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Day Two began with a huge American breakfast. We visited the Metropolitan Museum which holds over three million artworks and objects including a stimulating exhibition of paintings and drawings from Germany in the 1920s.
After lunch, we walked across Central Park to the Guggenheim designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Its innovative structure has an immediate effect on the art it displays. The gallery played host to an impressive exhibition entitled Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso.
Later, we explored the market stalls of China Town, picking up the odd bargain before an extravagant meal in a Chinese restaurant. Our day ended with a relaxing evening soaking up the atmosphere in Smalls Jazz Club, giving us a chance to reflect on the day that passed.
We had anticipated a blanket of snow and Wednesday morning didn’t disappoint, the flurry just adding to the excitement. The Museum of Modern Art offered us her eclectic collection which inhabits such brilliant, white spaces. Examining first hand so many key Twentieth Century art works, including those of Matisse and Kandinsky, was certainly a highlight of the trip for many, only second perhaps to a jam-packed afternoon of shopping on Fifth Avenue!
Little Italy proved an ideal location for a romantic Valentine’s Day supper and we closed the evening in high style at ‘Dance Brazil’, a contemporary show of dance and live music at the historic Joyce Theatre in Chelsea.
All too soon it was our final morning. We marked a route down to central Manhattan to sample a cluster of commercial galleries in Chelsea. We were impressed by the diversity of these private collections: the drawings of William Kentridge, a political South African animator, rubbed shoulders with the animated paintings of Jacco Olivier. It is now clear to see why everyone raves about New York.
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