Fisher Landau Center for Art

The Fisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation that offers regular exhibitions of contemporary art that is open to the public in Long Island City. When you are here with your 15 passenger van rental, you will find this is a great place for art lovers to explore in the city.

Fisher history

When you visit with your 15 passenger rental van, you will find the museum is housed in a former parachute harness factory. There is over 25,000 square feet of museum space that is dedicated to the exhibition and study of the works by Emily Fisher Landau. There are 1500 works of art that spans the period 1960 to the present. There are also works by artists that have influenced Fisher Landau over the years such as Richard Artschwager, Ed Ruscha, and many others.

Past exhibitions

When you are here with your van rental for 15 passengers, you will find there are often new exhibits that are being shown. Some exhibits that have been shown in the past include Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Program 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Five Decades of Passion, Part Two: Founding the of the Center, 1989-1991 WE are the World Figures and Portraits, and Zoo Story: AN exhibition of animals in art - for the young and the young at heart.

Plan your visit

When you visit with your rental van for 15 passengers, you will find the museum in Long Island City, about 5-15 minutes from Manhattan. The center is open to the public Thursday through Monday from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. It is wheelchair accessible. There is limited street parking available for you and there is also an indoor parking garage on 29th Street between 39th Avenue and 40th Avenue.

What is in the area

When you are here with your rental van for 15 passengers, you will find there are a number of arts organizations in the area. Some of them include the Dorsky Gallery, Garth Clark Gallery, Materials for the Arts, Museum of the Moving Image, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Noguchi Museum, Sculpture Center, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Thalia Spanish Theater. Long Island City is a neighborhood where you can find a lot of galleries in a small space. In fact, the neighborhood has the highest concentration of art galleries in the city.

Museum of the Moving Image

When you are here with your 15 passenger rental van, you may also want to stop by the Museum of the Moving Image. This museum is dedicated to advancing the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film. They have artifacts from all stages of the production of files: producing, promoting, and exhibition.

Socrates Sculpture Park

The Socrates Park is the only site in the New York City area that is dedicated to providing artists with the opportunity to create and exhibit large-scale work in a unique environment that encourages interaction between artists, art, and the public. The park was an abandoned riverside landfill and illegal dumpsite when a coalition of artists turned it into an open studio and exhibition space in 1986. Today, it is an internationally renowned outdoor museum.

When you are here with your 15 passenger van rental, you will find the Fisher Landau Center for Art is a great place to learn about the works of Emily Fisher Landau while you are in town. While you are here, you can also explore the area in Long Island City where you will find several other art galleries in a small space to explore.

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