Gallery hopping

Nov. 15th

Getty Station - Sheep Station by François-Xavier Lalanne

PACE - Raqib Shaw - Paradise Lost

Opulent scenes of beastly anthropomorphic figures amidst fantastical worlds of idyllic skies and classical ruins.










Doosan Gallery - HAM JIN - Unseen

first week of Nov.

Exciting things happened this week

 Thursday met with Jay and Kirsten at their ap, it was his birthday, then had lunch, with a bottle of wine, at an Afghan rest around the corner. Rice with orange peel, delicious.
then went with Kirsten see a Magritte exhibit.

On Friday, Nov. 8th, Stuart and I went to see a Chamber Opera called THE SATIN CLOAK

"The Satin Cloak" is a re-telling, by Martin Halpern, of a parable that centers around four characters: the humble cobbler Tameem; his devoted wife Akara; his brilliant friend Aruhm, and a Messenger who comes to announce that the Sovereign of the land has appointed Tameem governor of his province. Though perplexed by this, Tameem, with Akara's constant aid, manages to govern with great virtue for seven years, though always nagged by doubts about the source of his appointment. Meanwhile, Aruhm has gone on a quest to discover that source. After many ordeals he finally returns, and what he reveals before dying forces Tameem to re-define, for himself and his subjects, the true meaning of virtue in a world where nothing is certain.

afterwards we went to a Vietnamese restaurant called Peking Roast Duck on 858 8th Ave, where the dumplings were no good but my curry delicious.

And on Sunday, Nov. 10th I went to a place called Symphony Space and saw Murakami Music: Stories of Loss and Nostalgia. Readings of excerpts of some of his books, accompanied mainly by piano but there was also a bass and a saxophone. Totally cool.

Just lovely.

This is Laura Yumi Snell and Eunbi Kim.

5PointZ

5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world's premiere “graffiti Mecca"

I thought I would go with Fabi but she had a massive hangover and stayed in bed. I took the E train to Court SQ.

Following some examples:

 

Historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.

July 9th, 2013

A visit to the Historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. 

The Customs House is today the Museum of the American Indian but we were more interested in the original building, built between 1902 and 1907.

There are guided visits every day at 1pm. The day we went, there was a sign, NO VISITS. However, a very nice and extremely knowledgeable gentleman offered to give the tour, being that the usual guide was sick.

The tour is well worth taking, it was very interesting, covering the building and architecture, the workings of customs in the long ago days, different types of marble, reception room and office for the Customs official, the New York branch of the National Archives, lavish sculptures, paintings, and decorations by well-known artists of the time and much more.

Marble from Switzerland, above, reflecting the color of dollar bills, and marble from Italy, below, marble from

Vermont, white, golden from France and so on.

A very impressive reception room for the Senior Customs Official













We also visited the New York branch of the National Archives and found the following fascinating items:

 

Asking for a good place for lunch in the neighborhood we were directed to Stone Str. and what a discovery that was. Tables on the street from a variety of different restaurants. Should be great for happy hour.

The place we went to was Le Financier, very good.

 

THE ART OF THE BRICK

June 19th

Great exhibit at the Discovery Museum - all sculptures and paintings made with Lego bricks by artist Nathan Sawaya.

Discoveries in Soho/Brooklyn

The little free library - on Prince and Mullberry

There were no books in it however

The Gourmet Mexican Street Cart with a long line of people waiting. Did not try it but will have to go back.
Corner of Prince and Wooster.
Went on 10-25-2013 and it was in fact very good. 

And then on to the Brooklyn Museum where we saw John Singer Sargent

Some quilts

AND ..... EL ANATSUI - great stuff

An afternoon in Brooklyn

June 8th, 2013

Meeting Fabi at Miss Favela
57 S 5th St  Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 230-4040

Discovered Bedford Ave on the way

Picnic on the grass in the middle of the road. How cool is that?

The Cloisters

May 28th,

Went with Carole and Sandy visit The Cloisters where there is a great unicorn exhibit.

 Following are some of the better photos I took that day.

                                                                                                 Isn't she beautiful?








And after so much culture we discovered a great restaurant in the park

Dominique Ansel Bakery

May 24th, 2013

It feels (and tastes) as if you went to heaven on 189 Spring Street

DKA

But I had actually gone there for the CRONUT, famous fusion of doughnut and croissant. Unfortunately when I got there, around 10am I was told that they had sold out by 8:20. A line apparently forms at 7am, don't think I am going to make it.

Subway mosaics

May 24th, 2013

E and C downtown 34th Str

June 12th

No 1 train downtown on Houston