Katelin Levy

A profile of multimedia artist, Shahzia Sikander. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Sikander moved to the United States in the 1990s. Over the subsequent years, her practice–which has expanded to include paintings, video installations, prints, and sculpture — has been pivotal in showcasing the art of the South Asian diaspora as a contemporary American tradition.

A visit to The Noguchi Museum in Queens. Founded in 1985 by world-renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, the museum is a culmination of his legacy. Senior Curator, Dakin Hart, talks about Noguchi’s Akari lanterns, his monolithic basalt sculptures, and the history behind the museum’s garden.

A visit to the New-York Historical Society for “Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite.” Organized by Aperture, New York, this exhibition explores Brathwaite’s life and work, featuring 40 stunning studio portraits and behind-the-scenes images of Harlem’s vibrant artistic community of the 1950s and 60s.

A profile of Hildreth Meière one of the most renowned American muralists of the 20th century. Working with leading architects of her day, Hildreth designed about 100 commissions. Her best-known works in New York City include Radio City Music Hall, The Red Room at 1 Wall Street, Temple Emanu-El, and many more.

A look at the exhibition “Sonia Delaunay: Living Art” on view at the Bard Graduate Center. Comprised of nearly 200 objects, the exhibition reveals Sonia Delaunay’s masterful use of color in multiple mediums–from paintings to playing cards and furniture to fashion. The exhibition illuminates how Delaunay embraced new media and broadened the definitions of both fine and decorative arts.

A look at the exhibition “Pacita Abad” on view at MoMA PS1 in Queens. Born in the Philippines in 1946, Pacita Abad fled to the United States in 1970, escaping political persecution. The exhibition features over 50 works most of which have never been on public view. They include vibrant paintings, works on paper, and “trapuntos”—the painted and stitched canvases she began making in the 1980s.

A look at the exhibition “Käthe Kollwitz” on view at the Museum of Modern Art. This is the first major retrospective devoted to Kollwitz in a New York museum and includes more than 120 drawings, prints, and sculptures. Focusing on themes of motherhood, grief, and resistance, Kollwitz brought visibility to the working class and the necessity of a female point of view.

A look at the exhibition “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” at the Morgan Library & Museum. Creator of unforgettable characters the beloved children’s book author, Beatrix Potter, rooted her fiction in the natural world. This exhibition brings together artwork, books, manuscripts, and artifacts that trace Potter’s innovative blend of scientific observation and imaginative storytelling.

A visit to the Museum of Arts and Design for “Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art.” The exhibition shows how clothing can be transformed into sculpture, installation and even performance art. On view are the works of 35 international artists, including established names such as Jeffrey Gibson, Louise Bourgeois, and Nick Cave.

A trip to the American Museum of Natural History and the revitalized Northwest Coast Hall. It features works such as 67 monumental carvings, the iconic 63-foot dugout canoe, and more. The hall was developed with the help of co-curator, Haa’yupps, and with consulting curators from 9 Indigenous communities.

A look at two highlights of “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art” on view at the Brooklyn Museum.

A look at a highlight of “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art” on view at the Brooklyn Museum.

A visit to the Brooklyn Museum for “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art.”The exhibition focuses on artworks created in the 19th and early-20th century. In Europe, this was a period when artistic techniques, subject matter, and patronage underwent profound changes. Featuring some 90, it includes artists such as Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cezanne, and Auguste Rodin.

A look at the exhibition “Alex Katz: Gathering” on view at the Guggenheim. This career retrospective, in the city where Katz has lived and worked his entire life, fills the museum’s rotunda with more than 150 works, including paintings, oil sketches, collages, prints, and freestanding “cutout” works.

A trip to the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers for “Matrix: Prints by Women Artists, 1960–1990.” The exhibition explores a period of experimentation in printmaking among women artists. The prints on view include the work of artists such as Faith Ringgold, Barbara Kohl-Spiro, Julia Santos Solomon, and Emma Amos.

A look at “Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in 19th Century Danish Art” on view at the Met. The exhibition features over 100 works from both the museum and The National Gallery of Denmark which reflect the artists’ interest in the views of Denmark’s picturesque landscape and coastline.

A look at “Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds” on view at Asia Society Museum. For centuries the spiritual realm of evil and suffering has inspired artists throughout Asia. The exhibition features more than 50 works, from silk paintings dating to the 10th century to an abstract installation from this decade.

China Institute Gallery has reopened to the public with their landmark exhibition of Chinese flower-and-bird paintings. This is the largest survey of its kind outside of China, and the first in the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic. “Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911,” showcases masterpieces of Chinese painting across five centuries.

A look at “Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe, and Catherine Opie” at the International Center of Photography. Conveying a sense of intimacy and exposure, “Face to Face” features more than 50 photographs by Lacombe and Opie, and two films by Dean. The portraits include figures such as Maya Angelou, Joan Didion, Martin Scorsese, Kara Walker and so many more.

A look at “Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time” now on view at The Museum of Modern Art. Using charcoal, graphite, watercolor, and pastel, O’Keeffe developed drawings that range from observational to the abstract. The exhibition features more than 120 works and spans more than four decades of her career.

A look at Neue Galerie’s exhibition, “Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915-1925.” Profoundly affected by World War I, it focuses on the 10 years when Beckmann’s style moved away from his Impressionistic origins to the style of the Neue Sachlichkeit -or New Objectivity- that defined his later work.

A look at “The Hub of the World: Art in 18th Century Rome” on view at Nicholas Hall Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the legacy of influential museum professional, Anthony M. Clark. In collaboration with Galleria Carlo Orsi in Milan, the two galleries have gathered a diverse selection of works that provide a rare opportunity to experience the cosmopolitan appeal of 18th century Rome.

A look at the exhibition “Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio” on view at the Morgan Library & Museum. Several years ago, Ford made a gift to the Morgan of 63 studies and sketches that are being shown publicly for the first time. Ford’s monumental watercolors play with the perception of wild animals in the human imagination.

A profile of the Isidore String Quartet, winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award. Founded in 2019, their goal is to rediscover and reinvigorate the repertory for chamber music. The Isidore String Quartet has performed in renowned venues such as Alice Tully Hall, The Kennedy Center, and Ravinia Festival.

A profile of double bassist Nina Bernat, winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award. She has won multiple international prizes and competitions and has established herself as a formidable musician. With a particular interest in chamber music, Bernat has appeared with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, and taken part in Juilliard’s ChamberFest.

A profile of pianist, Evren Ozel, winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award. Ozel has established himself as a musician with probing, thoughtful interpretations. He performs frequently all over the country as an up-and-coming soloist and chamber musician.

A profile of guitarist, Bokyung Byun, winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award, who brings her passion for the guitar around the globe.

A profile of flutist, Emi Ferguson, winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award, who brings her love of music around the globe, with contemporary takes on music of the past.

Learn five facts about the world-renowned operatic soprano, Anna Netrebko.

Learn five facts about the legendary operatic soprano, Renée Fleming.