The handsome show of Frank Stella's early paintings at L&M Arts could not be better timed. Abstract art, especially of a Minimalist mien, is on the uptick right now, with a few too many young artists acting as if they have invented the wheel, especially where brushy or severely simplified monochromes are concerned. Perhaps this is to be expected....
The American Folk Art Museum's radiant quilt exhibition will probably be the last of its kind at its unwelcoming, decade-old building on West 53rd Street. On Tuesday evening, while the show's opening reception was under way, the trustees voted to sell the building to its prominent neighbor, the Museum of Modern Art, for an undisclosed sum. After...
The Museum of Modern Art lobby -- that awkward space designed by the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi -- spans a city block, making it as much a thoroughfare as a museum entrance. People flood the place throughout the day, ducking in from the cold, avoiding street traffic or simply using it as a meeting spot. For curators at the museum, the...