Editors’ Picks: 13 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week, Holiday Edition
Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and
thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. See them
below.
Through Tuesday, December
31
A view of “Angelica Hicks at Rockefeller
Center.” Photo courtesy of Art Production Fund.
1. “Angelica Hicks at
Rockefeller Center”
The Art Production Fund’s latest takeover of empty spaces at
Rockefeller Center features illustrator Angelica Hicks. She has
created a free and festive holiday map guiding tourists and locals
around nearby sites, including the famous ice-skating rink, the
77-foot-tall Christmas tree, Radio City Music Hall, and the reborn
FAO Schwarz toy store.
Location: Rockefeller Center, 45
Rockefeller Plaza
Price: Free
Time: Open daily, at all times
—Sarah Cascone
Through Wednesday, January
1, 2020
Hou de Sousa, Ziggy. Photo
courtesy of the Flatiron Partnership and Van Alen Institute.
2. “Hou de Sousa: Ziggy” at
the North Flatiron Public Plaza
The design studio Hou de Sousa is the winner of the sixth
annual Flatiron Holiday Design Competition with Ziggy, a
winding, colorful rebar structure threaded through with 27,000 feet
of iridescent cord. “This porous wall will welcome folks
arriving from all directions while ringing in the holiday season
with a flourish of color and lights,” Hou de Sousa cofounder Josh
de Sousa said in a statement.
Location: The North Flatiron Public Plaza
at the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street
Price: Free
Time: Open daily, at all times
—Sarah Cascone
Through Friday, January 3,
2020
LAB at Rockwell Group’s “Luminaries” at
the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place. Photo courtesy of Arts
Brookfield.
3. “Luminaries” at the
Winter Garden at Brookfield Place
Every year, design firm LAB at Rockwell Group transforms
Brookfield Place’s Winter Garden with a canopy of colored lights.
Visitors can view hourly light shows, and also set the lights
aglow by making wishes at one of three touch-activated stations.
For each wish, Brookfield will donate $1 (for up to $25,000) to the
nonprofit Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.
Location: Brookfield Place, Winter Garden,
230 Vesey Street
Price: Free
Time: Light shows on the hour, 8 a.m.–10
p.m.; wishing 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Through Sunday, January 5,
2020
Charles Dickens, 1867, Albumen cabinet
card by J. Gurney & Son. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of
English and American Literature.
4. “A Dickens Christmas” at
the New York Public Library
See annotated copies of Charles Dickens’s books,
including A Christmas Carol, The Chimes,
and The Cricket on the Hearth, as well as
photographs, early editions, and other items relating to the
Victorian author. Dickens is said to have performed his books in
the voices of its various characters, including during a US tour
between 1867 and 1868. The marked-up copies now on view at the New
York Public Library reveal the prompts Dickens wrote to himself to
guide the readings.
Location: The New York Public Library, 476
Fifth Avenue
Price: Free
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m.–4:45 p.m.; Monday, 10
a.m.–5:45 p.m.; Tuesday–Wednesday, 10 a.m.–7:45 p.m.;
Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m.; closing 1 p.m. December 24;
closed December 25
—Rachel Corbett
Christopher Schardt, Lyra.
Photo courtesy of Hudson Yards.
5. “Shine On” at Hudson
Yards
“Shine On” is a daily light show centered on Christopher
Schardt’s installation Lyra, a series of five
star-shaped sculptures. Set to a synchronized soundtrack of
classical holiday music, the show’s 12,000 individually
controllable LED lights will display a series of images programmed
by the artist.
Location: Hudson Yards, between 10th and 12th
Avenues from West 30th to West 34th Streets
Price: Free
Time: 5 p.m. daily
—Nan Stewart
An image illustrating Charles
Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Image courtesy of the
Morgan Library & Museum.
6. “Charles Dickens and the
Spirit of Christmas” at the Morgan Library &
Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum has once again dusted off the original
manuscript of Charles Dickens’s iconic A Christmas Carol.
This year, organizers have opened to the page where he first speaks
the line “Bah! Humbug.”
Location: The Morgan Library and Museum,
225 Madison Avenue
Price: $22
Time: Monday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.;
Friday, 10:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 11
a.m.–6 p.m.; closing 4 p.m. December 24; closed December 25 and
January 1
—Sarah Cascone
Through Tuesday, January 7,
2020
Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque
crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Garrett
Ziegler, via Flickr.
