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Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Paris, between World War I and II, was a glorious era for the arts (Proust, Picasso, Matisse, Stravinsky, The Ballet Russes). It was also a
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso And the Parisian Avant Garde
Friday, February 24th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Ten years in the making, The Steins Collect, a stunning exhibition, not only offers us great paintings by Matisse and Picasso (as well as Bonnard,
Before Downton Abbey There Was Foyle’s War
Friday, January 20th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
World War I has come to Downton Abbey, the glorious mansion converted to a hospital to handle the overflow of injured British soldiers. For the
War Horse Jumps from the Page, To the Stage, to the Screen
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
War Horse, written by Michael Morpurgo, has been produced for the stage in Britain and the U.S., and now Steven Spielberg brings the story to
The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Last year, Elevator Repair Service (ERS) stunned New York theatergoers with a six-hour production, Gatz, a word-for-word dramatization of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
You don’t have to be an art historian or curator to love this exhibition, although it helps. For passionate Matisse lovers who couldn’t care less
Otto Dix: War, Parody, Sensuality At the Neue Galerie
Monday, June 7th, 2010
by Ann Rebecca Bleefeld on Living Around
Currently showing at the Neue Galerie is a tripartite exhibit of works by the German Post-Expressionist Otto Dix (1891-1969) with a splashy array of color
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!
Monday, February 8th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Dolls are not a luxury. They are as necessary to a child’s life as a loaf of bread. Madame Beatrice Alexander Behrman Remember when our
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