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Chelsea – We look high and low and run into friends
It was a day of big sculpture installations and unexpected encounters with friends. Cate ran around with us in Chelsea. We also had a gastro-incident and a gastro-delight: At our usual eatery, Pepe Giallo, the little Italian place at 253 10th Ave, we hadn’t even ordered when our wait person came to us and said they couldn’t take our order because the NY Dept of Health had just walked in to do a surprise kitchen check. We hope they passed. Ever resourceful, we crossed the street and tried Trestle on Tenth at 242 10th (between 24th and 25th). Cate and ... More » »
Vermeer and Paine at the Met, Blake at the Morgan and more
Vermeer’s Masterpiece The Milkmaid at the Met (up to Nov. 29) is the kind of show the Barnes could do when it’s all moved in to the Parkway in a couple years. The show is a deep, comprehensive exploration of a work of art that also teaches a lesson about the Netherlands and other artists working at the time. The Met borrowed The Milkmaid from the Rijksmuseum and surrounded it with works by Vermeer from its own collection. Then it added Dutch genre paintings from the era that were not by Vermeer. The wall texts explain the symbolism of the ... More » »
Chemistry is Us: Philly’s seductive new science museum for grown-ups
Periodic Table designed by Theodore Gray; a large multi-image version is included in the new museum at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. If the word chemistry provokes a reaction somewhere between boredom and fear, think again. The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) at 3rd and Chesnut has opened a new museum designed, as they put it, for adults who don’t remember or understand chemistry. They’ve done a smashing job! The museum will also appeal to serious younger visitors, but unlike the playground atmosphere that’s the Franklin Institute, this is filled with loads of information and lots of artifacts. The permanent exhibition Making ... More » »
The lives of objects: Stoetzel, Hawkinson, Paine
Two gallery shows in New York and one public art project are having a nice conversation right now about sculptural objects and how vibrant that practice is. While the works by Lee Stoetzel, Tim Hawkinson and Roxy Paine couldn’t be farther apart in affect ultimately their points and purposes are not so far apart. All ruminate on nature and the unnatural, humankind and machinery — and the importance of materials to help tell a story. They’re all great. Lee Stoetzel at Mixed GreensLee Stoetzel’s computers, cypress pecky wood. Lee Stoetzel makes finely-crafted sculpture out of wood. Among the pieces at ... More » »
