Sarah Wolfson is equally at home in the worlds of opera and contemporary music. For her sold-out premiere performance at Café Sabarsky, she makes her first foray into the realm of cabaret. Sarah spoke to us about the searching spirit that guides her as an artist. [Read more]
Mieke ten Have, Associate Style Editor at Elle Décor, selects the Frances Palmer vase as her contribution to the elledecor.com staff holiday wish list, praising it as "both refined and organic." Click here to view the slideshow.
SundayArts, Channel 13's weekly broadcast focusing on New York art and culture, features the ongoing Neue Galerie exhibition "Selections from the Permanent Collection." Click here to watch the video of the segment.
SundayArts, Channel 13's weekly broadcast focusing on New York art and culture, returns to the Neue Galerie to view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism." Click here to watch the video of the segment.
SundayArts, Channel 13's weekly broadcast focusing on the world of New York art and culture, visits the Neue Galerie exhibition, "Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte." Click here to watch the video of the segment.
Deborah Feller is both a clinical social worker and a visual artist. She draws on her background in both areas to give a nuanced interpretation of Messerschmidt's psychological struggles and arresting sculpture. [Read more]
The Neue Galerie is delighted to announce that its exhibition "Otto Dix" has been nominated for a 2010 Rob Pruitt Art Award in the category of best solo show of the year held in a museum. Click here to view all the nominees.
Writes Mario Naves, "Loathe as I am to perpetuate the myth that creativity and madness are inherently linked, madness does play a vital part in fueling the unnerving intensity of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s 'character heads.'" [Read more]
Much has been written on Messerschmidt's (arguable) madness, but perhaps not enough on his materials....When it comes to representing mental anguish, he showed that it's better to use materials less identified with the fine arts. [Read more]
"The character heads strike me not as realistic representations of the way a face changes with emotion, but as attempts to represent the way emotions, and those actions expressed through the face, feel from within." [Read more]