The Cheap Chick asks why bother with the humidity, oily sunblock, or bugs when you can see great works of art in air conditioned comfort? With that in mind, here’s a guide to NYC Summer Museum Exhibits running through August and beyond!
Start date unknown-August 14, 2011-Future Perfect: Re-Constructing the 1939 New York World’s Fair (Queens Museum of Art) http://www.queensmuseum.org/future-perfect-re-constructing-the-1939-new-york-world%E2%80%99s-fair
Start date unknown-August 14, 2011-Not the way you Remembered (Queens Museum of Art) http://www.queensmuseum.org/not-the-way-you-remembered
Start date unknown Now-December 31, 2011-Celebrating 100 Years NYPL Centennial Exhibit (main branch-with the lions-Stephen A. Schwarzman Building), http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/celebrating-100-years
May 4-August 7, 2011-Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty (Metropolitan Museum of Art) http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/
May 25 - November 5, 2011-Sporting Life (Museum at FIT) http://www.fitnyc.edu/336.asp
May 28, 2011-No end date listed-Frogs: A Chorus of Color (Museum of Natural History) http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/
June 3-October 2, 2011-Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art (Morgan Library) http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=53
June 7, 2011-September 18, 2011-Otherworldly: Optical Illusions and Small Realities (Museum of Arts and Design) Long link, so go here for more info!
June 8-September 11, 2011, Turkish Taste at the Court of Marie-Antoinette (The Frick) http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/turkish/index.html
June 9-December 31, 2011, Children’s Book Illustrators and Authors Come Alive (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Children's Center at 42nd St.), http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/children%E2%80%99s-book-illustrators-and-authors-come-alive
June 10, 2011-August 14, 2011-Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Historical Society) http://brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/home_base.html
June 14, 2011-January 8, 2012, El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 (El Museo del Barrio) http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/el-museos-bienal-s-files-2011
June 14, 2011-October 23, 2011-Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective (Studio Museum in Harlem) http://www.studiomuseum.org/exhibition/spiral-perspectives-african-american-art-collective
June 24-Oct. 2, 2011-Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue Skinned Savior (The Brooklyn Museum) http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/vishnu/
June 24, 2011-Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity (Guggenheim) http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/lee-ufan
June 29, 2011-August 13, 2011, Silent Echoes Sound Installation (Rubin) http://www.rmanyc.org/silentechoes
June 29–November 27, 2011, Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting (Metropolitan Museum of Art), http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={6F75CAF0-1167-461A-8AF2-B9599E0E6E69}
July 16–January 16, 2012, Jim Henson's Fantastic World (Museum of the Moving Image) http://www.movingimage.us/exhibitions/2011/07/16/detail/jim-hensons-fantastic-world/
July 24-November 7, 2011, Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects (MOMA) http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1080
July 31-October 23, 2011-Maya Zack, Living Room (Jewish Museum) http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/zack2011
August 30, 2011-January 22, 2012, 9/11 Peace Story Quilt (Metropolitan Museum of Art) http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={427AFBE3-C836-4757-BE11-E9385E5C9E70}
Did I forget an exhibit or do you want to suggest one? Post a comment below-remember the exhibits should be running through the end of August to qualify for this list!
