Don’t miss this very underrated museum in the Bronx by Yankee Stadium.
The Street Art Exhibition was going on when I visited in December.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
The Bronx, NY 10456
(718) 681-600
Open: Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm/Monday & Tuesday Closed/Wednesday-Saturday 11:00am-6:00pm
Fee: Free
My review on Tripadvisor:
I recently had some time to visit the Bronx Museum of the Arts when I was visiting Yankee Stadium recently for a football game. The museum is right down the road on the Grand Concourse. It is an impressive little museum.
I had wanted to see the exhibit “Art Versus Transit: 1977-1987” by artist Henry Chalfant who had recorded the graffiti art on the subway cars during the late 70’s into the early 1980’s. This is before the subway investing in the new subway cars that could be cleaned by hosing them off.
“Art versus Transit: 1977-1987”
The art was interesting as it was an expression of the times just when Hip-Hop was becoming popular and the City was going…
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