The Morgan Library

Charles Dickens at 200

Alfred Bryan (1852–1899). Caricature of Charles Dickens, [18--].

Gift of Miss Caroline Newton, 1974.1974.7

Photograph by Jeremiah Gurney, 1867

I also saw: David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre

Portrait of Guillaume Guillon Lethiere, (1815)

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867)

Portrait of a Boy

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867)

de Kooning at MOMA

de Kooning: A Retrospective


Willem de Kooning. Pink Angels. c. 1945. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 52 x 40" (132.1 x 101.6 cm). Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles. © 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The International Vintage Poster Fair

The International Vintage Poster Fair

The International Vintage Poster Fair Exhibitors

What did you do today?

I went to the National Academy Museum & School. I saw "Will Barnet at 100," and it is a marvelous exhibit.

From their website:
"In the first New York retrospective of the artist’s work, Will Barnet at 100 will explore the dialogue between figuration and abstraction that has defined Barnet’s remarkable 80-year career. A painter, printmaker and teacher who has worked largely outside the various schools of Modernism, Barnet has made significant and unique contributions to American art in the realms of both abstraction and figuration. Will Barnet at 100 will feature approximately 45 works from private and museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Montclair Art Museum, and the Neuberger Museum of Art."

Where did you go last week?

Downtown Photos

The Freedom Tower, awesome and thrilling


Ellis Island, at sunset



The Statue of Liberty, washed in pink watercolors



Little boats on the Hudson River, at sunset

Coming soon!

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

What did you do today?

I "sighted" Kim Kardashian having lunch with Jonathan Cheban at Cafeteria.





And I visited the architecturally glorious Jefferson Market Library.

Hark!

The mods at TelevisionWithoutPity really seemed to have backed off. I read the boards and see all sorts of spelling and grammar errors that a few years ago would have rendered the member immediately ban worthy. And there are so many posts in the wrong TOPIC. And there are so many "board on board" posts I was bored.

It does appear that TWoP has jumped the shark. It is so yesterday. It always was a snoozefest... but, I sort of enjoyed how those mods found me and tried to insult, chagrin, and find my Achillie's heel. They should sit shiva for the most power they will ever have. It was as good as it will ever get for them. I am so glad I was like a red flag waving in front of their transparent nonsense. Fun much?

Bayliss who?

The Sidewalk In Front of 80 St. Marks Place

Group 1 includes:

Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Gloria Swanson, and Lillian Roth

Group 2 includes:

Joan Crawford, Dom DeLuise, Hildegarde, and Myrna Loy

Group 3 includes:

Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones

Dark Shadows Festival

It was today, in Brooklyn, at the Marriott Hotel.

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Marie Wallace

Jerry Lacy

David Selby

The Hilltop Summer Theater

Here is a wonderful update on memories from a summer in 1961, at The School of Creative Arts on Martha's Vineyard.

The backstory is here:

a phone call from a fan


a fan letter


Today... Edward Seamon ("Stanley," from that 1961 production of "A Streetcar Named Desire") and I spoke on the telephone and it was a remarkable conversation that was filled with memories and nostalgia and I was filled with great joy.

"WALK IF YOU DARE"

A Magical Moment!

My Hoboken