I had the opportunity to be in Chicagoland for a day and I chose to spend my precious 6 hours in the Second City at the Art Institute of Chicago. I know, it’s cliché and I know it’s one of the most visited attractions in Chicago and yes, I know there are dozens of other Arts … More A Morning with John Singer Sargent and Inspiring Women
When I learned the Cleveland Museum of Art was going to host a show in concert with Copper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum about the 1920s, I ordered my members’ preview tickets and drove up to Cleveland on my day off work. After excellent experiences at previous blockbuster CMA exhibitions, I assumed I would be met … More The Jazz Age: An Unpopular Opinion
I wanted my trip to the Columbus Museum of Art – recently remodeled and reopened – to be different. I wanted to approach the museum experience for this review as an engaged and curious visitor, an admirer of the arts, rather than a museum worker sniffing for the next innovative technique. … More Looking at Art, Differently
Consider a museum without visitors. Suddenly, a center of carefully curated specimens with a purpose becomes an eccentric billionaire’s basement. In his forward to the collection highlights guide the director of the Denver Art Museum, Lewis Sharp, states, “great art and outstanding architecture do not constitute a successful museum experience. The viewer completes the art.” … More DAM, That’s a Fine Museum
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