I'm happy that the there is now one figurative sculpture at the World Trade Center site: it honors the Americans who fought in the wake of 9/11. While construction on the…
Zig-zagging through the soccer games in Flushing Meadow one sunny Sunday, I came up behind this sculpture. Comments follow each photo. Note: "proper left" means "the statue's own left," rather than…
Have you stopped to think about the way "My Shot" builds on the opening number of Hamilton: An American Musical? It sets him up as a young hero eager to change the…
If you need a dose of Hamilton after Hamilton, here's half a dozen places to visit where you can take selfies with Alexander or walk in his footsteps. But first ...…
When I think of 19th-century industry, I think of Vanderbilt's railroads ... And Holley's steel mills ... And Thomas Price's lab. According to the MMA's site, the subject of this…
You could pass the small bronze Stead Memorial without noticing it, but the man it commemorates was much more aggressive about getting attention. Stead on the glories of the future ...…
A couple weeks ago, while zipping through the Metropolitan Museum's galleries taking photos of favorites, I spotted this 9-inch bronze in a glass case in the American Wing galleries. What's this painter…
Violent disagreement with the driver Dude, I told you not to get us on the Beltway! Who are you, and what have you done with my cubs? What does Alexander the Great…
How does a fifty-something opera fan fall in love with a hip-hop Broadway show? Not easily. The first clip I heard from Hamilton: An American Musical was the opening number,…
Aside from seeing real paintings and sculptures - which are always much better than even the most excellent photos - the best reason to visit a gallery or museum in person…