American Folk Art Museum

(Midtown)

45 W. 53rd St. (btw. 5th & 6th Ave.) New York, NY 10019 Ph. (212) 265 1040 www.folkartmuseum.org Hours: Tue-Sun 10:30am-5:30pm Fri 10:30am-7:30pm Admission: $9-$7 Students & Seniors Subway: E, V to 53rd St.-5th Ave. or B, D, F, V to 47th-50th St.-Rockefeller Center

The museum’s collection of more than 4,000 artworks span three centuries of American visual expression, from unflinching portraits, dazzling quilts, and muscular weathervanes to potent works by contemporary self-taught artists in a variety of mediums. “EARL CUNNINGHAM’S AMERICA”(March 4-August 31, 2008 at the Lincoln Sq. Branch) “ASA AMES: Occupation Sculpturing” (April 15-September 14, 2008) “DARGERISM: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger” (April 15-September 21, 2008)

American Museum of Natural History

(Uptown)

Central Park W. (at 79th St.) New York, NY 10024 Ph. (212) 769 5100 www.amnh.org Hours: Daily 10am-5:45pm Suggested donation: $14-$10.50 Students & Seniors-$8 Children Subway: B, C to 81st St. or 1, 9 to 79th St.

The American Museum of Natural History strives to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe. “THE HORSE” (May 17, 2008-January 4, 2009)

American Museum of the Moving Image

(Queens)

35th Ave. (at 36th St.) Astoria, NY 11106 Ph. (718) 784 0077 www.movingimage.us Hours: Wed-Thu 11am-5pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6:30pm Admission: $10-$7.50 Students and Seniors, $5 Children Admission is free on Fridays, 4-8pm Subway: N, W to 36th Ave.

The Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media.

Architectural League at The Urban Center

(Midtown)

457 Madison Avenue (btw. 50th & 51st St.) New York, NY 10022 Ph. (212) 935 2075 www.archleague.org Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Thu & Sun closed Admission: Free Subway: 6 to 51st St. or B, D, F, Q to 50th St.-Rockfeller Center

The mission of the Architectural League is to advance the art of architecture. League exhibitions range from small shows investigating the development of a significant new building to major exhibitions that travel nationally and internationally.

Artists Alliance, Inc.

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

107 Suffolk St. (at Delancey St.) #411 New York, NY 10002 Ph. (212) 420 9202 www.aai.org Hours: Mon-Sat 12pm-5:30pm Admission: free Subway: F to Essex St. or J, M, Z to Delancey St.

The Artists Alliance/Alianza de Artistas Inc. is a New York City based non profit organization composed of artists from a broad spectrum of national backgrounds, working in a wide variety of different media.

Asia Society and Museum

(Uptown)

725 Park Ave. (at 70th St.) New York, NY 10021 Ph. (212) 288 6400 www.asiasociety.org Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-9pm Admission: $10-$7 Seniors, $5 Students Admission is free on Fridays, 6-9pm Subway: 6 to 68th St.-Hunter College

Through art exhibitions and performances, films, lectures, seminars and conferences, publications and assistance to the media and materials and programs for students and teachers, the Asia Society presents the uniqueness and diversity of Asia. “INSPIRED BY KASHMIR: Works by NYC Students” (May 13-July 20, 2008)

Bard Graduate Center

(Uptown)

18 W. 86th St. (at Central Park W.) New York, NY 10024 Ph. (212) 501 3000 www.bgc.bard.edu Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-5pm, Thu 11am-8pm Admission: $3-$2 Students & Seniors Subway: B, C to 86th St.

The BGC is committed to the encyclopedic study of things, drawing on methodologies and approaches from art and design history, economic history, history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology. “OUT OF THIS WORLD: Shaker Design Past, Present and Future” (March 13-June 15, 2008)

Brooklyn Museum of Art

(Brooklyn)

200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington Ave.) Brooklyn, NY 11238 Ph. (718) 638 5000 www.brooklynmuseum.org Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm Suggested donation: $8-$4 Students & Seniors Subway: 2, 3 to Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-feet Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. “UTAGAWA: MASTER OF THE JAPANESE PRINT, 1170-1900” (March 21-June 15, 2008) “MURAKAMI” (April 15-July 13, 2008)

Center for Architecture

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

536 LaGuardia Place (btw. Bleecker & W. 3rd St.) New York, NY 10012 Ph. (212) 683 0023 www.aiany.org Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat 11am-5pm Admission: free Subway: A, C, E, B, D, F, V to W 4th St.

