The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York

Now at Met Museum Exhibitions, *The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York* looks at how Morrison observed and translated the city into art. The presentation follows his New York years and traces how streets, buildings, and daily movement became structure, color, and rhythm on the page and canvas. In a city that has long served as both subject and proving ground for American modernism, the show places Morrison in that ongoing history. One clear takeaway is how his work resists postcard New York in favor of sustained attention.