Tag: Art Museums
The National Gallery of Ireland started out small, as national art museums go: it opened to the public holding just 112 art works. That first opening of the National …
“It isn’t what it used to be,” my professor told me upon learning I’d be visiting Nantes for the first time. To be fair, he had just been reminiscing …
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is not a place that you can whiz through in a short time, even though I’m (somewhat embarrassed) to be the author …
New Orleans: it is known for beignets, jazz, jambalaya, the French Quarter, and Mardi Gras festivities . That is just a hint of the past and present that make …
There’s the huge skeleton of a red deer that roamed the Highlands of Scotland in ancient times. There are paintings by Dutch masters and French impressionists, by the Scottish …
Paper Like Skin, an exhibit by the artist Zarina, is not the flashiest on view at the Guggeheim at the moment, but in a quiet way, it got at …
‘one picture is worth a thousand word’ It might be something of an overused phrase, but as anyone who has had the chance to view the work of these …
One of the things that everyone said I must do when I arrived in Mexico City was visit Casa Azul, the home of the artist Frida Kahlo, now transformed …
I live in Nashville, TN and see all the great reasons to live or visit, but I’ll admit that art is not the first thing that comes to mind …