Tag Archives: art
Museum Tourist: Musée Saint-Raymond
People have been living in Toulouse for thousands of years. To learn about the slice of that history from a bit before the year 1 to a few hundred years after, I heartily recommend a stop at the Musée Saint-Raymond, … Continue reading
Museum Tourist: SFO Museum, Hindu Sculpture
Last week my travels took me through the San Francisco International Airport again. When I flew out of the United terminal last summer, they had an exhibit from the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. This time, the … Continue reading
museum tourist: Hirshhorn
I must admit, I haven’t been inside the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in years. It’s not that I don’t like it. But modern art isn’t my top priority, and if I’ve gotten that far, I’m just more likely to go to … Continue reading
museum tourist: MoMA
About 10 years ago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York closed for a two-year renovation. I read all about it at the time. Being a person who is super on top of the news, I finally made it … Continue reading
there’s bricks under there!
The East Building of the National Gallery of Art is covered in scaffolding these days. This fabulous angular building was built, as the National Gallery’s press release puts it, “according to the highest standards of the late 1970s.” A few … Continue reading
museum tourist: victoria and albert
The Victoria & Albert Museum calls itself “The world’s greatest museum of art and design.” I must say, I don’t have the expertise to judge the superlative, but wow, they have a lot of cool stuff there. I got the … Continue reading
museum tourist: Dulles
See? SFO isn’t the only airport with exhibits. This hallway in the C Terminal at Washington-Dulles used to have pictures of planets, but now it’s photos of D.C. Kind of nice photos. If you want to see them, buy yourself … Continue reading
museum tourist: SFO museum
A museum…in an airport? What? That’s crazy! Ok, actually, it’s not crazy. There’s a little Air & Space Museum photo exhibit at Dulles that I’ve seen twice and never blogged about. But the San Francisco airport really goes all out. … Continue reading
museum tourist: yale university art gallery
In 2005 my dad and I visited friends in Mali and they took us all over the country, seeing tons of amazing sites. One of the less exciting sites was Djenné-Jéno. Now, Djenné is fantastic. It’s a city of mud … Continue reading
animal art
Today I happened to be talking to someone about bonobos and wondered later if I could see any at my local zoo. I can’t – the only great apes they have there are western lowland gorillas and orangutans. There aren’t … Continue reading