Natasha Gural is a New York-based writer who covers what excites her in the global art world, as well as experiences that evoke emotion, thereby functioning as art. A multiple-award-winning journalist, Natasha has held top editorial roles at The Associated Press and Dow Jones. She currently works as a professional writer in global finance, and she covers in-person events and experiences in the global art world on nights and weekends. Natasha's art writing passion project began in 2000, while she was a National Editor at The AP, embracing and celebrating art to feed her soul. Her reviews of major museum and gallery openings have been published in major newspapers and outlets worldwide.
Spanish Joy Illuminates Paintings By Danish Artist Anders SCRMN Meisner In First Solo New York Show At Isabel Sullivan Gallery
Blue Flamenco Shoes and Portrait (2025) is among 14 new paintings inspired by what Anders SCRMN Meisner calls a “European lust for life” in his first solo show in New York on view at Isabel Sullivan Gallery in New York through November 29. The Danish artist celebrates the fleeting joy and renewal of spring and summer in Orange Blossom Water (Like Wild Horses.) The title borrows from orange trees which typically bloom for about three weeks in late February and early March in Seville, Spain, filling the city with the scent of azahar, Spanish for the fragrant white flowers of citrus trees.
Renowned Potter And Designer Jonathan Adler Honored At Glittery Museum Of Arts And Design ‘MAD Ball’
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) exemplified its mission with its annual MAD Ball showcasing open artist studios and exhibitions during cocktails as live jazz filled the museum and guests crafted their own sparkly, glittery, feather-, frill-, and flower-embellished masks for a night of buoyant revelry honoring renowned designer and potter Jonathan Adler.
Renowned Japanese Painter Hiroshi Senju Infuses Nature And Art Into Rare Hibiki Whisky Collaboration
In collaboration with The House of Suntory, Senju masterfully reimagines the relationship between whiskey, art and nature, creating a limited-edition presentation box for two multiple award-winning and limited blends, Hibiki 21 Years Old and Hibiki 30 Years Old. It’s a rare corporate partnership for Senju, whose work is shown in prominent museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama in Japan, underscoring his passion for the brand. Senju also houses his own museum, the Hiroshi Senju Museum Karuizawa, and his monumental works are displayed in various public and private spaces such as Tokyo's Haneda Airport and the Grand Hyatt Tokyo.
Misty Copeland’s Cathartic Retirement Performance At American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala Captivates A-List Celebrants
An unrivaled athletic master of classical ballet, a centuries-old art form that relies on highly-stylized and graceful movements, Copeland retired from the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) last night at David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, amid a wondrous assemblage of flowers, pouring glitter, and tremendous applause. A-list celebrities, including Iman, Danielle Brooks, Marisa Tomei, Debbie Allen, and Phylicia Rashad, celebrated the inimitable legacy of the first Black woman promoted to principal dancer at the ABT’s tremendous 2025 Fall Gala, coinciding with its 85th anniversary season. The cathartic final performance was intermingled with videos highlighting her meteoric rise to ballet superstardom propelled by tireless dedication and determination.
91st Annual Fiesta Gala Amplifies New York City’s Oldest Latino Charity Dedicated To The Arts
Last night’s Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education 91st annual Fiesta gala underscores the value of what’s recently been lost and continues to amplify the legacy of New York City’s oldest Latino charity dedicated to the arts. Established in East Harlem in 1934 by Claire and Elizabeth Sullivan and Sister Mary Imelda, who sought to improve the lives of Spanish-speaking people from Puerto Rico, Casita Maria continues to provide life-changing arts, culture, and education services to young people and families in the Hunts Point/Longwood section of the South Bronx.
Pussy Riot Advanced The Centuries-Rich Artist-Activist Fight Against Imperialism At ‘No Kings’ Protest In New York
In a show of solidarity magnifying the urgency of current threats to human rights, nearly seven million people attended the No Kings protests across the United States on Saturday, according to organizers, a significant increase from the estimated five million people who joined No Kings protests in June 2025. Local officials reported that more than 100,000 people protested across New York City’s five boroughs.
Museum Of Arts And Design Celebrates Douriean Fletcher Of Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘Black Panther’ Fame In ‘Jewelry Of The Afrofuture’
On at the view at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York through March 15, 2026, Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture traces the artist’s evolution from self-taught metalsmith to eminent designer whose exquisite handmade wearable art has transformed Black representation in contemporary cinema, especially the $2.2 billion-plus Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film franchise. The groundbreaking exhibition showcasing the trailblazing artist presents 75 works from Fletcher’s far-reaching collection.
The Frick Collection Presents North American Exhibition Of Extraordinary Objects From The Church Of The Holy Sepulcher In Jerusalem
Reopened after a major renovation at its historic Fifth Avenue location in New York, The Frick Collection presents a unique opportunity to draw from the rich art history of Christianity. On view through January 5, 2026, an exhibition of more than forty objects on loan from the Terra Sancta Museum borrows liturgical objects in gem-encrusted gold and silver to lavishly decorated vestments in velvet, damask, and other luxurious fabrics. The exquisite artworks and decorative objects were created for the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and were mostly forgotten until their rediscovery by scholars in the 1980s.
Did CBGB Festival Reawaken The Raw Power Of Punk?
Culminating with the godfather of punk emanating raw power, backed by guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and brass instruments to deliver elevated renditions of fan favorites from The Stooges and his solo career, the message of CBGB Festival was clear: punk ethos thrives.
‘Sixties Surreal,’ New Blockbuster Exhibition At The Whitney, Redefines American Art And Showcases Women Artists
Flesh Wall With Table transcends labels, finding its way into the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Sixties Surreal, a blockbuster exhibition that redefines American art from 1958 to 1972 through the lens of the “surreal,” both inherited and reinvented. Opening to the public tomorrow, the ambitious exhibition showcases 111 artists who, through a diverse range of styles and techniques, magnified the psychosexual, fantastical, and revolutionary ethos of a period of significant social, political, and cultural upheaval that transformed society. Sadly, many of those hard-earned human rights are precarious today, underscoring the timeliness and relevance of themes being explored.