Articles by Aimee Rubensteen

In Search Of True Painting: A Matisse Review

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: March 20, 2013 • Comment ()

I followed an expert around the exhibition of “Matisse: In Search of True Painting” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This tour guide was a bit shorter than usual and probably a few decades younger than I had expected. Her pigtails emphasized her playfulness, but her comments noted her seriousness about Matisse, even though she [...]

Midtown Big Town

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: March 20, 2013 • Comment ()

Sometimes staying in the city is an adventure of its own. Venture out to the Whitney Museum of American Art and explore the darker side of Pop Art at the “Sinister Pop” exhibit. Featuring Ed Rusha’s gunpowder piece and Jasper Johns’ discolored American flags, the exhibition shocks the senses and asks the viewer to reconsider [...]

Strollers Rolling in the Deep: New Museum

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: February 19, 2013 • Comment ()

As part of “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star,” Nari Ward’s Amazing Grace is on view in the New Museum’s adjacent space, Studio 231. Without the standard painting or sculpture paradigm, museum-goers and tourists usually ignore and misunderstand installation art. Surprisingly, Nari Ward’s installation is both accessible and consumable to its visitors. [...]

Midtown Big Town

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: February 19, 2013 • Comment ()

Sometimes staying in the city is an adventure of its own. Venture out to the Whitney Museum of American Art and explore the darker side of Pop Art at the “Sinister Pop” exhibit. Featuring Ed Rusha’s gunpowder piece and Jasper Johns’ discolored American flags, the exhibition shocks the senses and asks the viewer to reconsider [...]

The Pseudo-Hipster Guide to Williamsburg

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: January 29, 2013 • Comment ()

Brooklyn is a largely underrated – and underexplored – territory for Manhattanites; however, the borough is truly something to be thankful for, and should be travelled. Start your morning in Williamsburg’s quaint coffee shop, Bakeri, where waiters will serve you in fantastic blue jumpsuits (available for purchase if you’re feeling hipster enough). The lattes are [...]

The Stern Dramatics Society: Here to Stay

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: December 31, 2012 • Comment ()
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On December 19, 2012, the Stern College Dramatics Society (SCDS) performed The Government Inspector, a satirical play written by Nikolai Gogol, on a stage in Koch Auditorium. The comedy, taking place in 1830s Russia, was anything but the expected Stern show. The actors were, as usual, all female. However, this time they were not acting [...]

The Pseudo-Hipster Guide to Williamsburg

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: December 31, 2012 • Comment ()

Brooklyn is a largely underrated – and underexplored – territory for Manhattanites; however, the borough is truly something to be thankful for, and should be traveled. Start your morning in Williamsburg’s quaint coffee shop, Bakeri, where waiters will serve you in fantastic blue jumpsuits (available for purchase if you’re feeling hipster enough). The lattes are [...]

Proud to be an American with Lots of Choices

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: December 5, 2012 • Comment ()

Every American loves variety. Going for a walk can sometimes get overwhelming – but in a good way –when you are flooded with food and beverage choices of different flavors or sizes or frames. So, in honor of the new soda tax that limits our sugary beverages (and our newly chosen president), we should embrace [...]

Warhol Overload

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: November 21, 2012 • Comment ()

On October 24, 2012, The College Group at the Met organized its annual fall party with “Warhol’s Factory at the Met” that was free for all students with a valid i.d. and an interest in popular culture. Even though Andy Warhol used to be known as an avant-garde artist with his commercialist pop art, it [...]

Museum of the City of New York

By Aimee Rubensteen • Published: October 18, 2012 • Comment ()
Matt Stuart, Trafalgar Square, 2006 Matt Stuart/ Courtesy Museum of London

The New York art scene continually gravitates toward downtown, whether it is in Chelsea galleries or Lower East Side cafes. However, the art scene should venture Uptown in order to grasp the history and art that represent the city itself. Located on Museum Mile, Museum of the City of New York exhibits the classical art [...]