The Museum Mile Festival 2011

8 06 2011

One day a year, for the past 32 years, nine of the country’s finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors from 6pm – 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration. This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills the street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street, the mile now officially designated as Museum Mile. Over 50,000 visitors attend the festival annually.

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NYC Free Museum Days & Hours

12 05 2011

Despite the still-sour economy, many New York City museums, zoos and gardens continue to offer free admission at least a few hours each week.

Some are always free or operate under a suggested-donation policy:

Metropolitan Museum of Art – ($20 recommended)
The Cloisters – ($20 recommended)
American Museum of Natural History ($16 recommended)
Museum of the City of New York – ($10 recommended)
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Discover Brooklyn (Part 2): Places to go

28 04 2011

Brooklyn is New York City’s most populous borough—if Kings County were an independent city, its 2.5 million residents would make it the fourth largest city in the United States. The borough features some of NYC’s most exciting neighborhoods—each with its own distinct character. After crossing the Brooklyn Bridge (and taking in some incredible views), you’ll find yourself among the historic brownstones of scenic Brooklyn Heights. In foodie-friendly Park Slope, you can grab lunch at a café and then stroll through Prospect Park, whose attractions include a zoo and Brooklyn’s only remaining natural forest. Williamsburg and DUMBO are hip culture factories teeming with galleries, pubs and performance spaces. Read the rest of this entry »


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Discover Queens (Part 4): Places to go

24 03 2011

PS1 MOMA LONG ISLAND CITY
P.S. 1 is an internationally renowned museum devoted to contemporary art. It is known for its avant-garde exhibits and for leading the alternative space movement. Artists collaborate with the administrators, and some have studio space on site. P.S. 1 is affiliated with MoMA, but has a much looser, crazier feel.
Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday
22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave Long Island City
By subway: Take 7 train to Queens. Get off at the 45th Rd./Courthouse Square. Exit onto Jackson Avenue and walk right one block to 46th Avenue. Read the rest of this entry »


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Discover Queens (Part 2) – Graffiti Mecca in NYC

2 03 2011

5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.

The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru. Read the rest of this entry »


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Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum

13 02 2011

During the decade before the Revolutionary War, the Georgian house, with its monumental portico and octagonal drawing room, was the setting for some of the colony’s most fashionable parties.

In the fall of 1776, the Mansion was seized by the Continental Army and served as headquarters for George Washington during the Battle of Harlem Heights. British and Hessian commanders occupied the house after Washington’s retreat from New York. Read the rest of this entry »


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“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

8 02 2011

The Apollo Theater exhibition at The Museum of the City of New York.

GET UP! “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave between 103rd and 104th Sts (212-534-1672, mcny.org). Tue–Sun 10am–5pm; $10, seniors and students $6, children 12 and under free. Tue 8–May 1.
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The metamorphosis of Matisse

16 07 2010

The exhibition includes approximately 120 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, primarily from the years of 1913–17, in the first sustained examination devoted to the work of this important period.

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50 Artists Photograph the Future

31 05 2010

One of our favourites picks when it comes to Arts are new experiences and fresh ideas. So here you have a good one for those who visit the city on June, obviously we’d like to have you with us at Chic&Budget:

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New York Paintings and Sculpture

31 05 2010

The Museum of the City of New York’s Paintings and Sculpture Collection includes more than 2500 works that depict New York and New Yorkers from the 17th century to the present.

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