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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

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." 

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

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.

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 he

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.'" [

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.

"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." [

Designer Richard Mishaan is famous for his elegant, modern aesthetic sensibility. For Veranda Magazine, he selects some of his favorite Upper East Side destinations, and names both the Neue Galerie Design Shop and Café Sabarsky.

"The character heads are shocking in their expressiveness....What makes [them] so otherworldly is their warped singularity within a form usually devoted to idealism and perfection.  Busts are meant to be honorific, not ugly." [Read more