Reading and Roaming
CURRENT MUSEUM EXHIBITS Surrealism Beyond Borders One of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s current exhibitions brings together Surrealism works of art from around the globe from Egypt to Mexico to Europe. Most of the artists I did not know. I also don’t know that I liked these paintings and objects but they are different, often provocative, and sometimes chilling. …
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FOR WYETH LOVERS Farnsworth Art Museum Along with the the Brandywine River Museum outside Philadelphia, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland has one of the largest collection of works by the Wyeth family. Here are works by Andrew Wyeth of Cristina’s World fame, by his son Jamie Wyeth, by Andrew’s father, N. C. Wyeth, and some by other …
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TROLLS IN THE GARDEN We made the first of this year’s visits to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens yesterday. It was lovely and mostly sunny. We were impressed with some new annuals and the expansion of beds near the entry bridge. These gardens get better every year! This year’s highlight is the presence of some gigantic trolls. These wooden …
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MASTER WORK Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe For anyone who’s read Radden Keefe’s book about the Irish Troubles, Say Nothing, you know him as a nonfiction writer who draws you in with meticulous detail and creates a novel-like reading experience. His latest work, Empire of Pain, is equally meticulous and an absolutely …
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