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Storm King Art Center
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16 reviews for Storm King Art Center
Yet another great escape from NYC. The ultimate mini get-away from city life.
This place is truly unique and definitely stands out among the rest. It's like a zoo for art sculptures. But even if you're not into sculptures and art, this place is just really relaxing and it's fun to walk around and take in the beautifulness of the surroundings. Pictures don't do the place justice. You literally have to see it to believe it.
Logistics:
This place is about an hour and a half away from NYC. There is actually a shortline bus that leaves from Port Authority. Bus tickets are about $44 (which isn't too bad, considering it's a full day trip). Unfortunately, Storm King is closed for season, but they will be reopening April 1, 2010 for their 50th Anniversary(!!!) Get Excited!
I am really impressed on how well this place is maintained.
The immaculately landscaped grounds are a perfect setting for these modern works of art. Even if you are not an avid art fan you will still be mesmerized by how the natural terrain, maintained areas and art installments flow together.
It's a great escape from the city. Pack your walking shoes, a picnic, bring someone you love and find a spot under a steel sculpture to take in the beauty of this place.
One will wonder if the giant artists left their masterpiece in this beautiful place?
This park is the jewel of the Hudson. 500 and more different masterpiece in the natural habitat make the perfect play ground for whoever has young hearts.
Awesome!!
Big, beautiful space with huge, impressive sculptures. If you want to see everything, give yourself plenty of time (hours) and wear comfortable walking shoes. All of the pieces are given enough space and don't feel crowded in, which is very impressive for pieces this size. Brilliant.
This place is amazing. 500 acres of land with sculptures that seem to dwarf the landscape. I took my teen daughter here for part of her school vacation and we had such a good time. She has been asking to go back again. Lots of modern sculptures including my favorite Alexander Calder. She discovered how much she liked Sol LeWitt. Over a 100 sculptures to experience and see.
Go in the Spring, in rainy weather like we did, and you will have the entire place to yourself. The docent was so much fun. I can not say enough good things about her. She made sure that we had a great time and was so excited to tell us about each of the sculptures. The docent tour is only covers the immediate area around the building.
Be sure to do the tram ride so that you don't miss anything. It won't be informative like a docent, but you will get to see most of everything. Lazy me didn't want to walk all 500 acres. You can get on and off at anytime like we did.
Bring your picnic and camera (no professional types allowed). This is a beautiful place and so close to Connecticut.
What is not to love about this jewel on the shores of the magnificent Hudson River? A 500+ outdoor sculpture garden with lovely grounds and home make for a perfect escape from the daily grind. The first time I went there it was during the cicada/locust invasion a few years ago and even that could not detract from the Center's peaceful tranquility. Best best time to go IMHO is in the Fall with the leave ablaze. Gorgeous! There I am with Widgie (check photos) amidst the glory of nature. I do not know if they allow dogs now though... :o) Bring along a picnic and a good time will be had by all!
This place was pretty amazing. It is about an hour and a half outside the city. We took a bus that drops off in the morning and picks up in the evening. If you go you want to be sure NOT to miss the bus otherwise you're stranded and this place is out in the middle of nowhere.
Once you get there its 500 acres of what feels like a very large park. You ride a tram around or walk around...I suggest walking as you have plenty of time. (drop off is ~11...pick up is ~4:30~5). There are sculptures of metal, wood, rock, and anything you can think of. Some are beautiful...some aren't. Some you kind of think anyone can do....some have suttle parts that only a trained eye (not me) can pick out. I'm not a huge art lover...I'm learning more from Amy...but this place was a nice way to get out of the city for a day and feel more relaxed.
Cost is $10 to get in. Bus ticket was like $34. You could alternatively rent a car and operate on your own schedule....but there was something nice about having times predefined otherwise we would've felt like we had to hurry to go other places.
Highly recommend if you're going to be in New York City you think about doing this for a day.
