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POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
By Polly Guerin
October 12, 2009
NEW YORK’s AN INTERNATIONAL MECCA
With so many foreigners in town multi languages abound, stirring the cacophony sound with
international curiosity. Taking in plays, art at MOMA and MET, strolling Fifth Avenue, and dining al
fresco, they’re doing their part to fuel the economy. Here’s the scoop!!!
President Clinton and Lincoln were a hot ticket Wednesday night. The New York Historical
Society’s 2009 History makers gala served to introduce the historical society’s major fall
exhibition, “Lincoln and New York” which focuses on his relationship with what was then the
largest and wealthiest state. Sponsor Brooks Bros. loaned the museum the coat Lincoln wore
when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in Washington. The gala
raised a record $2 million for the museum and for the dinner, the retailer created tablecloths in
pin-striped suit fabric and napkins imprinted with the words, “One Country, One Destiny,” the
saying which had been embroidered in Lincoln’s coat. Ongoing exhibit at Central Park West at
79th Street. www.amnh.org.
No need to go to France, the foreigner’s come here to take in the breathtaking view of Monet’s
Water Lilies at The Museum of Modern Art on view for the first time since the Museum’s reopening
in 2004. The four paintings are a mural-sized triptych (Water Lilies, 1914-26); a single panel of
the water lilies in the Japanese-style pond that Monet cultivated on his property in Giverny,
France; The Japanese Footbridge; and Agapanthus, the majestic plants in the pond’s vicinity.
Author Ann Tempkin gives a lecture Wed. Oct. 14 at 6:30 pm and discusses MOMA’s role in
helping to bolster the reputation of the Water Lilies in the 1950s and how contemporary taste can
alter the reception of historical works of art. www.moma.org/thinkmodern.
Art enthusiasts rejoice The Modern Show, 20th Century Art & Design is located in a new
showcase at 7 W. 34th Street, 11th floor, opposite the Empire State Building with 70 exhibits of
vintage art, glass, Art Nouveau, silver, ceramics, textiles, paintings, Art Deco, Mid-Century,
Industrial Design, and more to overwhelm and tempt your creative sensibilities. Fri&Sat 11-7 &
Sun 11-5. Admission $15
What about those Jewish Merchants of yesterday? Their claim to fame is honored at the
Center for Jewish History, located at The American Sephardi Federation, 15 W. 16th St., which
sponsors the first of three annual conferences focusing on the lesser-known aspect of the Jewish
contribution to the establishment of the United States, especially the role played played by Jewish
merchants and the major ports of Colonial America. Sponsored by The Gomez Foundation for Mill
House, an organization focused upon the Jewish pioneer experience in America on Sunday Oct.
18. www.gomez.org.
That’s it for this week, my darlings!!! Remember that you heard all about it on the Big Apple
News Network. Fan mail is always welcome, please send me an email: pollytalk@verizon.net or
www.pollytalk.com and don’t forget to go to my blog for the latest on the Art Deco Divas: www.
amazingartdecodivas@blogspot.com.
By Polly Guerin
October 12, 2009
NEW YORK’s AN INTERNATIONAL MECCA
With so many foreigners in town multi languages abound, stirring the cacophony sound with
international curiosity. Taking in plays, art at MOMA and MET, strolling Fifth Avenue, and dining al
fresco, they’re doing their part to fuel the economy. Here’s the scoop!!!
President Clinton and Lincoln were a hot ticket Wednesday night. The New York Historical
Society’s 2009 History makers gala served to introduce the historical society’s major fall
exhibition, “Lincoln and New York” which focuses on his relationship with what was then the
largest and wealthiest state. Sponsor Brooks Bros. loaned the museum the coat Lincoln wore
when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in Washington. The gala
raised a record $2 million for the museum and for the dinner, the retailer created tablecloths in
pin-striped suit fabric and napkins imprinted with the words, “One Country, One Destiny,” the
saying which had been embroidered in Lincoln’s coat. Ongoing exhibit at Central Park West at
79th Street. www.amnh.org.
No need to go to France, the foreigner’s come here to take in the breathtaking view of Monet’s
Water Lilies at The Museum of Modern Art on view for the first time since the Museum’s reopening
in 2004. The four paintings are a mural-sized triptych (Water Lilies, 1914-26); a single panel of
the water lilies in the Japanese-style pond that Monet cultivated on his property in Giverny,
France; The Japanese Footbridge; and Agapanthus, the majestic plants in the pond’s vicinity.
Author Ann Tempkin gives a lecture Wed. Oct. 14 at 6:30 pm and discusses MOMA’s role in
helping to bolster the reputation of the Water Lilies in the 1950s and how contemporary taste can
alter the reception of historical works of art. www.moma.org/thinkmodern.
Art enthusiasts rejoice The Modern Show, 20th Century Art & Design is located in a new
showcase at 7 W. 34th Street, 11th floor, opposite the Empire State Building with 70 exhibits of
vintage art, glass, Art Nouveau, silver, ceramics, textiles, paintings, Art Deco, Mid-Century,
Industrial Design, and more to overwhelm and tempt your creative sensibilities. Fri&Sat 11-7 &
Sun 11-5. Admission $15
What about those Jewish Merchants of yesterday? Their claim to fame is honored at the
Center for Jewish History, located at The American Sephardi Federation, 15 W. 16th St., which
sponsors the first of three annual conferences focusing on the lesser-known aspect of the Jewish
contribution to the establishment of the United States, especially the role played played by Jewish
merchants and the major ports of Colonial America. Sponsored by The Gomez Foundation for Mill
House, an organization focused upon the Jewish pioneer experience in America on Sunday Oct.
18. www.gomez.org.
That’s it for this week, my darlings!!! Remember that you heard all about it on the Big Apple
News Network. Fan mail is always welcome, please send me an email: pollytalk@verizon.net or
www.pollytalk.com and don’t forget to go to my blog for the latest on the Art Deco Divas: www.
amazingartdecodivas@blogspot.com.