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  Reply by Mores McWreath on November 29, 2009

  I also just went to the Frick yesterday and saw an amazing El Greco.

  

  This isn't the exact painting but it is very close. I think El Greco must have painted a dozen different versions of this painting.
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  Reply by Jose Vasquez on January 3, 2010

  Dia Beacon -just a great space that works for the art.
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  Reply by David Rios Ferreira on January 3, 2010

  I have yet to come out disappointed from P.S.1 in LIC, Queens. If we're being specific to Manhattan, I can always appreciate MOMA.
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  Reply by Taylor Shields on January 25, 2010

  Ow, it's tough because I recently took up an invitation to D.C. for the Anne Truitt exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and oops, it was incredible. C'est la vie, NYC. Don't expect that to happen here. I can say the National Archive trumps the Met in its comfort in viewing work. If Dia's here may as well throw DC in, $40 O-trip. Oh, if we're stuck with nyC, i'd push for Salon de fleur. It's near everyone's favorite pizza trap Lombardi's. It acts as a recreation of Gertrude Stein's salon. Housing many famous works by her company (in multiples) it affords the viewer plenty of seating and low lighting that does not bother or distract the gaze of the visitor. Though it is by appointment only, it can be a nice refresher from the busy day-to-day we often feel locked. Sigh, if you want another place hit Fort Tryon Park, a museum it is not, a wonderland it is, well, there is a secluded soccer park, early NY architecture, a pathway(cough) through the woods, and the cloisters. And hey Who doesn't like making plans to go to the cloisters then arriving just a bit late. If that's the case, maybe give it a shot.
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  Reply by Ged Merino on April 2, 2010

  I Love the MOMA. Guggenheim, New Museum, NYC has lots of Great ones but my favorite will always be the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has a fascinating collection of the ages.
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  Reply by Jonathan Cobbs on April 22, 2010

  P.S. 1
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  Reply by Nancy Newman Rice on August 15, 2010

  I spent the best Saturdays of my childhood at the Met. It is still the first place I visit when I am back in NYC, and always, if there is time, I return for one last look at a favorite painting.
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  Reply by Nancy Newman Rice on August 15, 2010

  Taylor, have you read Ann Truitts memoires? Daybook is the one I particularly liked. her reflections on making art are so genuine and unpretentious. She also talks about the realities of being an artist Taylor Shields said:

  Ow, it's tough because I recently took up an invitation to D.C. for the Anne Truitt exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and oops, it was incredible. C'est la vie, NYC. Don't expect that to happen here. I can say the National Archive trumps the Met in its comfort in viewing work. If Dia's here may as well throw DC in, $40 O-trip. Oh, if we're stuck with nyC, i'd push for Salon de fleur. It's near everyone's favorite pizza trap Lombardi's. It acts as a recreation of Gertrude Stein's salon. Housing many famous works by her company (in multiples) it affords the viewer plenty of seating and low lighting that does not bother or distract the gaze of the visitor. Though it is by appointment only, it can be a nice refresher from the busy day-to-day we often feel locked. Sigh, if you want another place hit Fort Tryon Park, a museum it is not, a wonderland it is, well, there is a secluded soccer park, early NY architecture, a pathway(cough) through the woods, and the cloisters. And hey Who doesn't like making plans to go to the cloisters then arriving just a bit late. If that's the case, maybe give it a shot.

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  Reply by Deleted Member on March 21, 2011

  The MET wins, hands down. But the best kept secret is the Image Collection in the NYPL on 42nd street - you can hold original Goya lithos or Adams prints in your hands. Also, no one is crowding you or blocking the art.
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