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Embark on an immersive art tour in NYC and explore the iconic galleries and museums, while learning about the history, techniques, and significance of various art movements.

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Spanish Art at the MET: From El Greco to Picasso

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

This year marks the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s death. To commemorate the occasion, the MET is showcasing all of it’s canvases by this mysterious figure , along with its already rich collection of works by Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, and Pablo Picasso.  Over the course of two hours, we will trace key characteristics of Spanish art–flattened perspective, a dark color palette, inattention to setting–from one master...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Delacroix at the MET

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

Eugene Delacroix once said, “If you are not skillful enough to sketch a man jumping out of a window in the time it takes him to fall to the ground, you will never be able to produce great works.” Indeed, Delacroix was a speedy draftsman, and a forceful painter. Though he has always been considered influential, he has never had an American retrospective…until now.  Together, we will see how this Romantic master eschewed perfection;...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Chelsea First-of-Season Gallery Tour

New York Gallery Tours @ 526 W 26th St, New York, NY

Our First-of-Season Chelsea gallery tour will feature the top exhibits from Chelsea’s 300 galleries, the world’s center for contemporary art! You’ll see painting, sculpture, electronic media, and photography. Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave without you. All sales are final, and tickets are valid only on the date for which it was purchased. Tours take place no matter the temperature or weather, as the art...

(45) All levels 18 and older
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Explore private group events and team building activities ranging from cooking to art, escape rooms, trivia, and more

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The Contemporary Scene in Chelsea

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

Chelsea’s shows are unbeatable. This class will focus on five of this season’s most memorable and talked about exhibitions. Museum admission included.

(12) All levels 16 and older
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NYC Gallery Tour

ArtClassBklyn.com

Walking NYC Gallery tours We will meet and visit contemporary Art galleries as well as museums in Chelsea and uptown Manhattan. 

(13) All levels 18 and older
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Alberto Burri: Art as Therapy

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY

The new retrospective, Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting,delves into the healing power of art. Italian doctor-turned-artist, Alberto Burri (1915-1995), served as a medic during World War II, but began painting while he was a prisoner of war in Texas. Upon his release, it became his full-time career and deep passion. By stitching burlap and other found materials into textured collages, Burri reenacted the healing process he’d...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Long Island City Gallery Tour

West Harlem Art Fund

Groups will view contemporary and emerging art works in one of the hottest artist communities in NYC. Participants will led to several galleries and artist’s studios in the vicinity. Enjoy an inside view of a unique community right across the East River. Long Island City is an interesting mix of old, manufacturing, new industry, artist’s studios and galleries. Their tour will take travelers through the street and avenues of this western Queens...

(5) All levels 13 and older
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Transatlantic Dialogues at the MET

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

The Metropolitan Museum recently unveiled a novel installation, “Reimagining Modernism,” which highlights the interplay between Europe and America in the early twentieth century. Most histories of modern art focus largely on European trailblazers, and New York’s musuems have been all too happy to reinforce that notion.  This exhibition constitutes a sea-change by setting up provocative juxtapositions of European and American masters....

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Kehinde Wiley and Basquiat

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

Kehinde Wiley is only 37, yet in his ongoing retrospective, he has set himself a lofty goal: to offer a “new way of seeing black and brown bodies all over the world.” By inserting ordinary African Americans into well-known Western masterpieces, Wiley highlights the absence of black subjects in art history and endeavors to correct the mistake. His bright, meticulously composed canvases contrast sharply with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s messy graffiti-based...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Fall in Chelsea

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 555 W 24th St, New York, NY

Chelsea is finally emerging from its long summer slump, so come explore with us! Over the course of two hours, we’ll peruse five very different exhibitions, including photography by Luc Tuymans, an immersive installation by Sarah Sze, Roy Lichtenstein’s historic Greene Street Mural, and new portraits by the indomitable Chuck Close. Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of this season’s most talked about exhibitions! Museum...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Frank Stella at the Whitney

