Cycling in the City: A 200-Year History, “reveals the complex, creative, and often contentious relationship between New York and the bicycle” and examines the important role of cycling as the city faces challenges due to climate change, energy scarcity, and population growth. This new exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the introduction of the bicycle to New York City in 1819.
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Maker of Middle-earth
The “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth” exhibition at NYC’s Morgan Library & Museum is “the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material for several generations”. Running from January 25 through May 12, the exhibition includes drafts, drawings, maps, and memorabilia related to J.R.R. Tolkien’s books, including hand-drawn maps done by Tolkien of Middle-earth.
teamLab Borderless
When we were in Tokyo earlier this month I went to teamLab’s Borderless interactive exhibition at the Mori Building digital Art Museum in Tokyo. To say we were blown away is almost an understatement. The 10k square meter space has ~12 very large experiential spaces, each of which would have been worth the price of admission. The different spaces combined light, sound, and 3D design to create pocket universes that either stunned people into blissed out silence or made them run around gleefully. I wasn’t expecting it to be as magical as it was.
Spyscape
Adjaye Associates has unveiled designs for SPYSCAPE, a new museum and interactive experience that illuminates the world of espionage from historical secret intelligence to modern day hacking through a collection of rare artifacts, exhilarating storytelling and immersive personalized experiences. The space will use architecture as a key element of the museum experience. Inspired by the spaces occupied by the world’s most significant spy organizations, the building interiors will resemble a small town, with a variety of spaces unfolding beneath a vaulted canopy. Circulation will lead visitors through a wide range of vantage points and perspectives, playing with perceptions and drawing you into the individual pavilions.
Life at the limits
this seems worthwhile to check out, though a bit steep at 27$.
Bjork at MOMA
an exhibit to look forward to
Always daring and experimental in both her sound and aesthetics, Björk has made a name for herself not only with her music, but her striking videos, costumes, and use of multimedia. The interdisciplinary artist will debut her first retrospective, simply titled Björk, on March 8 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Great Hall
The Great Hall will reopen soon. an amazing sight.














Met Roof Garden

NYC crazy uncles
imagine 6 weird uncles in your attic, and you get New York Historical Society special exhibitions













Nicholas Roerich Museum
The Nicholas Roerich Museum is like a mini-Frick Collection but with a few exceptions–the museum is free, and all the artwork and artifacts were painted and discovered by Nicholas Roerich himself. Housed in this 3-story Upper West Side town house are over 200 works of art ranging from paintings of the Himalayas to scenes from historical references to sketches from his early days designing sets for Russian ballets like The Rite of Spring composed by Igor Stravinsky.