an inventory of all the amazing art/design museums, galleries and events I've visited over the years, tracking where I've been and where I want to go.
Amsterdam
Foam Fotografiemuseum
"Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Retrospective," 23 December 2005 - 2 April 2006
Van Gogh Museum
Barcelona
Museu del Temple Expiatori de La Sagrada Familia
Museu Picasso
Berlin
Kunstgewerbemuseum
Decorative Arts, September 2009
Museum für Fotografie
Helmut Newton Photography, September 2009
Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
"Gauguin Tahiti," 29 February 2004 - 20 June 20 2004
Boulder, CO
Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art
Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago
London
OXO Tower Gallery
Saatchi Gallery
Tate Modern
Victoria & Albert Museum
Los Angeles, CA
LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008,"
26 October 2008 - 1 March 2009
Miami
Art Basel Miami Beach 2005
Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami
"Classic Posters of the Belle Epoque," February 5 - April 3, 2005
The Wolfsonian-FIU
New York
Brooklyn Museum of Art
"© Murakami," April 5–July 13, 2008
The Cloisters
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
"Design for the Other 90%," May 4–September 23, 2007
Gagosian Gallery
"Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection," January 20–March 7, 2009
Guggenheim Museum
"Richard Prince: Spiritual America," September 28, 2007 - January 9, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morgan Library & Museum
Museum of Modern Art
"VanGogh and the Colors of the Night," September 21, 2008–January 5, 2009
Whitney Museum of American Art
Paris
Musée d'Orsay
Musée du Louvre
Musée Rodin
Prague
Mucha Museum
San Antonio
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Francisco
SFMOMA
Washington D.C.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
the culture of museum "member previews"
Yesterday, I experienced another New York "first" -- that of the art museum Member Preview. Now, of course I know that Member Previews happen in art museums all around the world, in metropolitan cities everywhere, but I suspect that the phenomenon of the "New York City Art Museum Member Preview" is unique and very distinctly "New York."
As a member of the MoMA, I had been getting several emails and regular mailed invites to the exciting new exhibit "Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night."
One of the benefits of membership is that you get to view the exhibits before the galleries are open to the general public, about 5 days prior. This concept was very appealing to me -- the very idea of "member preview" conjured up visions of a peaceful, serene viewing experience, with members strolling through the exhibit, murmuring their appreciation for the artwork to each other, while silently congratulating their fellow members for having the smarts to join the museum and BEAT OUT the masses of hungry pedestrian artgoers who would have to see Starry Night in "general viewing."
As the security guard pointed the way to the Van Gogh gallery, my anticipation mounted as I thought about how pleasant it would be to enjoy these masterpieces all by myself -- or at least, with a few other savvy members.
Apparently, thousands of other MoMA members had the same idea.
As I turned the corner to the exhibit entrance, I was met with a massive, coiling line of pseudo highbrow art aficionados, Brooklyn hipsters, amorous young couples, frenzied parents with turbocharged baby strollers, and distinguished old gentlemen with tweed jackets. So much for having a little QT with Vincent.
And so I patiently wormed my way to the VERY end of the line, ignored the father behind me who kept pushing the baby stroller onto my heels, drowned out the MoMA staff who kept shouting "this way to the end of the line! Members and Members' Guests ONLY!" and waited my turn to shove my way into the exhibit.
It still ended up being a very interesting exhibit, despite the hordes of people. In actuality, Member Preview was probably even MORE crowded than the more regulated general admission hours, which have timed entries.
Luckily for me, the OTHER benefit of membership is that I can go back and catch Vincent on other, less-frenzied days, from now til January. I just might have to create my OWN Member Preview on some quiet, off peak Tuesday morning.
As a member of the MoMA, I had been getting several emails and regular mailed invites to the exciting new exhibit "Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night."
One of the benefits of membership is that you get to view the exhibits before the galleries are open to the general public, about 5 days prior. This concept was very appealing to me -- the very idea of "member preview" conjured up visions of a peaceful, serene viewing experience, with members strolling through the exhibit, murmuring their appreciation for the artwork to each other, while silently congratulating their fellow members for having the smarts to join the museum and BEAT OUT the masses of hungry pedestrian artgoers who would have to see Starry Night in "general viewing."
As the security guard pointed the way to the Van Gogh gallery, my anticipation mounted as I thought about how pleasant it would be to enjoy these masterpieces all by myself -- or at least, with a few other savvy members.
Apparently, thousands of other MoMA members had the same idea.
As I turned the corner to the exhibit entrance, I was met with a massive, coiling line of pseudo highbrow art aficionados, Brooklyn hipsters, amorous young couples, frenzied parents with turbocharged baby strollers, and distinguished old gentlemen with tweed jackets. So much for having a little QT with Vincent.
And so I patiently wormed my way to the VERY end of the line, ignored the father behind me who kept pushing the baby stroller onto my heels, drowned out the MoMA staff who kept shouting "this way to the end of the line! Members and Members' Guests ONLY!" and waited my turn to shove my way into the exhibit.
It still ended up being a very interesting exhibit, despite the hordes of people. In actuality, Member Preview was probably even MORE crowded than the more regulated general admission hours, which have timed entries.
