Lions, dinosaurs and a giant whale are just some treasures found at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City.
However, no matter how amazing the museum is portrayed in the movies, it fails to live up to expectations. Between the disrepair of old exhibits and frequent misrepresentation of cultures, the AMNH must change to maintain its relevance.
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Read MoreYou can now ditch the weekend trip to the Pocono’s and connect with nature at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit "Public, Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence."
Read MoreI walk through the wide-framed, grey walls of Gallery 800, the Rodin Gallery, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detailed forms of human statues, made of various bronze and clay materials, are riddled throughout. But in the hallway right outside the gallery my eyes stop, mesmerized. A teenage woman with a face of piercing dedication and purity stands in a lonely looking garden. The plaque reads: Bastien-Lepage of Lorraine’s “Joan of Arc.”
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Read MoreNightlife is endless in New York City. For a college student on a budget, however, the city most definitely has a bedtime. When ramen noodles are the only thing in the pantry, and the refrigerator is close to bare, it’s difficult for students to find something to do on a Friday night that doesn’t break the bank.Or maybe, we are simply not looking in the right places. The other day, I saw four different art exhibitions in one night. I mixed and mingled with art curators, hipsters, and all it cost me was a subway ride. Here is where I ended up.
Read MoreThe issue of immigration comes from a personal place for Ai Weiwei; he himself is a political refugee. He experienced exile growing up in China and as an immigrant student in New York. In 2011, he was abducted and tortured by his home country after vocalizing his oppositions to their human rights reforms.
Read MoreKusama’s artistic endeavours have spanned some of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century including Minimalism and Pop art. At 89 years old, Kusama continues to impress audiences of all age-ranges. As an avant-garde artist, Kusama’s work is diverse and unique, containing sensory, utopian, hallucinatory, and obsessive themes.
Read MoreA recently discovered Leonardo da Vinci painting was showcased in New York City at Christie’s auction house. "Salvator Mundi," a portrait of Christ, has an eerie resemblance to the famed "Mona Lisa." The painting was sold at auction for $450 million on Nov. 15, making it the most expensive painting ever sold.
Read MoreRather than gathering an awe-inspiring collection of the most expensive and striking Rodin sculptures, it feels as if the curators made a scrapbook of his life. I found myself smiling at the paintings as I learned about who Rodin was, how he worked, and what his friends thought of him.
Read MoreThe first visible piece is a cast-iron sculpture of a man suspended in the air, his silver body horizontal to the ground. He is clearly in motion, contorted like an eel, swimming unconventionally through some invisible body of water. Behind him are more statues, also made of cast iron and aluminum.
Read MoreEach morning the habitation form of the structure is disassembled and over the course of the day, reassembled in order to become a bridge to the next day’s supplies before turning back into a shelter against the cold November nights. Their route is marked along the plaza by a series of poles atop small caches of supplies for the next day, and their progress is shown by a string of lights along the top of the poles.
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