New York Historical Society Holds Photo Contest

The New York Historical Society (Central Park West at 76th) is holding a Times Square Photo Contest with cash prizes, reports DNAinfo.  Professional and amateur photographers alike are welcome to submit their photographs of contemporary Times Square, with photos getting the chance to become part of a future exhibition at the New York Historical Society [...]

No, There Wasn’t a Gigantic Dog in Verdi Square…

… it’s actually art!  The Marlborough Gallery has joined with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The Broadway Mall Association, and the New York City Department of Transportation to help put on a public art exhibition.  Spanish artist Manolo Valdés created a series of monumental sculptures that are on display [...]

One Night, Two Openings at 25CPW

Come to the Upper West Side’s newest art gallery, 25CPW (25 Central Park West, at 62nd), tomorrow evening for two openings in one night.  First, “NY Perspectives” is a series of photographs of Amsterdam, discovered by New York photographers.  Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of Manhattan for the Dutch, the photographs were [...]

Hipsters and Hassids on the Upper West Side

Although the Upper West Side is not exactly known for art galleries and a plethora of art-world-culture, every once in a while, we get an interesting art event.  Monday is the opening of one such event, “Hipsters and Hassids.”  Come to the Aish Center (83rd between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive) starting Monday for [...]