The United States is vast and varied, spanning roughly 3000 miles from east to west and 1650 miles from north to south – and that’s not including Alaska and Hawaii.
02.08.2023 - 17:29 / cntraveler.com / Vincent Van-Gogh / Karl Lagerfeld / Art
Get thee to New York's museums and get thee to them now. There's an end in sight to summer's dog days, and with the promise of cooler early-autumn days comes a fresh turnover in the exhibitions on offer throughout the city. Some of the big summer tentpoles—Africa Fashion at the Brooklyn Museum, installations at both MoMA and MoMA PS1—will run all the way into October, so if you haven't made your way to them yet, there's still time. Joining these holdovers are a myriad of newer options, the variety of which ensures that there's something for everyone. Find our guide below.
Manet's On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer comes to the Met September 24.
The Costume Institute's Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty exhibition wound down last month, making way for what will certainly be a fruitful fall at Manhattan's largest museum. Continuing through August 27 is Cypresses, a showcase of Vincent van Gogh's work depicting the trees of the same name. Also on now (through November 13) is Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE, which explores the arrival and impact of Buddhism in ancient India via 125 pieces, many of them sculptures, that are largely either newly discovered or on loan to the museum.
Coming September 7 is Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s, which will present the various approaches and mediums—paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, film, dance, fashion, and more—artists used nearly a century ago to express and explore their political ideas. On its heels, Manet/Degas opens September 24 with 160 paintings and works on paper from the two French painters—contemporaries and rivals. It's going to get personal—the Met promises to examine the two “in the context of the family relationships, friendships, intellectual circles, and sociopolitical events that influenced their artistic and professional choices.”
Ebony G. Patterson's …things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting…. has been extended through October 22 at the New York Botanical Garden.
Through October, the New York Botanical Garden will be populated in part by a flock of iridescent sculptures of vultures. The avian artworks are part of artist Ebony G. Patterson's …things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting…, the closing date of which has just been extended to October 22. Other features of the installation, which looks unflinchingly at all parts of the life cycle, include glass replicas of extinct flora and reverent works of collage from gardening guides. Patterson crafted the exhibit during a period of deep immersion in the Botanical Garden's premises—these pieces were conceived on its very grounds.
Astoria’s fabulous Museum of the Moving Image launched Cinema of Sensations: The
The United States is vast and varied, spanning roughly 3000 miles from east to west and 1650 miles from north to south – and that’s not including Alaska and Hawaii.
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Has there ever been a fictional character with a more glamorized lifestyle than Carrie Bradshaw? She’s worn designer bags as well as shoes that have sold out immediately afterwards, made Magnolia Bakery world-famous, and, this past summer, even had a pop-up “experience” dedicated to her in an empty space in SoHo. One doesn’t need to “couldn’t-help-but-wonder” why: Carrie made being single and living in New York seem like an endless, well-dressed adventure, where carriage rides in Central Park with romantic millionaires, fabulous parties in Tribeca, and trips to the Vogue closet were always in reach. So when visiting New York City, it’s always fun to see the sites that made up her fantasy.
When Billy Joel sang about a “New York State of Mind” he was talking about going home to the Big Apple.
I was one of three adults who led a backpacking trip to the Colorado Rockies this past June with six teenage Boy Scouts from Troop 876 of Savannah, Ga. After seven nights camping, our tenth night — June 26 — was to be aboard a redeye to Kennedy Airport, followed by a morning flight to Savannah, both on JetBlue Airways. But our Denver departure was delayed over two hours and we missed the connection. We waited for three hours in line, only to politely be told the next flight available was five days later, even after we offered to fly to Atlanta, Charleston, S.C., or Jacksonville, Fla., instead. JetBlue would not provide a hotel. So we opted for a refund (plus $12 meal vouchers), rented two cars and drove 14 hours home, racking up about $1,200 in travel expenses. But when our refunds from JetBlue came through, they totaled $261 for nine of us, only 18 percent of the original cost. A customer service representative later explained to me by phone that we had been reimbursed for only the New York to Savannah leg. We believe JetBlue should have gotten us on an earlier flight on a different airline or at least reimbursed us for the nine fares and fees totaling $1,458, and perhaps chipped in for the expenses to get home. Can you help?
Whether you’re about to go on vacation or just coming back from a trip, summer is always a good time to treat yourself to a spa service. It’s when we show the most skin and typically socialize the most, so why not put your best foot forward when it comes to your appearance and wellness. Here are six summer travel-ready beauty treatments in New York City you’ll love.
Berlin has long enjoyed a reputation for being a city of bargains, but don’t be fooled: it’s catching up with London, Tokyo and New York – and fast!
This summer, Norwegian plans to fly from New York to Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Shannon—and for these flights, “New York” means Stewart International Airport (SWF), also called Stewart Field.