New York City, the most populous city the United States, is home to such iconic masterpieces as the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the perfect slice. NYC has been hailed as the mecca of the vanguard art ever since highly trained artists relocated to the city after making a mass exodus from Europe during WWII. Often called “The New York School,” Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning , Lee Krasner , and Mark Rothko brought an internationally recognized artistic energy to the city. Since then, New York has spawned countless art sensations from Andy Warhol’s Factory to graffiti art. Artists have also used NYC as a subject, capturing its multifarious angles. Alfred Stieglitz immortalized its skyscrapers and street trolleys, Romare Bearden depicted life in Harlem, Diane Arbus captured the city’s strange characters, Bill Cunningham photographed its sartorial trends, Bob Gruen chronicled its rockstars, Elliot Erwitt immortalized its celebrities, and Nan Goldin documented its LGBT community during the AIDS crisis, to name a few.