Came for Restaurant Week, left genuinely impressed…read more Gallery by Odo absolutely delivered. We started with the yellowtail crudo, Wagyu tartare, and smoked salmon. All three were excellent, but the Wagyu tartare was the standout. The sauce on it was unreal. Rich, savory, and almost peanut-y in the best way. I would have happily eaten it with a spoon. For mains, my udon was perfectly done with deep flavor and super satisfying. My wife's burger was OUT OF CONTROL. Truly stop talking and just take another bite level good. Everything tasted thoughtful and high quality, and Restaurant Week still felt like the full experience. We will be back.

I've been to The Gallery twice now; once for a nice dinner, and once for the restaurant week menu…read more First, I'll say this place really delivers an experience, not just a meal. The interior is beautiful, with plants and art creating a serene atmosphere that somehow matches the menu. Well worth a visit for the setting. The food itself is good, on both occasions I felt the sashimi was well prepared and fresh. Other dishes didn't blow me away; the udon was fine (and it's cool that they bring it over a flame, so that it finishes cooking right in front of you). Overall worth a splurge for the unique experience more than the food, it's a nice place for a relaxing dinner in an intimate setting.

NYC is filled with amazing galleries including David Zwirner. Loved the Yayoi Kusama exhibit a few…read moreyears ago... colorful, playful, gigantic!

Amazing venue. We saw a comprehensive Lisa Yuskavage exhibit. The paintings were something…read more Hadn't heard of her. She's a big deal. Excellent skills. The art is provocative and ambiguous. Spent some time reading about her. The exhibition focuses on a narrow range of her work. Would happily return.

Great gallery, my favorite show was Center of Gravity by Tim Eitel. Enjoying their service for many…read moreyears.

My friend and I visited this gallery to buy an art piece of Alexander Calder's mobile. It was…read moreamazing even though I couldn't afford any art piece in this gallery, the minimum worth was $200,000 and my friend's favorite was 17 millions. The reason the price was high because every single element of his Art makes people excited. Alexander Calder is the creator of the mobile, inspired by Piet Mondrian and Joan Miro. And the name 'mobile' given by Marcel Duchamp, very famous for the 'Fountain'. I was also very excited to see many art piece of Alexander Calder at once and never visited to buy and negotiate the price of the Art. My first time experience. The gallery manager was very kind and explained everything we wanted. I will come back as many as possible.

More than one Gagosian, so make sure you're at the right one. This is the one is located at W 24th…read morest. A large, open space, though no windows beyond the front. I saw Nathaniel Mary Quinn's composite collage exhibition. Colorful, disconcerting, engaging. Gagosian has several locations, putting on multiple mediums. Contemporary, sculpture, porcelain, paint, photography. Free entry. Near multiple galleries.

I popped in to see Between the Clock and the Bed - Jasper Johns. My first go at Gagosian. When a…read moresmall intentional themed exhibit is paired with the 'tour guide' being the person who put the exhibit together .. it's very hard to beat. You learn about the artist, their expressive alphabet, how to 'read' the painting as a viewer, how their expressive style enriched over time, their inspirations and how they weave into the paintings and more. Comparing it to MoMa and the bigs are meal to patisserie comparison. When it hit the mark as it did here, Gagosian was a delightful experience.

It being such a hot summer day, checking out the art at the Gagosian was a doubly great idea. My…read moreinitial thought was the Picasso exhibit at the location to the west of Central Park, but a friend told me about the Takashi Murakami Japonisme exhibit at the Gagosian which was near the Genesis House. Perfect! The Gagosian gallery area wasn't huge, but held a lot of pieces, both large and small. The staff encouraged me to not get too close, in order to protect the artwork, but I was still able to see the textures and to locate the little fun surprises hidden in the paintings. This was a great exhibit for even those who are not normally into art.

Gagosian featured the striking paintingd of Takashi Murakami. He uses a very distinct traditional…read moreJapanese art in the shown work. Later he progressed to brightly colored pop art. He is well known for what he created called as Superflat art movement. Street and lot parking.

A huge and sprawling space that's way more of an immersive experience than your typical gallery…read more But also way more likely to give off the "too cool for school vibe."

Part of our art crawl. We loved Rashid Johnson's installation, "Fly Away". Art brilliance.read more

Both the library and the museum were gorgeous. I came here for the Tarot Cards exhibit and was…read moredeeply satisfied by the richness of what I saw, from Renaissance European tarot decks to hand-drawn copies of the Thoth Tarot. Everything was beautiful and enchanting. I was also fortunate to join the 2 p.m. guided tour of the library. It was enriching to learn about the connections between the collections of rare books and artworks and J.P. Morgan's religious background. I truly loved the experience.

