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Catalyst: Art and Social Justice
Catalyst: Art and Social Justice
The current exhibit installed at Gracie Mansion (through September 8, 2021), celebrating works by New York Artists since 1960 and the power of art to spark change and spur progress.
While you're waiting to view the exhibit in person, check out the brochure.
Interested in past exhibits? View information about them below!
Whether in place since the restorations of 1981 or 2002, or first lent in 2015, these artworks focused on the late Colonial, Revolutionary, and Federal periods, a timeline running roughly from 1763 to 1825.
New York 1942 included artwork, documents, and objects focused on 1942, the year Fiorello La Guardia became the first mayor to inhabit the house. As a group, these objects depicted the evolving landscape of New York City and the profound cultural and economic forces that were transforming the five boroughs into a crossroads of progressive change.
As a bridge between New York 1942 and She Persists, the Conservancy hung 15 lent works alongside some of its historic permanent collections. Together they brought diverse glimpses of New Yorkers active in industry, leisure, or — best of all — both at the same time. While some of the subjects shown are renowned, most are anonymous; and in all instances, the occasions may have passed unnoticed. A binding theme is art’s capacity to better sense the City’s endlessly varied and complex past.
She Persists featured more than 60 works done by local women between the year Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting them the right to vote and its centennial. It celebrated the city’s wide-ranging history of women’s contributions to the arts and told stories about the daily lives of all New Yorkers, revealing the ways in which those included — past and present — creatively interrogate the possibilities for progress, equality, equity, and freedom across race, class, and gender lines.
Curious about the story behind the Mayor's house? Read this brief history, provided by the team at the Gracie Mansion Conservancy about how Gracie Mansion made its journey from house to park concession and restroom to museum and, finally, back to house!
Gracie Mansion docents and friends of the house have compiled some of their favorite stories about the art and artifacts found at Gracie Mansion. Please enjoy this collection from the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, and make a list of what you're most excited to see when you can visit in person again!
While the mayoral residents of Gracie Mansion have all been men, their first ladies have stories to tell too! From the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, learn a little about the women of Gracie Mansion.
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