I went to NYC during the last week of May. It was a work trip, goal was to take in a lot of art, talk with collectors and artists. Side benefit was being in an amazing city, while the weather was gorgeous and perfect.
Walking along Central Park, this couple was posing for wedding photos. A girl walking next to me asked “Are they real?” Things do seem a bit surreal and larger than life when you first get to the city.
The next two photos are from the Olafur Eliasson show at the MOMA. It was mostly different types of sculpture using light. This particular room was circular, and the wall (or skin) gradually changed color in the most intense way. So cool.
Here’s another Eliasson piece, a trippy mirror hallway that went all the way down. Very disorienting.
We did also visit Times Square, and wandered through the ToysRUs store. They had an animatronic TRex and huge lego sculptures, among other cool things.
Here is the Empire State Building, with the animatronic TRex behind it.
Note King Kong at the top of the building.
Switching gears again, here is the Jeff Koons exhibit on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actually, not really that different from the ToysRus display. Jeff Koons is pretty blatantly commercial, a lot of people think it’s crass to have his work on the roof of the Metropolitan. Equating it with the masterpieces in the Met’s collection is a bit too much for many to swallow.
But . . . the view was lovely and they sold mojitos up there! It was nice to sit up there on such a lovely day.
These are the masterpieces I am talking about. The Egyptian temple was given to the US by Egypt when it was slated to be flooded by a dam going into Egypt. I love this room, and it is one of the few you can take pictures in.
My last night there, it was opening night for Sex and the City. The line was fun to check out, and it stretched around the block. Still haven’t seen the movie . . .
It was a great trip, only wish I would have taken pictures of the food I ate. Definitely, the food is the best part of being in a great city. Wow, I ate so so well while there.
