“Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937.” This will be the first major U.S. museum exhibition devoted to the infamous display of modern art by the Nazis since the 1991 presentation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The one photo I was able to take-

The Nazis had the audacity to confiscate thousands of works of art: the pieces that were classical in nature were approved. The pieces of modern art were not; they were deemed “degenerate” and were displayed as such. Over five thousand works of art were destroyed by the Nazis. This was evidenced in the exhibit where empty picture frames were hung with a tag. Art gone forever, but the frames held the ghosts.

The museum houses two wonderful cafés–The Sabarsky Café, the upper café is brighter though noisier the Die Fledermaus below, and has a beautiful marble fireplace. The fare is German. Excellent!

 

I noticed a gentleman by the door waiting with a couple for a table and he looked very familiar. After he sat down and I heard his voice in the crowd I realized it was Zach Grenier (David Lee, on The Good Wife). The strange thing is I always thought Mr. Grenier looked like my father when he was young. The face shape is the same but my dad wore glasses. I would be transfixed on his face when he came on the screen and there he walks in to the restaurant where I am sitting.

 

Zach Grenier, the actor at lunch.
You’re always seeing someone from the arts in New York City.

 

Yes, that’s $3.50/hr. to park your car on the street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan