Tag Archives: art
museum tourist: missed opportunity edition
This week I’ve been in San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting – a highly successful event, not least because I kept running into friends from college I hadn’t seen in eight to 12 years. (My college produced … Continue reading
museum tourist: Arcimboldo at the national gallery
Yesterday afternoon I stopped by the National Gallery of Art, to show off the cool East Building to a friend who’d never been there. We ran into Greg Luce, a former colleague of mine at National Geographic, who was headed … Continue reading
museum tourist: national geographic – da vinci
The National Geographic Museum used to have a permanent collection. I remember going in high school, looking at the nifty globe and various exploration-related things. (Ok, I admit, my memory is pretty shaky on what was actually in it. But … Continue reading
simon and garfunkel
Wednesday afternoon I was reading a book on a bench by the canal, waiting for my neighbor to get back from the playground with his kids so I could get back into my apartment. And this guy came over and … Continue reading
the romans loved their fish
On Friday I finally made it down to the National Gallery to see the Pompeii exhibit. I visited Pompeii in the summer of 1998, and it was really cool – lots of halfway-standing houses to run around in – but … Continue reading
skrik-kake
Here’s a follow-up to my Munch post: I visited the Munch Museum on my February 2007 trip to Norway, and just didn’t feel like I could pass up a piece of Scream cake. (Norwegian lesson of the day: skrik = … Continue reading
munch munch munch
The AAAS journalism awards reception is always a good show. This year’s party was at the Art Institute of Chicago. The highlight was a temporary exhibition on Edvard Munch. You know him – he did the Scream. He was Norwegian, and … Continue reading