New York, New York: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection

At the DiMenna Children’s History Museum, “New York, New York: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection” presents Al Hirschfeld’s New York through the drawings gathered by his children. The exhibition traces how his spare lines turned Broadway, city institutions, and public figures into a recognizable visual record of the 20th-century city. Shown in a family-focused setting, the work reads less like celebrity portraiture than a map of who shaped New York’s cultural life. It also makes a strong case for caricature as historical documentation, not decoration.