Arrive Magazine - May/June, 2011

include Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies and Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans. MoMA Nights: open late selected Thursdays with live DJ, cash bar and more. Hours: Wed.-Mon., 10: 30 a.m.-5: 30 p.m.; Fri., 10: 30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. (free entry 4:00- 8:00 p.m. for Target Free Friday Nights); closed Tues. Admission: $20; seniors $16; students $12; children 16 and under free. 11 West 53 St. btw. 5th and 6th avenues.; Event and exhibition schedule at MoMA.org.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd St.
New York City
212-535-7710; metmuseum.org

Get closer to more than 5,000 years of great art on view in the Met’s collections, and explore the many special exhibitions presented each year. Now through July 4, see “Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York,” featuring hand-carved instruments owned by Steve Miller, Paul Simon and other jazz, rock, folk and country musicians. Opening May 4, “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” celebrates the late designer’s extraordinary contributions to fashion with about 100 of his works from Paris, London and private collections. Museum hours: Friday and Saturday, 9: 30 a.m.- 9 p.m. and Sunday, Tues-day-Thursday, 9: 30 a.m.-5: 30 p.m.