is the summer of Jeff Koons. He has a new installation at Rockefeller Center and a giant retrospective at the Whitney. It’s the museum’s last hurrah before moving downtown and the first time that that all of Marcel Breuer’s galleries are devoted...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Summer Shows

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

This class will focus on a handful of major players in the contemporary art world. We will stop in four galleries to see a mixture of painting, photography, monumental sculpture, and installation art, and will finish with a walk along the High Line. Note: You will receive a discount if you register for 2 or more classes or if you bring someone with you. Classes will be capped at 10 people. Please contact CourseHorse to avail of the discount.

(12) All levels 16 and older
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The New Whitney

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

In an unprecedented–and highly anticipated–move, the Whitney Museum of American Art has relocated to the Meatpacking District with a sleek and airy building by Renzo Piano. The inaugural exhibition, America is Hard to See, is a tour de force, showcasing the diversity–and indefinability–of American art, as well as a number of works that have not been on view for decades. In this class, we’ll explore the Whintey’s new home as well as highlights...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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The MET Breuer

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

New York has a new museum! The MET’s wing of Modern and Contemporary art has just opened in Marcel Breuer’s former Whitney. The space has been restored to its 1966 splendor, and the inaugural exhibition is a true stunner. Dubbed Unfinished, the show attempts to answer the question: when is a work of art complete? Showcasing an array of “unfinished” works from the Renaissance to the present, this exhibition encourages new ways of thinking...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Election Day Educator Workshop: Art and Social Justice

The Jewish Museum

Pre-K-12 teachers are invited to join us for a workshop that explores social justice issues, including immigration, women’s rights, and anti-Semitism through works of art in the Jewish Museum collection and the exhibition Martha Rosler: Irrespective. Hear from experts in the field and respond to works of art through writing and art-making.

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde

The Jewish Museum @ 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY

Complete Course Title:  Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922 Pre-K-12 teachers are invited to join us to explore a little-known chapter in the history of modernity and the Russian avant-garde. Chagall, Lisitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922 traces the fascinating post-revolutionary years when the history of art was shaped in Vitebsk, far from Russia’s main cities. ...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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