Reading and Roaming
TEXTILES AS ART Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction (MoMA) We headed to the Museum of Modern Art specifically to see a members’ preview of some delicate flower paintings. That exhibit was unexpectedly closed, so we opted for the textile and fabric exhibit I had also noted. Featuring 150 pieces, this exhibit spans creative works from the …
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FABULOUS FRICK! Frick, The Man & The Mansion Many visitors to Manhattan are familiar with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, better known as MoMA, and also the Whitney Museum of American Art. But not everyone knows the Frick Collection. It took us longer to discover this stately mansion and its art, but …
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LOOKING: MORE ANDREW WYETH At Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth (Winston Salem) The Chief Penguin and I have seen many examples of Andrew Wyeth’s work over the decades, annually in Maine at the Farnsworth Museum and several visits to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. Wyeth divided his time over his life between …
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FLOWERS AND ART Art in Bloom, North Carolina Museum of Art This week, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh hosted its 11th annual Art in Bloom. It’s the museum’s biggest fund raiser; museum admission here is free except for special exhibitions. The 40 floral works range from brightly colored (lots of orange) to subdued browns, …
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