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

For its first major retrospective, the new Whitney highlights the career of Frank Stella, who, at 79, still clings to abstraction and its many possibilities. In fact, according to the New York Times, “Stella has done more than any other living artist to carry abstract art… into the postmodern era.” Yet, by his own admission, he’s unabashedly out of step with contemporary trends. We will evaluate the truth of each aforementioned...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Fall Shows in Chelsea

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 555 W 24th St, New York, NY

This class will focus on a handful of major players in the contemporary art world. We will stop in four of Chelsea’s highly influential galleries to see the some of the most popular shows of the moment. We’ll conclude with a stroll along the High Line, where we’ll see the beautiful park’s new sculptures installations. All of our classes allow participants to learn directly from original art and architectural objects. Each class session...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Noho gallery tour

New York Gallery Tours

Our Noho tour will feature contemporary galleries in the city's newest art neighborhood, just as chic as neighboring Soho! We lead this tour just a couple of times a year. Our director, with a Ph.D. in arts education, visits all current exhibits and selects the 7 most extraordinary for you to see. At each stop there will be an explanation of the artwork and then lively discussion. Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave...

(45) All levels 1 and older
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Countryside: The Future

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

Rem Koolhaas has organized this incredibly unique exhibition focusing on innovations happening in the countryside, which makes up 98% of the earth’s surface. Together we’ll discuss issues like migration, climate change, and evolution. This is the first time the Guggenheim has undertaken such an interdisciplinary exhibition, which is more focused on land use and ecology than aesthetics. We will spend 2 hours exploring Art and China After...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Graffiti Art Tour in Bushwick Brooklyn

New York Gallery Tours

Bushwick Brooklyn is the world’s epicenter for graffiti street art, with artists creating new works there all the time, in full public view.  See the section of Bushwick with the most exceptional graffiti art, where pure creativity is unleashed – no holds barred – in BLAZING COLOR.  Be sure to arrive early or on time, so that the tour doesn’t leave without you.  All sales are final, and tickets are valid...

(45) Beginner 1 and older
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Basquiat

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours

In the current exhibition, Basquiat: The Unkown Notebooks, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s messy graffiti-based paintings are set amidst a collection of 160 notebook pages, which include poetry, sketches, and wordplay, illustrating the connection between text and image throughout Basquiat’s oeuvre. Throughout his career, Basquiat tackled issues of race, class, sexuality and the politics of representation. Museum admission included. You will receive...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Winter in Chelsea

Lauren A Kaplan Art Tours @ 555 W 24th St, New York, NY

We will stop in five of the season’s most talked-about and thoughtful exhibitions, sparking provocative discussions about the contemporary art scene. Artists will include: Donald Judd, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Bradford, and Stephen Wilkes, among others. Museum admission included. Note: You will receive a discount if you register for 2 or more classes or if you bring someone with you. Classes will be capped at 10 people. Please...

(12) All levels 16 and older
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Frank Stella Teen Night

Whitney Museum of American Art

On Friday December 4, New York City high school students are invited to the Whitney to explore Frank Stella: A Retrospective through teen-led gallery activities and a giant collaborative art installation! This event is free to attend. Refreshments and art materials provided. 

(3) All levels 13 - 18 years old
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Artist Studio Tour: Brooklyn Saturdays

A Day In Art

A Day In Art Brooklyn Saturdays are tours to artist studios led by New York City based visual artist Jo Wood-Brown and emerging curator Alyssa Johnson. Our tours are noted for their inclusive and interactive dialog in a shared dynamic between art history, artist, viewer and the art-work. What you will Learn: This season, A Day in Art working to connect art with our political, social, and cultural concerns of the 21st century visits local...

All levels 18 and older
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Artist & Me at The Metropolitan Museum (3-5 year old)

Zshuk Art Initiative @ 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY

Museum Education Series designed to advance children’s cognitive development, through exploration of art materials and techniques used by the artists to stimulate imagination, help children construct meanings about the world,develop a global perspective andpromote art appreciation. Children study from the original works of art and create their own work right in the gallery of world’s most famous museum. How does Zshuk Museum Education Series...

Beginner 3 - 5 years old
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$360

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