What a great alternative to the stuffy, snobbish, city museums! No lines, no waiting for a crowd to clear before you can actually see each piece, no guards staring you down... This outdoor sculpture musuem allows you to see many large-scale minimalist works in a natural environment (they way many of them were created and intended to be shown), as opposed to the enclosed white walls of an indoor museum or gallery. Sculptures are spread out so you are able to really absorb and appreciate them without bumping elbows with people. Many of these large-scale works I had predviously only seen in textbooks, so it was amazing to see them in person. Though the collection is great, some of the works artists are primary known for (David Smith's cubi's, Calder's mobiles, Nam June Paik's videos) were not included and I found that somewhat disappointing.
I would suggest, however, NOT going in the middle of the summer. You may be tempted by the warmth and sunshine, but the Center offers little shade and the long walk can become unbearable. Apparently there is a water fountain (no cafeteria here) by the indoor gallery hidden among the rhododendron... so hidden that neither my boyfriend or I could find it!
This museum is for those who like and/or understand minimalism. You're not going to see any Rodins here. It is also not for the gift-shop lover, as theirs consisted of a few books and videos, most of which you could get on amazon for a third of the price. I am being picky though. All in all it is worth a trip and you'll end up spending the whole day there!
A mere hour-plus drive from the boroughs and North Jersey, it's downright silly not to pay this wondrous place a visit at least once a year. Visit during different seasons, too. The art and landscape produce ever changing composites.
The sculpture garden is clearly the highlight: beautiful, large scale art in a vast and lush landscape. And, best of all, as Tisha C. points out -- hardly the restrictions of tactile appreciation too many museums impose upon their visitors. Where else can you hug a 56-foot Calder? A 56-foot Calder!!
The main building frequently has excellent rotating exhibits, too. I fondly remember the Andy Goldsworthy show here in 2000, in which he created a "River" piece of drying clay... indoors. A wonderful twist to his work. Of course, who can miss his famously HUGE wall spanning the grounds outside from the Thruway to the river?
An essential day trip from the Capital Region. Striking vistas, enormous works that feel completely different here than in the city plaza where you normally see this kind of thing, & even on a crowded near-peak foliage day it doesn't feel crowded once you get away from the visitor's center.
But face it. None of your pictures of Andy Goldsworthy's wall (http://www.stormking.o...) are going to look half as good as the ones in his books, no matter how much you muck about with all the settings on your camera. It's humbling.
I think Menashe Kadishman's "Suspended" (http://www.stormking.o...) was my fave. It really did look different with the burnt grass of a 90 degree October day compared to the cool green in this pic.
this place is as good as it gets.
i love art and being outdoors. the perfect combo.
go when the leaves are changing and it's not so hot. bring a picnic!
we had a dud of a tram driver though... the most bored man on the planet. imagine saying "tram's leaving" like "bueller?.. bueller?".
no dogs allowed, which is a shame but probably best so as to not piss on the calder...
I have had the honor of growing up pretty much 20 minutes away from Storm King Arts Center and in the summer my mother would take me here just to walk around and look at the sculptures. The way the center is laid out is wonderful, always a suprise around every corner. Whenever I take the NJ transit train back up to Orange County I always sit and stare out the window in hopes to see some of the SKAC grounds :)
http://www.stormking.org/ You know when people in movies fall in love and they say that they want to shout it from the rooftops? That's how I feel about Storm King. Modern sculpture in a natural setting - you can touch it, crawl under it, even. It's an amazing, amazing place.
This is a good day trip out of the city. Bring a picnic, drive up and check out the cool sculpture. Should be great this time of year with the changing leaves. Not sure if it is dog-friendly, though
Storm King is one of the most magical places to go for a stroll. If you like Calder, DiSuvero, Smith, Moore, Nevelson, Aycock ... and you like them BIG ... and you like to walk around them ... and see them from afar ... and way up close ... and touch them (and nobody yells at you) ... "this is the place" as the Talking Heads once sang. Huge 3 story sculptures are placed all around 500 hundred acres of rolling hills. And it's only about one hour north of NYC. Go in the summer, go in the fall, go in the spring, ... just go, go, go.