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Announces several art exhibitions in New York City for March 1995. Includes `My Andy,' that comprises Deborah Kass' reinventions of various works by Andy Warhol; `American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,' with works by Jack Beal, Sylvia Plimack Mangold and John Wislow; List of museums in New York City. INSET: Melancholy brilliance, by Mark Stevens..

Discusses how the publication, '20 Years of Style: The World According to Paper' details fashion trends and cultural fads throughout history. Reference to the commodification of street art in New York City; Differences between art exhibits in the Lower East Side and Upper East Side; How an exhibit on the East Village will be on display at the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

The article features cut-paper floral shadow box by Myra Bates Willcutt, which is part of the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. According to the article, the shadow box is a 19th-century example of the female accomplishment known as "quillwork," the art of fancy paperwork. It describes the fancy paperwork process.

The article offers information on art exhibitions in New York City for the week of June 13, 2007 including "Emancipatory Action: Paula Trope and the Meninos," at The Americas Society, "Condensation: Five Video Works by Chen Chieh-Jen," by the Asia Society, "21 Positions," at the Austrian Cultural Forum," "Frederico Urbie: Human Nature," at the Chelsea Art Museum, and "Paper," at the Fisher Landau Center For Art.

The article provides information on several art exhibitions in New York City as of May 29, 2006. Girodet: Romantic Rebel, a retrospective of paintings and works on paper by French artist Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, opens at the Metropolitan Museum on May 25. The Museum of Modern Art features the exhibition Against the Grain: Contemporary Art From the Edward R. Broida Collection. The National Academy Museum holds its 180st annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art.

Announces the Family Days, an event showing the mathematical art of paper engineering demonstrated by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda held at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City on November 20, 2005.

The article presents the life of Sarah Newmeyer as a press agent in the fifth floor of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum's exhibitions included the finest collection of Italian masterpieces. Newmeyer stopped a publicity in a big show of the paintings of Salvador Dali. The author believes that as long as Sally is in the museum, it will continue to make the papers.

This article previews museum and library exhibits taking place in New York City during July of 2006. An art exhibit entitled "Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings" will appear at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in July of 2006. A "Dada" art exhibit will appear at the Museum of Modern Art in July of 2006. "No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper," will appear at the Guggenheim Museum in July of 2006.

The article presents information regarding Jean-Honoré Fragonard's 1774 drawings of a fisherman pulling a net and a fisherman leaning on an oar. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City acquired these red chalk drawings on cream antique laid paper in 2006 through the help of gifts from Walter and Leonore Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation. In spite of their somewhat ragged clothing and bare feet, the fishermen are shown to be dashing figures with their billowy jackets, broad-brimmed hats and looped-over sashes.

Evaluates the exhibit of the works of William Scott at the Denise Bibro gallery in New York City. Two rather distinct approaches to Scott's work; Celtic artist who was a key member of the mid-20th-century British art pantheon; Show of 30 works on paper; Still-life artist; Experimentation with simplified abstractions.

Features the art exhibit "Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and "Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper," at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Role of the artists in the modernism movement; Comparison of the works of Rubens with his contemporaries Vermeer and Rembrandt; Similarities between Rubens and Twombly.

Profiles George R. Goldner, chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's department of drawings and prints in New York City. Recollection of the museum's bid for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci at a Sotheby's auction in London, England; Educational achievement; Origin of his interest in works on paper.

Presents information on the exhibition `Anselm Kiefer: Works on Paper, 1969-93,' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York. Brief profile of Kiefer; Kiefer's artistic style; Background of Kiefer's `On the Rhine.'

Focuses on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's mini-retrospective of works on paper by Anselm Kiefer. Comments on Kiefer's art; Description of Kiefer's work.

The article presents the schedule of Alexandre Gallery in New York City such as its opening hours starting September 10, 2011, the exhibition "Small Works on Paper from the 1950s," featuring the works of Will Barnet through October 15, 2011, and the presentation "Recent Works," showing the works of Brett Bigbee from October 20, 2011.

The article presents information regarding a British portrait drawing of a lady by Joseph Wright "of Derby," circa 1768-1772. This drawing, which is made up of grisaille pastel on blue laid paper, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2007 through the Rogers Fund. This particular drawing is part of a set of about a dozen head studies in chalks or pastels that Wright made during the decade before 1773. However, this drawing is not related to a known commission for a portrait, and the informality indicates that the model was intended to be seen as a character type.

The article presents information regarding a watercolor painting on white wove paper, entitled "Rising Road with Mount Tamalpais," by the American artists Percy Gray in 1910. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City acquired this art object in 2006 through the help of a gift from Donald C. Whitton, in memory of Robert Emory Johnson. This painting is among Gray's earlier works, which call to mind some of William Merritt Chase's Shinnecock landscapes, including the watercolor paintings of Barbizon-style artists.

The article presents information regarding a brush and ink drawing on paper on a nude subject by Henri Matisse between 1905-1906. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City acquired this art object in 2007 with the help of a gift from Joan and Lestern Avnet. This drawing was used by Matisse as a study for the central character in his popular painting, "Bonheur de vivre," which is now in the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania. It is observed that the body of the reclining nude woman has become an iconic image in modern art's history.

The article presents information on a Japanese ink on paper painting by Kano Tanyū of "The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment" during the Edo period in 1635-1645. Tanyū, the shogun's official painter, executed the painting while Takuan Sōhō inscribed it. The painting depicts the historic instant in Zen legend when Huineng, the sixth patriarch, suddenly attained enlightenment while splitting a bamboo branch for firewood. It is observed that the painting demonstrates Tanyū's skill.

The article features a portfolio of 15 offset lithographs with silkscreen by Kara Walker, which is part of the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The artist used cut paper silhouettes traditionally associated with 19th-century portrait profiles of upper middle-class sitters.

The article features the oil painting "Two women," by Willem de Kooning, which is part of the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The artist used various colors such as yellow, red and green in this painting on paper of two nearly nude females. According to the article, de Kooning made the painting in an enclosed porch at a rented house in East Hampton, New York.

The article features a red chalk drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, which is part of the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The preserved study of a young boy's head was drawn by Tiepolo in red chalk on blue-gray paper. According to the article, the drawing technique, style and scale are comparable to two autograph sheets that were preparatory to Tiepolo's altarpieces depicting the martyrdom of Saint Agatha.

Focuses on New York City's Neue Galerie, which is bringing the high design of Wiener Werkstätte to shoppers with Neue Galerie Haus, a line of historically accurate objects. Examples of objects that will be sold at the museum's design shop, including wallpaper and textiles; Perception of the endeavor as a marriage of curators and commerce.

Focuses on the retrospective exhibition of the work of Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Transfer of oppositional messages onto redeemable Coca-Cola bottles; Stamping of resistant slogans on paper money of various denominations; Paradox of money and commodities; Engagement of a complementary set of spatial problems.

Features an ancient Asian fabric at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Origin; Size; Silk and gilded-paper tapestry; Design; Sakya-pa style.