Imagine walking through the spectacular New York institution, the MoMA before opening hours, with nobody there except us and the tour guide.

Join us for a private tour to see and hear everything about one of Holland’s greatest artists of the last century. The tour only has a maximum capacity of 25 persons, so you have to be quick to register or else you might miss out on this unique opportunity!

Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In the post-World War II era, de Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as Abstract expressionism or Action painting, and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston and Clyfford Still.

In September 2011 de Kooning's work was honored with a large-scale retrospective exhibition titled: de Kooning: A retrospective, which runs from September 18, 2011 through January 9, 2012 at the MoMA in New York City. Organized by John Elderfield, it's the first major museum exhibition devoted to the full breadth and depth of de Kooning's career, containing nearly 200 works.

Suggested donation : $10 p.p. (limited access)
Tour is about 45 minutes to one hour.
Meeting Point: 11 West 53rd Street ( The administrative Entrance) - Use The Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder Building entrance, east of the main entrance on 53rd Street. Look for a large wooden desk in the middle of the room and please be at the meeting point 10 minutes before tour starts.

The Frick will offer a 30-minute talk focusing on works in its permanent collection by seventeenth-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.

The talk is free with museum admission, but reservations are required. Please e-mail gallerytalks@frick.org to reserve a space.

American Friends of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Launch of the AFRCO membership program, with RCO cellist Benedikt Enzler playing music for solo cello and talking about the Orchestra.

Free if you become a member of the AFRCO ($100, $365 memberships) - Otherwise, $35 admission ($25 for NAF members)- Pay online (www.RCOfriendsUSA.org) or at the door (cash, checks only).

Please RSVP by November 1 to: contact@RCOfriendsUSA.org. Information at same e-mail or 212/865-3492

Come experience our special $15 menu with authentic Dutch treats like Bitterballen and Frikandellen, thé Dutch experience complete with Beers and Cocktails! 

Admission and Reservation:
By phone: 212-253-0470
By website: www.vandaagnyc.com/

A celebration of the one and only Dutch trappist beer La Trappe at Jimmy's No. 43. Free gouda cheese and $2 Widow's Hole Oyester (from the east end of Long Island).

Admission and reservation information:  No cover