bloviatrix Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 The Tudors was worthwhile. But I think I enjoyed the Kimono exhibit even more. The fabrics are spectacular. And it's interesting to see how things evolved over the years. A note to anyone planning on going to the Met - the coat check on the main level is open. They got rid of the one at street level. Glad to see Theaster Gates. I've read so much about him over the past 5+ years and had never seen any of his work. I particularly liked the pieces on the 4th floor. As soon as I saw the wood pieces (Double Doors and Wings) I picked up on the reference to Frank Stella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I was slow on the Stella reference and when I was tipped off, duh. Such a beautiful show. I have been hesitant to see the Tudors show because I am averse to British pageantry and I don’t know that there are interesting paintings there outside of the Holbeins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 It's worth seeing the Tudors for the tapestry, if that's your thing. And there's a ton of Holbeins. It closes on the 8th. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Alex Katz at the Guggenheim. I first encountered his work when the painting Black Dress was used on the cover of a book of short stories. The art intrigued me but I had no idea that is was the work of a major contemporary painter. It wasn't until 2019 on tour geared for kids at MoMA where the docent spent time talking about Upside Down Ada that I really spent time looking and thinking about his work. I enjoyed the show - Katz has a very distinctive style although you can see some influences of his contemporaries. And as much as I liked the paintings, there were a series of collages that he did early on that I thought were incredible. As an aside, the museum was a mad-house. I know it's a holiday week but if you're planning on going, order your tickets in advance. Even then the line wrapped down 88th street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 An unusual, beautiful and deeply moving show at the Bronx Museum, “Swagger and Tenderness,” featuring a decades-long project by artists Ahearn and Torres to capture the lives of their South Bronx neighbors in brightly painted plaster casts. I went to see it yesterday and this morning came across a review in the latest NYer by Hilton Als that does it full justice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 10:09 PM, bloviatrix said: As an aside, the museum was a mad-house. I know it's a holiday week but if you're planning on going, order your tickets in advance. Even then the line wrapped down 88th street. You reminded me, I was sitting on the M79 last Friday afternoon and the line for the Natural History museum was insane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 21 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: Hilton Als Was the secretary in the art history department of my college, and seeing how famous and awesome he is now fills me with both feelings of happiness and deep, deep inadequacy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Go to the Bronx Museum and be deeply happy. I could try to explain what it means to me (I have skin in this game, white though the skin may be) but Hilton gets it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I have officially had one of my top three worst museum going experiences ever today - Hopper exhibit at the Whitney. I don't particularly love his work - I find it very flat. But spouse picked up tickets. The gallery was so so freaking crowded and I started to get claustrophobic. And the number of people who just decided to block the art in order to have conversations about non-art things was enormous. At least this time I didn't get kicked in the head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 It can be bad. I recall my visit to “Epic Abstraction” at the Met featuring an endless stream of young women posing for photos in front of Rothkos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I'm still having flashbacks from Michelangelo at the Met in 2017. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 My absolute worst experience (which is probably documented on the Annoyances thread) was at Who Shot Rock & Roll at the Brooklyn Museum in 2009. That's when I got kicked in the head by a kid sitting on his dad's shoulders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 27 minutes ago, bloviatrix said: Who Shot Rock & Roll Hah! I was there. I'm quite sure I did not kick you in the head, but I may have gotten between you and the artwork. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 The Studio 54 exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, in the COVID days of 2020, was disgracefully crowded. Tickets notwithstanding. I went through that fast. If I am going to catch a deadly disease in an art show, it has to be Picasso or Miro or Tapies, not old familiar photos of Grace Jones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve R. Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Lou Reed exhibit and listening room at the NYPL at LINCOLN CENTER is blissfully not crowded and worth a look and a long listen. Peruse the set list in the listening room first & pick when you're going to sit there. Probably the worst version of Sweet Jane and mediocre version of Walk on the Wild Side that I've ever heard. But, other than that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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