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"Iran Inside Out" Siamak Filizadeh, Rustam Series, Photomontage digital print on canvas, various dimensions, 2009 copyright artist and courtesy of Aaran Gallery.

Iranians Express Themselves through Modern Art
After the controversial electoral candidacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the violent demonstrations following in Iran, the exhibit "Iran Inside Out" couldn't be more relevant. The exhibit will be open from June 26 until September 5, 2009 at the Chelsea Museum of Art. By Suzanne Trouve Feff

"Nagas: Hill people of India." Photo by Pablo Bartholomew.

In the hubbub of New York, discover a haven of peace at The Rubin Museum of Art.
Strictly dedicated to Himalayan Art, the Rubin Museum of Art presents the exhibit, "Nagas: Hill People of India," until September 21, 2009. The Indian photographer Pablo Bartholomew explores the Nagas civilization, a people between tradition and transition. By Suzanne Trouve Feff.

The Model as Muse Catalogue Cover.

Fashion Queens are at the MET.
Can models be the muses of the designer, creating themselves the fashions for their generation? This is the theme of the summer exhibit at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, open until August 9, 2009. By Suzanne Trouve Feff.

Installation by Chu-Yun at the New Museum for "The generational Younger than Jesus." Photo by the New Museum.

The New Museum spotlights emerging artists from around the world with the exhibit "Younger than Jesus"
The New Museum, a freshly renovated, trendy museum of the Lower East Side, is presenting the exhibit "The Generational: Younger Than Jesus" until June 14, 2009. Fifty contemporary artists are being presented from all over the world with a single unifying theme: born in the 80's, they are all younger then Jesus when he died. (That is estimated to be age 33.) By Suzanne Trouve Feff.

Enfolding 280 Hours, an installation by Sun K. Kwak at the Brooklyn Museum, March 2009.

Dive into Sun K. Kwak's ocean at the Brooklyn Museum.
In the Brooklyn Museum, more than three miles of masking tape and seven weeks have been used to transform the fifth floor Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery into an amazing abstract art installation. By Suzanne Trouve Feff.

Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894) Oarsman in a Top Hat, 1877–1878. At the Brooklyn Museum.

"Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea"
Brooklyn Museum's "Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea"is the first major showing of Caillebotte's work presented in New York City in more than thirty years. By Paulanne Simmons.