It was pure coincidence that Jamie W and I came here on the same visit to NYC in which we saw the…read morebrilliant revival of "Ragtime" at Lincoln Center. The Morgan Library is the setting for the bullet-ridden plot climax, and one of the characters even describes the building's architectural fortitude. I had been wanting to come here for some time, but it took drizzly weather to motivate us to take action. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J.P. Morgan, it's on Madison just a few blocks from the other Gilded Age masterpieces, the New York Public Library and Grand Central Terminal. Presuming we would see the foreboding double doors Coalhouse Walker faced in the show, we were pleasantly surprised by the openness of the glass-enclosed central court designed by Renzo Piano. There's a cafe that takes advantage of the incoming light, but we took a pass on it since we just ate at Grand Brasserie. Instead we took advantage of the glass elevator to take us to the photographic exhibition of Peter Hujar, the late artist who captured New York's bohemian and queer scenes through striking black-and-white portraits (Photo 6). The main event, however, is the historic McKim Building: It was the original private library, and in typical grandeur, features three stories of tiered, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, magnificent fireplaces, ornate ceilings, and a gorgeous Rotunda (Photo 5). Morgan's study is the West Room with walls covered in rich red damask (Photo 4) and a vault dedicated to his most valuable books, manuscripts, and art objects (Photo 8). Admission is $25 for adults. RELATED - Exploring NYC? Here's a collection of non-culinary places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/XMJZUPgXsX

Christie's 20 Rockefeller Plaza…read moreNew York, NY 10020 This prestigious auction house is located in the heart of Rockefeller Center. Throughout the year, different types of memorabilia are on display to the public before being auctioned. During my visit, I saw a wide variety of memorabilia from the Jim Irsay Collection. This included movie props, screenplays, music, sports, and autographs. I was especially impressed when I witnessed the Golden Ticket, a signed Babe Ruth baseball, and The Beatles drumset. Admission is free and complimentary cookies and coffee are served in the lobby. Due to the value of the merchandise, all visitors must pass through a metal detector. Large size bags are not allowed in the gallery, but they may be left at the Coat Check. The only disadvantage is that the exhibitions are temporary. If there is a specific exhibit you wish to view, drop everything and head over immediately before the souvenirs are sold. #jimirsaycollection #christiesnyc #christiesnycauction #rockefellercenternyc #christiesauction

Came here for an exhibit and it was alright. I'd say most of the stuff are overpriced for their…read moreauctions. Perhaps I am not wealthy?! ; )

Free, open Sundays, extremely friendly staff, and frequently changing exhibits - can't really beat…read morethat. Featuring two exhibits when I visited, one entitled peep show and the other Pistoletto I must admit I was rather taken aback by the frankly graphic nature of Peep Show, though certainly not offended - but rather intrigued and quite impressed by the photography displayed at Pistoletto. All told the exhibit contained about 2/3 as much art as Neue and 1/4 as much as Guggenheim - and was $10 and $18 cheaper than each, respectively - and I enjoyed the James staff and approach much more. On par with any of the Chelsea Galleries and better than most - and free.

From the owner: Facing Fifth Avenue, the James Gallery is a focal point of CUNY Graduate Center's campus and a…read moreconspicuous presence amidst its surrounding commercial storefronts. Under the leadership of its director Linda Norden, the gallery is generating an ambitious experimental and mostly contemporary, exhibition program.

This gallery caught our eyes while walking by on our 5th Ave adventure. The first time going by we…read moremade plans to return since the art looked so nice. It had a good variety of art and enjoyed, the most common thing was many different forms of butterfly art. Lots of eye catching things and plenty of pieces to make you think. It is a smaller sized gallery so you can easily visit and admire the art with a short amount of time. Which I definitely recommend was a great place to get away from the large holiday crowds of 5th Avenue. There were a number of people working for the gallery who I assume could answer any questions you have about a specific piece. Not a clue on prices, but assume they are pricey. If you are a fan of art check this out!

So many beautiful and artsy pieces!…read more Upon entering, you're greeted by a security guard, who was actually quite friendly. The art studio is two levels, but apparently, in order to peruse the second level, you have to be "somebody" in this world -- meaning, affluence, influence, ya know....you better have that paper. I don't have that kind of paper, so my humble self stayed on the lower level lol. The selections were unique, some were comical, and simply fun to look at. The pieces are definitely pricey, but it was nice to see the art and dream of a mansion with expensive pieces adoring the walls. I'd say give this place a visit if you need something to do while in the city. 10/10