Lists aren’t my thing. I read the NY Times’s lists of 2015 art happenings and realized I’ve had a great art year. I skipped around the Venice Biennale like a madwoman, changed airplane reservations to catch Velazquez at the Grand Palais, and wandered a Cartagena ghetto to visit Ruby Rumie’s studio. Could I choose only five art events to highlight? …
Matisse Dazzles Drab NYC
New York City sags after the holidays. Lights dimmed, the bells silenced and the joyous bustle gone. Relief for winter drabness can be found at 53rd and 5th Avenue at the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “Henri Matisse: the Cut-Outs” through February 10, 2015. The exhibition assembles 100 works, the largest number ever on display. Colors and shapes lift spirits …
