Photo by Dean Kaufman
A friend recently told me that she has decided to save visiting museums until she gets older and bored of shopping. I know what she means. I often make plans to go to an exhibition and get caught up in store browsing, Cosmopolitan sipping or people watching in stead.
But while I’m not a fan of the must-see sightseeing list, I believe you owe it to yourself to pop into a gallery in Soho, praise the amazing Guggenheim at Upper East Side or simply explore the ever-fabulous Museum of Modern Art (MoMa).
Photo by Dean Kaufman
NYC is such an arty city and I suggest you head for the city’s newcomer on Lower East Side. The New Museum (235 Bowery) features contemporary art and fascinating modern artist like Elizabeth Peyton’s, who has painted personalities such as Kurt Cobain and Marc Jacobs.
The outside is just as fascinating. The avant garde architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have designed the building that looks like a stack of boxes about to fall.