I’ve been liv­ing in NYC for quite some time and I’m embar­rassed to say there are a num­ber of places I’ve yet to visit — this list includes Storm King. From the web­site: “Widely known as one of the world’s out­stand­ing sculp­ture parks, Storm King Art Center is located approx­i­mately one hour north of New York City, in New York’s Hudson Valley. Storm King’s per­ma­nent col­lec­tion of sculp­ture, dat­ing from 1945 to the present, includes works by many of the twen­ti­eth century’s most influ­en­tial artists, inte­grated into a pris­tine, 500-acre land­scape of rolling hills, fields, and woodlands.”

The out­door museum, which opened in 1960, is a lit­tle over an hour out of the city, and is sup­pos­edly a breath­tak­ing look at art from around the globe. It includes works by such vision­ar­ies as Isamu Noguchi (also respon­si­ble for the Noguchi Gardens in Queens, another spot on my list), Richard Serra, and David Smith, whose col­lec­tion inspired the open­ing of the park in the first place.

The per­ma­nent col­lec­tion is impres­sive enough, but this year they are cel­e­brat­ing their 50^th anniver­sary and they have asked ten artists to cre­ate a new work or select one to loan to the sculp­ture park. I hope to get there this sum­mer so I don’t miss any­thing! A few works below:

Kenneth Snelson
Free Ride Home, 1974

Isamu Noguchi
Momo Taro, 1977 – 78

Richard Serra
Schunnemunk Fork, 1990 – 91

David Smith
Three Ovals Soar, 1960

Click on each image to find the orig­i­nal photo source.