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Louise Bourgeois retrospective I am one of the so-called philistines who just doesn’t get modern art.  The other night I went to the opening for the Louise Bourgeois retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum and was confronted with a variety of scribbles on paper, twisted metal, and “found” objects such as old doors and generic glass tableware.  There is no shortage of irony in watching beautiful people wax poetic about art [...]
Please Be Seated I was recently at the Getty and had the pleasure of experiencing an excellent video installation: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/nicole_cohen/  As frequent museum-goers, we are all used to “please be seated” installations in museums, in which visitors are invited to sit in chairs like those on display. This exhibit did more.  Set in an all [...]
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New gallery in Met’s American Wing Please check out a small but rich gallery, American Art: 1850-1870, which opened this week at the Metropolitan.  In addition to household furnishings, there are some stellar paintings and sculptures, most notably Asher B. Durand’s Kindred Spirits, on temporary loan and soon to disembark for its new home at the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas.  Confession: I worked on this [...]
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