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Recommended Exhibitions in NYC

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May 8th Edition

Landmark exhibition & Goshen Art Academy special lecture: 

  • Raphael: Sublime Poetry, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through June 28. The first comprehensive exhibition on Raphael in the United States, bringing together more than 170 of the artist’s greatest masterpieces.

  • May 12/ Revealing Raphael - Discoveries from the Met Exhibition, a special lecture by our own Ken Goshen. Don't miss it! Start a 7-day free trial membership, or buy this lecture separately (a recording will be available if you can't join the live event).

    • ‘'This lecture is designed to give you the experience of visiting the exhibition together, no matter where you are. We’ll walk through the highlights of the show, looking closely at key works and uncovering what makes them so remarkable, not just in terms of beauty, but in how they’re constructed.'

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Coming soon:

  • May 10/ Costume Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art. ‘The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body.’ Through January 10, 2027.

  • May 12-20/ Grand Central Atelier’s End of Year Student Show, at the Salmagundi Club.

  • May 13/ Leonor Fini: A Practice of Transformation, Colnaghi. Through June 26.

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April 21st Edition

Recommended Exhibitions in NYC

Last chance - closing April 25th:

Landmark exhibition: 

Raphael: Sublime Poetry, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through June 28

  • May 12/ Revealing Raphael - Discoveries from the Met Exhibition, a special lecture by our own Ken Goshen

    • Don't miss it! Start a 7-day free trial membership, or buy this lecture separately (a recording will be available if you can't join the live event).

    • 'This lecture is designed to give you the experience of visiting the exhibition together, no matter where you are. We’ll walk through the highlights of the show, looking closely at key works and uncovering what makes them so remarkable, not just in terms of beauty, but in how they’re constructed.'

  • Until May 8/ Raphael and the Colors of the Antique in the Villa Farnesina, at the Italian Culture Institute in New York

    • 'The show offers visitors a close encounter with the frescoes in the loggias of Villa Farnesina,  and sheds light on the most recent discoveries concerning the origin of some of the pigments used by the Renaissance master.

  • The April 10 edition of the Week in Art podcast, has an interview with the show's curator, Carmen Bambach (starting at the 27:22 mark)

  • For those academically-inclined, check out the presentations from the Metropolitan Museum's symposium, 'Raphael Up Close: Perspectives on Research,' held on April 18: video recording | agenda

Just opened:

  • Marcel Duchamp, MoMA. The first retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States since 1973; through August 22

  • Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship, Metropolitan Museum of Art; through July 19

  • Leon Kossoff, at Luhring Augustine; through June 20

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