The Guggenheim during YouTube Play

On Friday, October 22nd, The Guggenheim Museum held another one of their 'Art After Dark' events as part of an ongoing after-hours series, centered around a current exhibition. The main exhibit was YouTube Play, in which 25 videos selected from thousands of YouTube submissions were displayed in the 2nd level Annex of the museum. Visitors between the hours of 9 pm and Midnight enjoyed a private viewing of the YouTube Play presentation and projections of an assortment of videos on the museum's Frank Lloyd Wright-designed exterior.







An exhibit titled, 'Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936' is also currently on display, through January 9th, 2011.

Weekend Update

Throughout this summer, if you're in New York, you should stop by one of these two museums on a weekend night since their admission fees go down from about $10-15 to "pay what you wish".

On Friday nights, the Whitney Museum of American Art allows you to pay what you wish from 6 to 9 pm. Right now there are some interesting installations on display: mirror installations by conceptual artist Dan Graham and some pop sculptures by Claes Oldenburg. These are beyond worth seeing any night of the week!

On Saturday nights, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has the "pay what you wish" option from 5:45 to 7:45, and a lot of people already know about it. When I got there this past Saturday, I waited in line on Madison Avenue, about 2 blocks away from the museum's entrance. Since it is the 50th anniversary year, The Guggenheim had an amazing special exhibition of its own architect and designer: Frank Lloyd Wright. It included original drawings and ideas for The Guggenheim's exterior, as well as for urban communities, schools and other institutions.

Exterior of The Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue

The line that was two blocks long!

The exterior of The Whitney Museum on Madison Avenue

Cool street art on Madison Avenue at 75th Street

Museum Mile Festival 2009

The annual Museum Mile Festival took place on June 9th with the blocks along 5th Avenue that count as "Museum Mile" (82nd-105th) blocked off to cars so that people can walk the mile and participate in activities along the way. The museums were all free admission and two in particular had lines around the block. They were The Guggenheim, where there is a special Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit, and The Neue Galerie, where there is an enticing (ha ha) German Expressionist exhibit including works by one of my favorite painters: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

You only had 3 short hours to visit these famous museums, including the Met, Cooper Hewitt and the Museum of the City of New York. I was so exhausted afterwards. Why am I such a museum lover??? I love it so much!

the crowds in front of The Guggenheim