Friday, March 12, 2010

The Museum of Modern Art in New York was packed when I went on Target Free Friday night. I hadn't been to the Museum (well, past the lobby) since they moved into their space, and I was interested. I was also drawn by the Monet water lilies exhibit, after (finally?) being wowed by the water lilies at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Somehow the MoMA water lilies didn't have the same depth or interest for me, though they were larger and more numerous. Oh well.

Once in the museum, I was drawn to the Marina Abramovic performance (her sitting silently and being filmed with people sitting across a table from her -- for many weeks) and exhibit (which hadn't opened yet, but looks promising from the book I flipped through). I'd like to go back for that.

Tim Burton timed entry tickets were gone, so I didn't get to see that. Oh well.

The museum was too busy and I was too rushed to have much more of an impression or many more recollections than many galleries with works by artists I've seen in other collections.