A happy problem
Let's say you find yourself in midtown Manhattan with a few hours to kill (as I do). Would you visit the recently opened:
Georgia O'Keeffe Abstraction exhibit at the Whitney;
or the Kandinsky retrospective at the Guggenheim;
or Monet's Water Lilies at MoMA?
It's a feast for the eyes. It boggles the mind. It's an embarrassment of riches. It deserves a whole new cliché.
Georgia O'Keeffe Abstraction exhibit at the Whitney;
or the Kandinsky retrospective at the Guggenheim;
or Monet's Water Lilies at MoMA?
It's a feast for the eyes. It boggles the mind. It's an embarrassment of riches. It deserves a whole new cliché.
Labels: NYC: A Users Guide
posted by The Unbearable Banishment at
1:06 PM
9 Comments:
I was just looking real estate ads the NY Times thinking how cool it would be to live there for a year or two, and this post confirmed it.
damn your eyes! ;~D just when i was thinking how lovely the plantation is this time fo the year, y'all have to remind me how delicious NYC is in the fall! xoxoxo
Isn't there a Robert Frank exhibition on at the Met too? I'd love to see that
Cat: A year is about enough for most people. After 12-18 months, the cracks start to show.
Savannah: We have to have these interior spectaculars(exhibits, theater season, etc.) to distract us from how un-lovely it gets outside.
Nurse: I don't recall a Frank exhibit although they're showing a Vermeer painting that's on loan. There's only 33 of them, you know!
I vote Kandinsky. But hey, see the lot if you can.
TH: I should have listed to you. I opted for Monet (out of proximity to where I was more than anything else) and it wasn't very good. One down, two to go.
Order of operations:
Kandinsky hands down is first. It's a retrospective for god's sake and to see that body of work in a home built for paintings of that oeuvre...priceless.
O'Keefe.
Monet.
If Frank is indeed on display, insert between Kandinsky and O'Keefe.
Tough choice. Would depend on my mood. O'Keefe if I need to calm and center. Kandinsky if I need to wake up.
Lucky bastard is all I can say. Seriously. Money and Kandinsky? Went to my first exhibition in Cape Town ... check out the pictures on my blog.
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