Christmas in New York City - Art Galleries & Theatre

Christmas in New York City - Galleries & Theatre

This Christmas visit to New York I was fortunate to see the Musical, South Pacific at the Lincoln Center, and two Art Galleries; Georgia O'Keeffe at The Whitney Museum of Modern Art and Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum.  I love theatre in New York.  There is something very special about getting dressed up and the excitement of the opening strains from the Orchestra.  It was a toss up between the new play 'A Little Night Music', the latest revival of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical with Angela Lansbury and  Catherine Zeta-Jones, or the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'South Pacific' at the Lincoln Center.  I am happy to say that I saw South Pacific and it was as good as the concierge at my Hotel said it was.  There was something soothing about hearing songs that I have grown up with and are so familiar.  The theme song "Some Enchanted Evening," stayed with me for several days. Here is the YouTube version of 'Some Enchanted Evening' you can listen to. 

 
South Pacific at Lincoln Center 

The Guggenheim Museum had a wonderful exhibit of the work of the Russian artist, Vasily Kandinsky, who was a pioneer of Abstract Art and broke new ground in painting in the first decades of the twentieth century.  The Guggenheim designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was opened in 1959 and, rightly so, is claimed to be one of his most famous masterpieces. The spiraling design of the interior makes this museum one of the best venue's I have ever been in to view an art exhibit.  As you walk up the spiral ramps you can view the pieces of artwork as a whole.  Magnificent!!!

  

  

 

The view from the roof top of the Guggenheim across the reservoir & jogging trail of Central Park. (above left & below right)
I want this townhouse!! (above right)

 

These are two of my favourite pieces by Kandinsky from the exhibit.  You can view the exhibit on line here.

After the exhibit we got directions to a local's favourite restaurant on E. 73rd Street and I had a most memorable lunch of Arugula salad topped with sliced roasted artichokes and topped off with large, (very large) paper fine slices of Parmigiano-Reggiano.  Yummm!!

Via Quadronno on E. 73rd Street. (left) A Beautiful piece of street sculpture outside the restaurant. (right)

The walk back to the Hotel was in typical New York style; down streets lined with beautiful townhouses all decorated for the holiday season, past apartments with uniformed concierges, amongst the locals walking their dogs, across streets backed up with bumper to bumper honking taxis, and a short jaunt through Central Park.

    
Townhouses decorated for Christmas on E 73rd Street

  
Fifth Avenue

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart.

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas

From the bottom of my heart.

Patricia Gray is an award winning Interior Designer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who blogs about "WHAT'S HOT"
in the world of Interior Design: New and Emerging Trends, Contemporary Design, Modern Architecture and Travel,
as well as how your surroundings can enhance the world around you.
© Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™ 2009