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Long tainted with the romance and condescension of the word primitive, African works have come to be valued for their intrinsic beauty and artistic merit. In the 1950s, both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art turned down an opportunity to acquire Nelson Rockefeller's extensive collection of non-European art, prompting Rockefeller to found the Museum of Primitive Art in New York City in 1954. By 1969 the Met had had a change of heart. In 1982 it opened its Rockefeller Wing, which absorbed the entire contents of the Museum of Primitive Art. Smaller galleries...
...Living beyond your means. Too many of us love to buy now and pay later. Metropolitan Life estimates younger boomers have amassed personal debt equal to 95% of their income. Between paying off the mortgage and saving for the kids' education, there's little extra cash to put away for the golden years. Solution: Start paying off those credit cards now. Whittle down as much as you can afford each month--and save. If you start today by investing $150 monthly (with an 8% return), you will have about $27,625 after 10 years, according to Putnam Investments. Start three...
...York Times introduced me to the city’s free offerings: the free movies in Bryant Park, the Summerstage concerts in Central Park, the book readings, the poetry slams, the roller skating rink. While exploring these options, I learned more. The admission fee at the Metropolitan Museum is only a suggestion. The sculpture garden on its roof is one of the best (and most accessible) views in Manhattan. And when you want tickets to Tom Stoppard’s “The Seagull,” you actually do have to line up three hours beforehand...
...beautiful survey of prints and drawings by William Blake (1757-1827) on view at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art through June 24 sets before us an artist who is widely loved but, in a curious way, only narrowly known. Of course, he is the very archetype of the artist-poet: self-taught in most respects, brimming over with lyrical visions and grandiose fantasies. A childhood education that left out his exquisite Songs of Innocence and Experience would be a poor one indeed...
...book, "Two Moons: A Novel." We also shared "The Girl With the Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. That's a historical fiction about the artist Vermeer. That was one of the most recent, and I did like it a lot. Then I just saw the Vermeer show at the Metropolitan. It was fabulous. I also saw the one that was here [in Washington] about five or six years...