Under the Influence of the Maysles Brothers

It has become the stuff of retro consumerism and "Mad Men" shtick, but in the mid-sixties New York City was the cultural capital of the United States, and David and Albert Maysles were among its chief chroniclers. From a radical Yoko Ono performance at Carnegie Hall to a portrait of an ascendant IBM's upstate headquarters, after having just decamped from their Madison Avenue office, to a drop-in visit with Truman Capote at his Long Island retreat, and an indelible encounter with Marlon Brando in a Midtown hotel room, these short documents capture both the official history and something else, the unguarded moments and unscripted gestures that are the true warp and woof of a historical scene.

Venue Description: MCNY hosts a vast display of photographs, costumes, prints, dolls & more as part of the permanent collection. It embraces the past, present, and future of NYC and celebrates its cultural diversity.