The mission of the Center for Architecture Foundation is to promote broader appreciation of the influence of architecture in shaping our city. “BUILDING CHINA: Five projects, Five Stories”Wei Wei Shannon, People’s Architecture (February 26-May 31, 2008)

Chelsea Art Museum

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

556 W. 22nd St. (btw. 10th & 11th Ave.) New York, NY 10011 Ph. (212) 255 0719 http://chelseaartmuseum.org Hours: Tue-Sat 12am-6pm, Thu 12am-6pm Admission: $6-$3 Students, $7 Seniors Subway: C, E to 23rd St.

The Chelsea Art Museum explores “art within a context”. Focus on cultural, social and environmental issues in the hope of supporting vistors from a creative standpoint. “MOSCOW-NEW YORK = Parallel Play” Natalia Kolodzei (February 27-May 17, 2008) “THAW: Russian Art From Glasnot to the Present” Marat Guelman & Juan Puntes (February 22-May 17, 2008)

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

(Uptown)

2 E. 91st St. (at 5th Ave.) New York, NY 10128 Ph. (212) 849 8400 www.nd.si.edu Hours: Mon-Thu 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12pm-6pm Admission: $12-$9 Students & Seniors Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming. “ROCOCO: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008” (March 7-July 6, 2008)

International Center of Photography

(Midtown)

1133 Ave. of the Americas (at 43rd St.) New York, NY 10036 Ph. (212) 857 0000 www.icp.org Hours: Tue-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm Admission: $12-$8 Students & Seniors Subway: B, D, F, V to 42nd St.

Since its opening in 1974, ICP has acquired important historical and contemporary images, a collection that spans the history of the photographic medium, from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver and digital chromogenic prints.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

108 Orchard St. (at Delancey St.) New York, NY 10002 Ph. (212) 431 0233 www.tenement.org Hours: Mon 11am-5:30pm, Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat-Sun 10:45am-6pm – guided tours only Admission: $15-$11 Students & Seniors Subway: F to Delancey St. or J, M, Z to Essex St.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s mission is to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of the variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a gateway to America.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Uptown)

1000 5th Ave. (at 82nd St.) New York, NY 10028 Ph. (212) 535 7710 www.metmuseum.org Hours: Tue-Thu 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-9pm, Sun 9:30am-5:30pm Suggested donation: $20-$15 Seniors, $10 Students Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.

The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards. “BEAUTY AND LEARNING: Korean painted Screens” (March 11-June 1, 2008) “SUPERHEROES: Fashion and Fantasy” (May 7-September 1, 2008)

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

(Midtown)

7th Ave. (at 27th St.) New York, NY 10001 Ph. (212) 217 3760 www.fitnyc.edu Hours: Tue-Fri 12-8pm Sat 10am-5pm Admission: free Subway: 1 to 28th St.

The Museum at FIT celebrates fashion and textiles as profoundly human expressions of creativity, knowledge, and identity.

Museum of Arts and Design

(Midtown)

40 W. 53rd St. (btw. 5th & 6th Ave.) New York, NY 10019 Ph. (212) 956 3535 www.americancraftmuseum.org Hours: Open daily 10am-6pm, Thu 10am-8pm Admission: $9-$7 Students & Seniors Subway: E, V to 53rd St.-5th Ave.

For nearly half a century, the Museum of Arts & Design has served as the country’s premier institution dedicated to the collection and exhibition of contemporary objects created in clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber. The Museum celebrates materials and processes that are today embraced by artists in the fields of craft, art and design.

Neue Galerie

(Uptown)

1048 5th Ave. (at 86th St.) New York, NY 10028 Ph. (212) 628 6200 www.neuegalerie.org Hours: Sat/Sun/Mon/Thu 11am-6pmFri 11am-9pm Admission: $15-$10 Students & Seniors Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.

Neue Galerie New York is a museum devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design. “GUSTAV KLIMT: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections” (October 18-May 28, 2008) “WIENER WERKSTATTE JEWELRY” (Opens March 2008)

New Museum

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

235 Bowery St. (at Prince St.) New York, NY 10002 Ph. (212) 219 1222 ww.newmuseum.org Hours: Wed 12pm-6pm, Thu-Fri 12pm-10pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-6pm Admission: $12-$6 Students & Seniors Free under 18 years Subway: 6 to Spring St. or N, R to Prince St.

