Painting the Village: The Village Trip Art Walk: A Tour with and Historian Artist Marc Kehoe

Greenwich Village has spawned more influential artists and art movements than any other place in America. Walk the Village streets with artist and historian Marc Kehoe as he traces the history of the Hudson River School, the work of John Sloan and the Ashcan School, and the provocations of Dada in New York.

Marc will discuss the work of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and the R Mutt scandal, and the Arch Conspirators who declared the Free and Independent Republic of Washington Square in 1917. Learn about Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and her Studio Gallery on Eighth Street, as well as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and the birth of Abstract Expressionism. You’ll also hear about the Cedar Tavern's crucial role in the Downtown art scene, and pioneers such as Albert Pinkham Ryder, Berenice Abbott, Julian Schnabel, and the many women artists who worked, and with little acclaim, changed the face of American culture.

The tour concludes with a guided visit to Framing the Village, the group show of contemporary art at Moshava Gallery that Marc curated for The Village Trip. Clients can then get coffee or a snack at a charming nearby cafe and continue the discussion with him

Meet under the Washington Square Arch

[image: Six O'Clock, Winter by John French Sloan, 1912]