Whether you want to do something here at home on a rainy day this fall or hop on the train and spend a crisp autumn day in the city, there are always new museum exhibits to visit and make a fun day out of. Here are some new and intriguing ones to check out this month.
Once Upon a Bike….. 1973.
Lithograph and intaglio on paper. 20 x 25-1/2 in.
Graphic Appeal:
Modern Prints from the Collection
The Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington,
through Nov. 29
This Permanent Collection exhibition displays art of abstract, metaphorical and landscape art during the 1960s, a time when artists were experimenting with new and traditional methods.
Derriere L’Etoile. 1977.
Lithograph on paper. 36-1/4 x 74 in.
James Rosenquist: Tripartite Prints
The Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington,
through Nov. 22
A display of ‘70s pop artist James Rosenquist’s sequence of large lithographs. His work is encrypted with intricate messages about science, technology and our culture, and his political and social apprehensions. His six threefold prints are seen here together for the very first time.
(Courtesy of Intrepid Sea,Air & Space Museum)
Submerged
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Pier 86, W 46th St & 12th Ave., Manhattan, through Dec. 31
If you enjoy a hands-on, interactive experience and submarines, this one’s for you. In this exhibit, you are able to experience what it’s like to be a submarine pilot. You get the privilege of delving into the 40-foot Growler, which is the only strategic missile submarine in the United States that’s available to the public.
Mutant Leftovers
Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, through Oct. 25.
This installation exhibits artist Thu Tran’s photographs and 3-D models of his own spontaneous meals. The food borders between mouthwatering and foul. You are able to experience his grotesque leftovers wriggle, slink and leap across the 50-foot wall of
the lobby.
(Photo courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.)
Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars
The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave. at 36th Street, Manhattan, through Jan. 31, 2016.
This is the very first significant exhibit of one of the greatest 20th century American authors and his work. The exhibit focuses on the between wars period, the most creative time of Hemingway’s life. This exhibit contains his original manuscripts, short stories, notebooks and some private objects of his as well.
