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It was getting down to the wire, only a few days before the 2024 Armory Show launched at the Javits Center in NYC, and I had a potential scheduling conflict. But everything worked out, and I was able to get a ticket and attend this massive art fair for the 13th time in the past … Read more
One of my outings while in Minneapolis this past summer was a visit to Minnehaha Falls with a hike along the creek at the bottom of the falls. I knew from hiking this path before that there were some interesting sandstone walls along the creek where people have used their hands or sticks to carve … Read more
As a kid growing up in Minneapolis, I spent a fair amount of time down and around Lake Harriet. There’s a rose garden there (not far from where my beer can collecting habits began, on the north side of the lake), where I can’t say that I spent much time as a kid, but the … Read more
I went to Easton, PA last spring for the Easton Arts Tour, and while this sculpture of the former heavyweight champ was not part of the tour, I did happen upon it while checking out a band and food tent set-up in Scott Park. Scott Park is located in Easton where the Lehigh River merges … Read more
I was so excited for my trip to Spain that I think my planning elevated to a near obsessive compulsive level. As I mentioned in the last post, it started with an old school approach, reading and taking notes from Fodor’s Travel Guides checked out from the library. But once I had my list of … Read more
For a while now, I have had an urge to go to Spain; I want to see the masterpieces of my college art history days at The Prado in Madrid, and I want to see the architecture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. I have long had an appreciation for the act of improvisation when taking … Read more
I was leaving the Magazzino Italian Art Museum in Cold Spring, NY yesterday, when I noticed this funny bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot: “My other car is a John Chamberlain” requires a little art history knowledge in order to get the joke. If you’re not familiar with John Chamberlain or his … Read more
All of the planning (here and here), the time leading up to my first trip to Europe in 12 years, and I’ve arrived in Madrid. But between exiting the plane, going through customs, making my way to the metro station, riding underground to my destination, and coming up out onto the streets … I wanted … Read more
On my first day in Madrid, after getting settled and some initial exploration, I visited the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, and enjoyed seeing their expansive collection of art. Afterwards, while enjoying a moment of rest and having some tapas at an outdoor restaurant, I noticed a store across the street which grabbed my attention. Between the … Read more
I heard about an art exhibition I wanted to see, a mini-retrospective for FUTURA 2000, at The Bronx Museum. I’ve been to the Bronx before, but never to that museum, so I decided to make a trip up there to see it. As I was walking along The Grand Concourse to get to the museum, … Read more