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Art Nerd Does JR’s #Insideoutnyc
Today is the last day to get your pic taken in Times Square for JR’s Inside Out project! A few weeks ago, we went to JR‘s Inside Out photobooth in [...]
The Wrinkles of the City, Havana JR and Jose Parla
I stopped in at the JR/Jose Parla opening at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea last night and despite the uncomfortable number of people in the gallery, I was able to catch some [...]
Neighborhoods
Bye Bye Passerby
Passerby was one of those bars that made me love New York City. Owned by Gavin Brown of Gavin Brown Enterprises gallery on the southern edge of Greenwich Village , [...]
DeMedici’s Butt
Treat your ass like a DeMedici! Unless you go to NYU, most New Yorkers avoid the cheesiness that has become MacDougal Street. Most of the bars have built in beer [...]
CZECH STREET ART
Czech artist Jakub Matuska aka MASKER may be somewhat unknown on the New York street art scene, but he is one of the leading Czech artists known all around Europe. [...]
Cremaster Inspiration
Automobile-inspired, Art Deco decadence, the Chrysler building is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and was designed by William Van Alen. Built in 1930, it was the [...]
The Original New Year’s Eve Ball
Back in 1907, metalworker Jacob Starr made the first glowing ball to be lowered from One Times Square at midnight on December 31st. Just five feet in diameter, it didn’t [...]
Midtown Manhattan Art Walk
Midtown Manhattan is the most concentrated area of New York with the most Art Nerd site to see. Use the map below to find out what’s near your hotel [...]
Broken Kilometer
Set amidst the fancy designer shops of West Broadway sits another Dia Foundation supported site. On the ground floor of the building next to Eileen Fisher’s flagship fashions, visitors will [...]
The Met’s Period Rooms
Everyone knows The Met is the city’s most epic museum, with a vast collection from ancient to modern. I don’t have to tell you that it is a must see. [...]
Chelsea Market
The Chelsea Market was once the site of the biscuit monopoly of the United States. Formerly a giant Nabisco Factory, everything from Oreos to Saltines were baked here and at [...]
Richard Woods Facade
The façade of this Gianni Intili-designed home has been painted with faux-wood doodlings by British Pop artist Richard Woods. The home was subject of a Bravo TV show called “9 By [...]
Yaffa Cafe
Some may thing that leopard, zebra, Elvis, crystals and flower paintings are gaudy, but I think together they are a little slice of heaven. Add in about twenty or so [...]
Carnegie Artist Lofts
High above Carnegie Hall, The Carnegie Artist Studios housed musicians, painters, sculptors, actors, architects and other creatives since 1895. Some pretty famous people lived here, and creatively monumental evens happened [...]
300 Club
What is now the London Hotel on West 54th Street, was once the clandestine hang out of Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino, Irving Berlin, Gloria Swanson, some Chryslers, Vanderbilts and Whitneys. [...]
James Turrell, Light Box
The lobby of 505 Fifth Avenue is a permanent art installation. Artist James Turrell’s collaboration with architects Kohn Pederson Fox Associates have transformed the office building lobby into a glowing [...]