Luckily for me, the OTHER benefit of membership is that I can go back and catch Vincent on other, less-frenzied days, from now til January. I just might have to create my OWN Member Preview on some quiet, off peak Tuesday morning.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
argentinian inspiration
I was checking out the Design*Sponge blog and saw this post about Argentinian artist, Lucas Rise, which was inspiring to me in a few different ways.
First, he paints these vibrant, colorful cabinets in latin, tribal, kaleidoscope-like patterns that are really fun and whimsical. Great inspiration for furniture painting projects or even mural compositions.
Such intricate detail:
But then, when I went to his website, even that was designed totally in line with his overall style and aesthetic.
His own design influences are from carnaval, the circus, and the park, and the combination of patterns and colors on his site--although very busy--still works for me. He uses a few different, stylized fonts, but they complement each other and still feel fun on the site.
Celebrate bold color, complex patterns, geometric shapes and energy!
First, he paints these vibrant, colorful cabinets in latin, tribal, kaleidoscope-like patterns that are really fun and whimsical. Great inspiration for furniture painting projects or even mural compositions.
Such intricate detail:
But then, when I went to his website, even that was designed totally in line with his overall style and aesthetic.
His own design influences are from carnaval, the circus, and the park, and the combination of patterns and colors on his site--although very busy--still works for me. He uses a few different, stylized fonts, but they complement each other and still feel fun on the site.
Celebrate bold color, complex patterns, geometric shapes and energy!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
mural project #2, part 2
After the mural background color was painted, we returned the following week to sketch the entire mural from a scaled-down paper study to the full blown mural, which was 56'L x 5'6"H. Transferring the mural from paper to wall took about 4.5 full hours, and the next day we had a crew of about 15 volunteer mural painters who helped us paint all day long.
The pics below show various portions of the mural, in its sketched state and final painted state. What an undertaking!
And lastly, one of my favorite contributions to the mural:
All in all, it was a pretty huge project with a lot of lessons learned. But beyond that, it just felt really awesome to know that we made even a small difference in the lives of the residents of the Veralyne Hamilton Residence in the Bronx.
The pics below show various portions of the mural, in its sketched state and final painted state. What an undertaking!
And lastly, one of my favorite contributions to the mural:
All in all, it was a pretty huge project with a lot of lessons learned. But beyond that, it just felt really awesome to know that we made even a small difference in the lives of the residents of the Veralyne Hamilton Residence in the Bronx.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
MoMA's newest member
I recently did something I've wanted to do for many, many years--I joined an art museum. And the MoMA, no less--one of my favorite art museums. Never felt like it was the right time to join--for financial reasons or because I was moving around, etc. But now that I'm in NY and have decided to be here for AWHILE, I figured I had nothing to lose. And I love it. The museum rocks.
Cool pieces from the MoMA's permanent Architecture and Design collection:
Panorama with 50 Years of Helvetica exhibit in background.
Simple, yet funky posters.
Black, red, and white coolness.
Solid, handcrafted chair from Arts & Crafts movement.
A chair designed to be placed in the CORNERS of homes. Ingenious.
And lastly, a chest of drawers with differently-sized drawers...something I would absolutely LOVE to own. I'm sure I could find something to store in each of those little drawers.
There are a few other great exhibits going on at the MoMa, and I will be visiting again soon with more cool seeings to post.
Cool pieces from the MoMA's permanent Architecture and Design collection:
Panorama with 50 Years of Helvetica exhibit in background.
Simple, yet funky posters.
Black, red, and white coolness.
Solid, handcrafted chair from Arts & Crafts movement.
A chair designed to be placed in the CORNERS of homes. Ingenious.
And lastly, a chest of drawers with differently-sized drawers...something I would absolutely LOVE to own. I'm sure I could find something to store in each of those little drawers.
There are a few other great exhibits going on at the MoMa, and I will be visiting again soon with more cool seeings to post.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
mural 101
Doing a little research into murals, and here's what's interesting...
From Wikipedia
Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. For artists, their work gets a wide audience that otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. For the city, it gets beautified by a work of art. Murals exist where people live and work and affect their daily lives. World famous are the murals in Mexico, New York, Philadelphia, Belfast, Derry, Los Angeles and in India which have functioned as an important means of communication for members of socially, ethnically and racially divided communities in times of conflict.
Blah, blah - Let's just do something cool in a public space to cheer some people up.
Trompe-l'œil murals are interesting in that they play with 3D in a 2D space, but all these subjects are really too "classical" and boring to me:
Eric Grohe:
John Pugh:
John Pugh, again:
More modern mural designs, wall decals, etc to come...
From Wikipedia
Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. For artists, their work gets a wide audience that otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. For the city, it gets beautified by a work of art. Murals exist where people live and work and affect their daily lives. World famous are the murals in Mexico, New York, Philadelphia, Belfast, Derry, Los Angeles and in India which have functioned as an important means of communication for members of socially, ethnically and racially divided communities in times of conflict.
Blah, blah - Let's just do something cool in a public space to cheer some people up.
Trompe-l'œil murals are interesting in that they play with 3D in a 2D space, but all these subjects are really too "classical" and boring to me:
Eric Grohe:
John Pugh:
John Pugh, again:
More modern mural designs, wall decals, etc to come...
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