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Best of New York’s Holiday Giveaway
BestofNewYork.com sends off 2012 by giving away tickets to exciting things to do in NYC including: cruises, tours, museums, and sightseeing! Follow us on Twitter @BestofNewYork for updates and read our daily blogs, where we’ll include [...]
Art Attack: From African Art to the Avant-Garde at MET
A special exhibition opening tomorrow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art highlights both African artifacts and the avant-garde artists who brought them to a Western audience at the beginning of the 20th century. “African Art, New [...]
Extravagant Inventions — The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens
For those travellers who had to move back their NYC vacation thanks to Hurricane Sandy, don’t worry: You’re not missing anything! (And all of it will still be here next week, we promise). After all, the [...]
Art Attack: Halloween at New York City Museums
Halloween is just around the corner, and even the museums in NYC are in the mood for the macabre. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting a night of special events this Friday (Oct. 26) from [...]
Met Exhibit Looks at Image Manipulation in the Pre-Photoshop Age
Though “photoshop” is officially a verb, and most of us can easily retouch the family Christmas card to get rid of red-eye (or worse!), it wasn’t too long ago that you had to have some serious [...]
Optimal time to Visit New York in Summer
New York City estimates 51.5 million visitors will flock to the city this year, filling the ferry boats to the Statue of Liberty and lining up for the rare opportunity to see the Big Apple from [...]
Celebrate Mom in NYC This Mother’s Day
You never want to be caught unaware on Mother’s Day (though FYI: there are reasonably priced flowers on pretty much every corner in New York City at most delis!). That’s why we’re planning now for the [...]
The MET Debuts Chinese Print Collection
A new exhibit opening this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases some of the finest prints ever produced in China, from examples of the earliest block color printing to contemporary works by acclaimed artists. [...]
Follow Best of New York and Win Tickets!
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but when you follow @BestofNewYork on Twitter, you may just win a free ride (or a free show, or a free pass to every attraction in [...]
The Met Museum lets you Curate Your Own Art Collection
An interactive new program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art puts you in the curator’s seat. And when you sign up for this new feature on the Met’s website, you’ll be joining the ranks of a [...]
