Musa New York, his thousand faces in pop culture

NEW YORK - You love her, you hate her, and you forgive her all kinds of madness and frenzy. It is New York, the city irresistible muse for every kind of artistic and individual expression. All its many faces and facets have become the subject of an exhibition organized by the Museum of the City of New York, which among other things celebrates the centenary of its activity. Entitled, 'This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture' (May 26-June 21, 2024), with over 400 works spanning all forms of artistic expression, from literature, poetry, cinema, art, the exhibition traces the ways in which the city is interpreted and what it means for people who live it daily or who simply visit it.
"The world has formed an idea of the city of New York through film, television, music, photography or literature," Sarah M. Henry, the Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe, Chief Curator and interim director of the Museum of the City of New York, told ANSA.
The city is the object of perennial attraction, it is interpreted and reinterpreted and continues to inspire authors of any artistic genre".
New York is a storyteller, therefore, and tells through its street life, its rhythms, its rooftops, parks, the skyline, restaurants, the vitality and diversity of its neighborhoods. ''This Is New York' is divided into four sections that occupy an entire floor of the museum. 'Time of the City' shows how the arsiti captured various aspects of joy and hardship of its streets. A 1938 shot by Berenice Abbott is a window on New Yorkers in the frenzy of their daily lives, while some songs, including Jennifer Lopez's 'Jenny from the Block', the Ramones' 'Rockaway Beach', or Ella Fitzgerald's 'Drop Me Off in Harlem', talk about the different municipalities, the Bronx, for example, for JLo or Manhattan for the Fitzgerald.
'Destination Nyc' highlights how the artists have represented the places where residents spend their free time, from Times Square to parks, beaches, bars, restaurants, theaters. A painting by Edward Hopper, 'New York Movie' shows the interior of a movie theater in Midtown with an usher in a pensive moment. The other two sections are 'At Home in New York', with the representation of domestic environments, and 'You Are Here', an immersive experience made with a collage of scenes from films that talk about the city, including 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' or 'King Kong'. (ANSA).