{"id":28092,"date":"2021-06-30T19:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=28092"},"modified":"2021-07-01T19:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:06:14","slug":"state-of-the-arts-whats-next-for-nycs-top-museums","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/state-of-the-arts-whats-next-for-nycs-top-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Arts: What’s Next For NYC’s Top Museums?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Installation view of \u201cESTAMOS BIEN \u2013 LA TRIENAL 20\/21\u201d at El Museo del Barrio, New York. Left to right: Yvette Mayorga, Lucia Hierro, Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, and Dionis Ortiz (floor) Photographer: Martin Seck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As New York\u2014and the world\u2014moves into a post-lockdown summer season, it is becoming clear how our recent ordeal continues to shape the \u201cnew normal.\u201d Restaurants have embraced outdoor dining and QR codes. Masks have become an inescapable part of the travel experience. At the same time, the museums and cultural institutions of New York are exploring how the lessons of COVID-19 could have lasting implications for the future.<\/p>\n

Like restaurants, shops, and theaters, museums were rocked by the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020. In April of last year, many of New York\u2019s major institutions came together to form a task force to coordinate a citywide standard operating procedure for museums. By September, most were able to successfully re-open. New Yorkers eager to get out of their homes were welcomed back to these cultural juggernauts with newly implemented protocols.<\/p>\n

Although initially viewed as temporary, these restrictions have given rise to unexpected benefits. Reduced capacity and timed ticketing have created a special opportunity: a more open (read: socially distant) atmosphere to observe New York\u2019s greatest treasures and the most progressive and diverse contemporary art in the world.<\/p>\n

Will Sullivan, Head of Visitor Experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said in a conversation with GRAZIA that advance ticket sales have given museums a better understanding of their visitors thanks to engagement through targeted emails and programming. For that reason, Sullivan suggested that reserved ticketing might not go anywhere, even as the threat of the virus dissipates\u2014welcome news for those who have appreciated the smaller crowd sizes.<\/p>\n

Like the Met, many museums have taken this unprecedented occasion as a call to reflect on the past year, rethink strategies, and reach out directly to the local community with exhibitions and events that are more personal and inclusive than ever.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Museum recently opened the exhibition \u201cThe Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time\u201d on view through March 2022. Centering on artists of color, the exhibition features work by multiple generations responding to the confluence of the devastating effects of the pandemic, civil unrest across the United States, a contested presidential election, and unchecked climate change. The museum is introducing a robust schedule of local events beginning this (Pride) month with \u201cFirst Saturday Lite,\u201d a free outdoor afternoon celebration of culture and community with DJs, live music, a drag and burlesque showcase honoring queer and trans icons, as well as a pop-up market. brooklynmuseum.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

El Museo del Barrio, affectionately known simply as El Museo, is presenting \u201cESTAMOS BIEN \u2013 LA TRIENAL 20\/21,\u201d the museum\u2019s first national large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art featuring more than 40 artists from across the United States and Puerto Rico. Continuing the trend of innovating methods of conversation, the museum has created a special Spotify playlist with more than 100 songs selected by the curators and artists participating in the exhibition. elmuseo.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MoMA PS1 is utilizing their courtyard to present Rashid Johnson\u2019s \u201cStage,\u201d an immersive exhibition\/performance that draws on the history of the microphone as a tool for protest and public oratory. Attendees are invited to mount the yellow powder-coated stage, replete with Johnson\u2019s signature markings, to freely speak their minds. Their statements will be recorded and rebroadcast via speakers installed throughout the courtyard. moma.org\/ps1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

At other institutions, the pandemic serendipitously coincided with existing plans for renovations and expansions. The Frick Collection\u2019s long-discussed enhancement of their East 70th Street residence is finally taking shape, giving lovers of historic art the opportunity to see masterpieces from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century with fresh eyes at the Marcel Breuer\u2013designed building on Madison Avenue, formerly home to the Whitney Museum of American Art. frick.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Similarly, the Studio Museum in Harlem\u2014currently in construction of their new facility at 144 West 125 Street \u2014 introduced \u201cinHarlem,\u201d a broad slate of initiatives and programs directly engaging the Harlem community at a variety of partner and satellite locations in Harlem, throughout the city, and beyond. An ongoing online exhibition\/project, \u201cHarlem Postcards,\u201d invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site of cultural activity, political vitality, and creative production through an examination of the museum\u2019s collection. studiomuseum.org <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Craft, often a dirty word in the circles of fine art, is going through something of a renaissance this summer with two exhibitions highlighting the cultural significance and inventive thinking of pioneer makers who worked along the fringes of fine art in clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood.<\/p>\n

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WilliWear Fall 1985 Presentation, 1985, Courtesy of Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Alice Neel, Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian, 1978, Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Liza Lou, Kitchen, 1991-96, Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

The Museum of Art and Design\u2019s \u201cCraft Front & Center\u201d and the Whitney Museum\u2019s \u201cMaking Knowing: Craft in Art\u201d both draw from their remarkable collections to challenge accepted ideas of \u201cserious art\u201d while exalting visual languages that have typically been coded as feminine, domestic, or vernacular. MAD has a particularly substantial schedule of programming including \u201cArt Alive,\u201d an art-making experience for kids and families that takes place every Sunday. whitney.org<\/strong>\/madmuseum.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Reopening on June 10 (with free admission through October), The Cooper Hewitt will resume its exhibition \u201cWilli Smith: Street Couture,\u201d which briefly opened to the public in March of 2020. The show features key works by Smith, a trailblazer of streetwear fashion who founded the iconic brand WilliWear in 1976 and leveraged innovative partnerships with artists, designers, and performers to break down social, cultural, and economic boundaries. cooperhewitt.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Recently installed at the Metropolitan Museum, \u201cAlice Neel: People Come First\u201d has brought new attention to one of the century\u2019s most radical and vivid painters. A champion of social justice and an icon for feminists, Neel\u2019s expressive portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, and strangers both contradict and challenge the often-objectifying figurative works by her male contemporaries. The exhibition, the first for Neel in decades, includes more than100 works and is the most extensive show of her evocative paintings to date. metmuseum.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, the Met continues with a robust exhibition program including a forthcoming Medici loan show (despite the pandemic-related challenges of loan shows) and in conjunction with the Costume Institute, the glittery star-studded Met Galaand exhibition has been rescheduled for September.<\/p>\n

No matter where you look this summer, a return to \u201cnormal\u201d comes with a certain measure of anxiety, uncertainty, and fear. Nevertheless, we are\u2014as ever\u2014encouraged and inspired by the world of art, as these institutes and others take the lead in reminding us of the indomitable creativity and resilience of the human spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29686,"featured_media":28199,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nState of the Arts: What's Next For NYC's Top Museums? - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/state-of-the-arts-whats-next-for-nycs-top-museums\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State of the Arts: What's Next For NYC's Top Museums?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As New York\u2014and the world\u2014moves into a post-lockdown summer season, it is becoming clear how our recent ordeal continues to shape the \u201cnew normal.\u201d Restaurants have embraced outdoor dining and QR codes. 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