Wrap it up...

The famous Plaza Hotel on Central Park South is getting a facade restoration and when the ugly scaffolding goes up, so does a clever nylon banner with a drawing of the famous facade. According to some reports it is 62,000 square feet or 1 1/2 football fields. Fit for the Plaza indeed! 

 

We built this city...

No Limit by Alex Arrechea is an exhibit presented by the Fund for Park Avenue on the green spaces on Park Avenue between 57th and 67th Street.   Taking the buildings of the city as inspiration and giving them a twist, stretch or pull - some great public art is born!

 

The Haunted Brownstone...

Incredible display at a Brownstone on 72nd Street and Madison.  So clever, so scary, so Halloween!!!  Love the possessed jester marionette!  Scream!

POP goes the art...

A fun window of POP art at the Gagosian Gallery Store introducing the new App for the store.  Love the references to Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami and all the color!

15 minutes of fame...

A public art exhibit of Andy Warhol in Union Square. AH had his studio near the square, and Rob Pruitt's tribute statue will be on display through October 2.  Love public art in NYC!

The year of the...

Rabbit, or the Dragon, or the Snake, or the Horse, or the ... another public art display. This one is in the fountain in front of The Plaza hotel. Now through July 15,  Artist Ai Weiwei's "Zodiac Heads" are on display, inspired by the zodiac heads that graced the Yuanming Yuan fountain from the 18th century. I love the look of them although the Rabbit and the Rat look a little cartoonish -compared to the others.

A rose by any other name...

It's not a window... but great a public art exhibit on Park Avenue for the new few months. Will Ryman's The Roses. A burst of Spring in midtown!

Circle in the square...

Holiday at my local frame store Acanthus and Reed -- simple and does the trick-- unfortunately the picture does not give justice to how each ornament shines and sparkles .

Picture perfect

The Acanthus and Reed frame store on the Upper East Side - always has fun things hanging in the window. This time different t-shirts and tickets from a local community theatre turned in a framed piece. Fun

Checkmate

A carpet store on the Upper East Side -- might be a little rough - but very clever.