7. Christmas Tree and
Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art
One of New York’s most beautiful Christmas installations is the
Met’s 20-foot-tall blue spruce, hung with Baroque angels from an
ornate 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene. The tree is lit
every day at 4:30 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000
Fifth Avenue
Price: General admission, adults $25; seniors
$17; students $12; children under 12 free
Time: Sunday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.;
Friday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; closed December 25 and January
1
—Sarah Cascone
Through Sunday, January 12,
2020
This year’s Origami Holiday Tree is
T-Rex-themed. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural
History.
8. Origami Holiday Tree at the American Museum of Natural
History
For over 40
years, the American Museum of Natural History has celebrated the
holiday season with its festive origami holiday tree, a fir tree
decked out in 800 intricately folded little ornaments. The theme
for this year’s 13-foot tree is T. rex and Friends. The king of dinosaurs has a special place in
the museum’s history: the T. rex was first discovered, named, and
exhibited to the public by the American Museum of Natural History.
Here you can marvel at miniaturized versions of the most famous
dinosaur and then check out the museum’s current exhibition,
“T. rex: The Ultimate
Predator” (on view through August 9, 2020).
Location: American Museum
of Natural History 200 Central Park West
Price: General Admission, $23; Students and Seniors,
$18; Children (2–12) ,$13.
Time: Open daily, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.; closed December
25
—Katie White
Through Sunday, January 26,
2020
New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train
Show. Photo courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden.
9. “Holiday Train Show” at the New York
Botanical Garden
Every holiday season, the New York Botanical Garden crafts a
spectacular landscape for toy locomotives by recreating New York
monuments, including the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.
This year’s setup spotlights a delightful rendition of Central
Park, complete with its own Belvedere Castle, in honor of the
building’s recent renovation.
Location: The New York Botanical Garden,
2900 Southern Boulevard, the Bronx
Price: $18 to $30 (based on age) through
January 3, and on weekends after; $10 to $23 (based on age) on
weekdays after January 3; free entry for children under age two
throughout the show’s run
Time: Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; open
until 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 26 and Sunday, December 29; also
open 10 a.m.–6 p.m. on Monday, December 30
—Tim Schneider
Through Saturday, January
12, 2020
Courtesy of The New York Hall of
Science.
10. “GingerBread Lane” at
the the New York Hall of Science
The New York Hall of Science holds a Guinness world record for
hosting the largest gingerbread village ever made. Creator John
Lovitch uses candy canes, jelly beans, and more to construct a
fully edible masterpiece. Gingerbread-building workshops will take
place at set times between December 27 and December 30 for an
additional fee.
Location: New York Hall of Science, 47-01
111th Street, Queens
Price: $13 children, $16 adults, workshops
are an additional $15
Time: Monday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.; contact museum for holiday
closures
—Cristina Cruz
Staten Island Winter Lantern Festival.
Photo courtesy of JMT Media/NYC Winter Lantern Festival.
11. “The Winter Lantern
Festival” at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical
Garden
Now in its second year, this family-friendly whimsical world of
light—there are over 1,000 colorful lanterns—invites visitors to
enjoy eight acres of fantastic attractions, live cultural shows,
and interactive exhibits.
Location: 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten
Island
Price: $25 for adults; $17 for kids; $20 for
students, seniors, and military and groups over 30 people
Time: Wednesday–Thursday, 5 p.m.–9:30 p.m.;
Friday–Sunday and December 30 and 31, 5 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
—Eileen Kinsella
Jac Lahav, RBG Mistletoe. Photo
courtesy of BravinLee programs.
12. “Ho Hum All Ye Faithful” at BravinLee
programs
For BravinLee’s third ornament-themed group show—the first two
were in 1991 and 2007—the gallery has received contributions from a
wide range of artists including Sophia Narrett, Erik Olson, and Rob
Pruitt.
Location: BravinLee programs, 526 West
26th Street, Suite 211
Price: Free
Time: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.;
contact gallery for holiday closures
—Sarah Cascone
Through Sunday, February
23, 2020
The New-York Historical Society, the
Jerni Collection with Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat illustration, ©2019
the Richard Scarry Corporation.
13. “Holiday Express: All Aboard
to Richard Scarry’s Busytown” at the New-York Historical
Society
In celebration of the 100th birthday of Richard Scarry, the
New-York Historical Society has revamped its annual Holiday Express
exhibition of model trains to feature characters from the author
and illustrator’s beloved Busytown.
Location: New-York Historical Society, 170
Central Park West at West 77th Street
Price: $21
Time: Tuesday–Thursday, Saturday, 10 a.m.–6
p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5
p.m.; closing 3 p.m. December 24 and 31
—Sarah Cascone
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