Exhibits new works by American and international artists, with emphasis on innovation in a variety of media:“TOMMA ABTS” (April 9-June 29, 2008); “PAUL CHAN: The 7 Lights” (April 9-June 29, 2008) “DOUBLE ALBUM: Daniel Guzman and Steven Shearer” (April 23-July 6, 2008)

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

(Queens)

22-25 Jackson Ave. (at 46th Ave.) Queens, NY 11101 Ph. (718) 784 2084 www.ps1.org Hours: Thu-Mon 12pm-6pm Admission: $5-$2 Students and Seniors Subway: G to Long Island City-Court Sq. or E, V to 23rd St.-Ely Ave. or 7 to 45th Rd-Court House Sq.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art, is the oldest and second largest non-profit arts center in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art. Recognized as a defining force of the alternative space movement, P.S.1 stands out from major arts institutions through its cutting-edge approach to exhibitions and direct involvement of artists within a scholarly framework. “TAKE YOUR TIME: Olafur Eliason” (April 20-June 30, 2008)

Rubin Museum of Art

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

150 W. 17th St. (btw. 6th & 7th Ave.) New York, NY 10011 Ph. (212) 620 5000 www.rmanyc.org Hours: Mon 11am-5pm, Tues closed, Wed 11am-7pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm Admission: $10; $7 Students & Seniors Admission free on Fridays, 7pm-10pm Subway: L to 6th Ave. or 1 to 18th St.

The Rubin Museum’s mission is to establish, present, preserve and document a permanent collection that reflects the vitality, complexity and historical significance of Himalayan art. “BUDDHA IN PARADISE” (May 9-August 18, 2008) “RED, BLACK, AND GOLD” (May 2-November 10, 2008) “FROM THE LAND OF GODS: Art of the Kathmandu Valley” (March 14-October 13, 2008) “THE DRAGON’S GIFT: The Arts of Bhutan” (September 19, 2008-January 5, 2009)

Scandinavia House

(Midtown)

58 Park Ave. (btw. 37th & 38th St.) New York, NY 10016 Ph. (212) 879 9779 www.scandinaviahouse.org Hours: Tue-Sat 12pm-6pm Admission: Free Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7 to 42nd St.-Grand Central

The Scandinavia House offers a wide range of programs, including art, design, and historical exhibitions as well as film series, concerts, lectures, symposia, language courses, and children’s programs that illuminate the contemporary vitality of the Nordic countries. Design: Architect James Stewart Polshek “FROM ANOTHER SHORE: Recent Icelandic Art” (May 2-August 15, 2008)

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Parsons, The New School for Design

(Downtown - Chelsea - Lower East Side)

66 Fifth Ave. (at 13th St.) New York, NY 10011 Ph. (212) 229 8919 www.parsons.newschool.edu/events Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-6pm Admission: free Subway: N, Q, R,W, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St. -Union Sq.

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons combines the exhibition galleries with learning and public program spaces to create dynamic presence. The center integrates an innovative and urban quad for the school. “SOFT PARADE: New School Art Collection” (Feb. 22-June 20, 2008)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

(Uptown)

1071 5th Ave. (at 89th St.) New York, NY 10128 Ph. (212) 423 3500 www.guggenheim.org Hours: Sat-Wed 10am-5:45pm, Fri 10am-7:45pm Admission: $18 Adults, $15 Students & Seniors Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.

The Guggenheim Museum strives to promote the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, and to collect, conserve, and study the art of our time. “CAI GUO-QIANG: I want to believe” (February 22-May 28, 2008)

Studio Museum in Haarlem

(Uptown)

144 W. 125th St. (btw. Lenox & 7th Ave.) New York, NY 10027 Ph. (212) 864 4500 www.studiomuseum.org Hours: Wed-Fri 12am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm Admission: $7 Adults, suggested $3 Students & Seniors Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 125th St. or 2 to 125th St.

