Agassiz's Flamingos
A most overwhelmingly beautiful mural.…
fifty things tagged “nyc”
NYC Snowbanks
Old New Yorkers have told me that these are the tallest they’ve seen in a while. There’s piles in the Midwest too but they’re spread out, don’t impede foot traffic, and don’t lead to the visual comedy of watching people (or noting oneself) summiting them. When not covered with punctured garbage bag…
Cleared and Stained Fish
I went back to the American Museum of Natural History after about 8 years. I plan on going back as frequently as I can (it’s free with my student ID!) This might have been the best thing I saw and learned on my last trip. Even ichthyologists cannot always identify a fish species just by looking a…
SĂ©raphine Louis
French, 1864–1942
Tree of Paradise, c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844–1910
The Dream, 1910
Oil on canvas
Kay WalkingStick
American and Cherokee, born 1935
Tears, 1990
Deer hide, cow hide, copper, wood, feathers, bone beads, corn, stones, and turquoise
Bob Thompson
American, 1937–1966
St. Matthew’s Description of the End of the World, 1964
Oil on canvas
Wilson Bigaud
Haitian, 1931–2010
Murder in the Jungle, 1950
Oil on board
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Mauve District, 1966
Acrylic on canvas
Antonio Caro
Colombian, 1950–2021
Manuel QuintĂn Lame (I), 1978
Ink on paper
Stephen Prina
American, born 1954
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 41 of 556, Nymphe Surprise (The Startled Nymph), 1861, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, December 31, 1988
Ink wash and offset lithograph
Richard Serra
American, 1938–2024
Equal, 2015
Forged weatherproof steel, eight blocks
David Wojnarowicz
American, 1954–1992
Earth, 1987
Acrylic and cut-and-pasted paper on wood, two panels
Mike Kelley
American (1954-2012)
Deodorized Central Mass with Satellites, 1991/1999
Plush toys sewn over wood and wire frames with styrofoampacking material, nylon rope, pulleys, steel hardware andhanging plates, fiberglass, car paint, and disinfectant
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Commune, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Chairman of the Board, 1971
Acrylic and felt-tip pen on canvas
Yolanda M. LĂłpez
American, born 1942
Who’s the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?, 1978
Offset lithograph
Forest Goddess at the Whitney
I’ve never used an LUT, which stands for “Look Up Table”, and thought I’d give this one a try. The work is Fall by Allison Saar (2011). I cannot wait to take a picture of it when it snows.…
David Starr Jordan
1851-1931
The fishes of Samoa, 1906
Lithograph on paper
Fritz Winter
German, 1905 - 1976
Antarctic Octopus, 1904
Lithograph on paper
Ernst Vanhöffen
1858–1918
The acrasped medusae of the German Deep-Sea Expedition, 1898–1899
Lithograph on paper
Louis Joubin
French, 1861–1935
Melanoteuthis Lucens, 1920
Lithograph
Lee Bontecou
b. 1931; Providence, RI d. 2022; Florida (city unknown)
Untitled, 1961
Steel, canvas, wire, and rope
Firelei Báez
b. 1981; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Untitled (Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic), 2021
Acrylic and oil on printed canvas
Rupert Garcia
b. 1941; French Camp, CA
Unfinished Man, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
George Tooker
b. 1920; Brooklyn, NY d. 2011; Hartland, VT
The Subway, 1950
Tempera on composition board
Margaret Hoening French
b. 1906; Hoboken, NJ d. 1998; New York, NY
The Moon by Day, 1939
Tempera on canvas mounted on board
Arshile Gorky
b. c. 1904; Khorkom, Armenia d. 1948; Sherman, CT
The Artist and His Mother, 1926–c. 1936
Oil on canvas
Ed Ruscha
b. 1937; Omaha, NE
Surrealism, 1966
Graphite and tempera on paper
Georgia O’Keeffe
b. 1887; Sun Prairie, WI d. 1986; Santa Fe, NM
Summer Days, 1936
Oil on canvas
Edward Hopper
b. 1882; Nyack, NY d. 1967; New York, NY
Seven A.M., 1948
Oil on canvas
Karl Wirsum
b. 1939; Chicago, IL d. 2021; Chicago, IL
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
Edward Hopper
b. 1882; Nyack, NY d. 1967; New York, NY
New York Interior, c. 1921
Oil on canvas
Rigoberto Torres
b. 1960; Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Julio, José, and Junito, 1991/1995
Acrylic on plaster
George Bellows
b. 1882; Columbus, OH d. 1925; New York, NY
Dempsey and Firpo, 1924
Oil on canvas
Barbara Chase-Riboud
b. 1939; Philadelphia, PA
Confessions for Myself, 1972
Bronze, paint, and wool
Robert Watts
b. 1923; Burlington, IA d. 1988; Martins Creek, PA
Case of Eggs (with Rainbow Wax Eggs), 1964
Acrylic, vacuum formed plastic, wax
Chuck Ramirez
b. 1962; San Antonio, TX d. 2010; San Antonio, TX
Candy Tray: Godiva 3,, 2002 (printed 2021)
Pigmented inkjet print
Judith Bernstein
b. 1942; Newark, NJ
Vietnam Garden, 1967
Charcoal, oil stick, and steel wool on paper
Harold Stevenson
b. 1929; Idabel, OK d. 2018; Idabel, OK
The New Adam, 1962
Oil on linen
Joan Brown
b. 1938; San Francisco, CA d. 1990; Puttaparthi, India
The Bride, 1970
Oil, enamel, and glitter on canvas
Jay DeFeo
b. 1929; Hanover, NH, d. 1989; Oakland, CA
The Rose, 1958–66
Oil with wood and mica on canvas
Florine Stettheimer
b. 1871; Rochester, NY - d. 1944; New York, NY
Sun, 1931
Oil on canvas
Mark Rothko
American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970
Four Darks in Red, 1958
Oil on canvas
Sister Mary Corita Kent
1918–1986
We Don’t Turn Out Perfect, 1966
Serigraph print
Unknown
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The Vedic God Agni, Early 10th century
Sandstone
Gift of Bernice and Robert Dikes
Unknown
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Virupaksha, Guardian King of the West, 17th - 18th century
Clay, polychrome, and stone with wooden base and interior armature
Lorna Simpson
Born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York; lives and works in Brooklyn
Wigs, 1994
Photolithograph on paper
U. T. Walker Special Purchase Fund, 1995
Helen Levitt
AMERICAN, 1913-2009
N.Y.C. (5 cent soda), 1939
Gelatin silver print, printed 2000