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Neue Galerie’s summer 2012 exhibition of Gustav Klimt!

Female Nudes Infiltrate Quaint European Gallery
by Elissa Watters, guest blogger
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,1907
Gustav Klimt
Tucked away on the corner of 5th Avenue and 86th Street in NYC, the Neue, a gallery “devoted to early 20th century German and Austrian art and design,” is often overlooked. However, don’t be misled by its relatively small size; its exhibitions are worth the trip uptown. The...

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John Marin Watercolor Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Weehawkin to Maine
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Off Cape Split, Maine
John Marin
Yesterday my mother insisted that I meet her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for lunch and to see a new fashion show. I have been suffering a bit from inertia lately, overtired from trying to watch the Olympics that are broadcast hours after we know who wins, and trying to squeeze the days of of my summer. My...

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Edouard Vuillard: The Mirror as a Motif at the Jewish Museum

Mirrors as Reflection of Self
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
Edouard Vuillard
Self-Portrait with Waroquy, 1889
Who was Edouard Vuillard? Clearly influenced by the impressionists who came before him, Vuillard associated himself with a group of artists knows as the Nabis who favored decorative, emotionally charged paintings such as those by Gauguin. The exhibition currently on display at the Jewish...

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Romance of Renoir

Renoir at the Frick
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Dance at Bougival, 1883
If you are in New York and looking for a romantic date night or outing, the Frick has a marvelous exhibition of Renoir's full length paintings. If the impressionist palette weren't romantic enough with its affected pastel colors and soft brushwork, Renoir's subject matter of these fantastically dressed...

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Important Lessons for Art Collectors

The Steins Collect at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
by @schulmanArt

Stein was a personal friend of Picasso
Lesson #1 from Gertrude, in her own words to Ernest Hemingway: “Buy the people of your own age. There are always good new serious painters.” 




The steins collected this artwork from the Fauvist first exhibition.

Lesson #2 from Leo Stein: A limited budget is an excuse to be creative.





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