The Studio Musuem in Haarlem will be exhibiting from April 2nd through June; theThe World of Charles Ethan Porter; Nineteenth-Century African-American Artists, masterful artist of the still life art form. “CHARLES ETHAN PORTER: African-American Master of Still Life” (April 2-June 29, 2008)

The Frick Collection

(Uptown)

1 E. 70th St. (at 5th Ave.) New York, NY 10021 Ph. (212) 288 0700 www.frick.org Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm Admission: $15-$10 Seniors, $5 Students Subway: 6 to 68th St.-Hunter College

The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture (among them one of the finest groups of small bronzes in the world), superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality. “THE ARNOLD COLLECTION OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN, 1710-1750” (March 25-June 29, 2008)

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

(Queens)

32-37 Vernon Boulevard (at 10th Ave.) Long Island City, NY 11106 Ph. (718) 204 7088 www.noguchi.org Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm, Mon-Tue Closed Admission: $10-$5 Seniors & Students Subway: N, R to Broadway (Queens), F to 21st St.-Queens Bridge

The Noguchi Museum opened in 1985, presenting a comprehensive collection of the artist’s works in stone, metal, wood, and clay, as well as models for public projects and gardens, dance sets, and Akari Light Sculptures. “FULL FIGURE AND PORTRAITURE, 1926-1941: Isamu Noguchi” (February 13, 2008-February 15, 2009)

The Japan Society

(Midtown)

333 E. 47th St. (btw. 1st & 2nd Ave.) New York, NY 10017 Ph. (212) 832 1155 www.japansociety.org Hours during exhibition dates: Tue-Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-9pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5pm Admission: $5-$3 Students & Seniors Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7 to 42nd St-Grand Central

Founded in 1907, the Japan Society is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization bringing the people of Japan and the United States closer together through understanding, appreciation and cooperation. “THE GENIUS OF JAPANESE LACQUER: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin” (March 21-June 15, 2008)

The Morgan Library

(Midtown)

225 Madison Ave. (btw. 36th & 37th St.) New York, NY 10016 Ph. (212) 590 0300 www.morganlibrary.org Hours: Tue-Thu 10:30am-5pm, Fri 10:30am-9pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm Admission: $12; $8 Children, Students & Seniors Admission is free on Fridays, 7pm-9pm Subway: 6 to 33rd St.

The Morgan Library & Museum, occupying a newly enlarged midtown Manhattan campus designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, houses one of the world’s greatest collections of artistic, literary, musical, and historical works. “ILLUMINATING THE MEDIEVAL HUNT” (April 18-August 10, 2008) “PHILIP GUSTON: Works on Paper” (May 2-August 31, 2008)

The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

(Midtown)

11 W. 53rd St. (btw. 5th & 6th Ave.) New York, NY 10019 Ph. (212) 708 9400 www.moma.org Hours: Sat-Mon 10:30am-5:30pm,Wed-Thu 10:30am-5:30pm, Fri 10:30am-8pm Admission: $20-$16 Seniors, $12 Students Subway: E, V to 53rd St.-5th Ave.

Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. “PROJECTS 87: Sigalit Landau” (March 19-July 28, 2008) “TAKE YOUR TIME: Olafur Eliason” (April 20-June 20, 2008)

The Museum of Sex

(Midtown)

233 5th Ave. (at 27th St.) New York, NY 10016 Ph. (212) 689 6337 www.museumofsex.com Hours: Sun-Fri 11:00am-6:30pm, Sat 11:00am-8:00pm Admission: (18+) $14 + tax-Students and Seniors (with valid ID) $13.50 + tax Subway: N, R to 28th St. or 6 to 28th St

The Museum of Sex is wholly dedicated to the exploration of the history, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality. The Museum of Sex is committed to addressing a wide range of topics and material from different continents and cultures, time periods and media - from drawings and paintings to photographs, film and video to ancient artifacts and old and new technology.

Whitney Museum of American Art

(Uptown)

945 Madison Ave. (at 75th St.) New York, NY 10021 Ph. (212) 570 3676 www.whitney.org Hours: Wed-Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 1pm-9pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm Admission: $15 Adults-$10 Senior & Students-Pay-what-you-wish admission on Fridays, 6pm-9pm Subway: 6 to 77th St.

The Whitney collects and exhibits American art from the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries with floors dedicated to permanent collections and changing exhibitions. “POLAROIDS : MAPPLEHORPE” (May 3-September 7, 2008)