August 3, 2025
gem
art, museum, photography
art, danzig, dario robleto, hudson valley school, impressionists, leonardo, marie laurencin, national gallery, national gallery of art, richard danzig, van gogh
Catching up with Richard is always a pleasure, especially when it involves art. This iteration was devoted to the National Gallery.
We met at the only leonardo painting in north america.
No wait, that’s not it…
After some Italian and Dutch art (wait, whose national gallery is this?), we found a piece of stunning modern art.
We flitted past mercury to lunch.
Car rearangement led to architectural exposure on the South side.
And then some impressionism focused on paint globs.
On the way out, it was the Hudson valley school.
Look for the hidden canoe.
Romey posed for this painting in a previous life.
Did you know that Van Gogh was from the Hudson Valley?
August 3, 2025
gem
art, concert, film, photography
blue ridge, chicago, danny hobert, invisible cities, italo calvoni, magic, miniatures, social analysis, toy atlas theater
What a treat. A Chicago-level show in our tiny hamlet (in fact well outside the hamlet way up on the mountain). Danny Hobert and his partner in crime, performing as the Toy Atlas Theater, put on a magical captivating multi-media extravaganza—twice. (This entry combines photos and videos from both shows. To keep you on your toes, the interleaving is imperfect and a bit faded around the edges.)
Clark Hansbarger and I opened for the first show with a bit of Bitter Liberals music. Which of course requires actual Liberals.
The scene. A barn on the blue ridge converted into a portal to other dimensions.
The audience was captivated.
This kind of magical experience is all too rare in modern American adulthood. Calvino’s work is an excellent vehicle for considering the contradiction and confusion of modern life, exposing its inner absurdity from a view at the sharpest edge of a very small razor.
August 2, 2025
gem
art, concert, music
Call it Dreaming, Flightless Bird, God Made the Automobile, I Give a Little Bit of Myself, i'm with her, iron and wine, live music, Robin's Egg, video, worlf trap
Iron and Wine put on a very good show. Great band. Tasty drums. And tight.
Call it Dreaming
God Made the Automobile
Things got even better when I’m With Her joined in. Outstanding.
Robin’s Egg
I Give a Little Bit of Myself
Flightless Bird
And as Ben said. It was hot as the Dickens.
May 31, 2025
gem
art, dance, humor, wedding
5.25.25, caroline, leuven, video, video art, wedding, yo
April 18, 2025
gem
art
art, barns of rose hill, BORH, opening, pottery, rode hill, Winton and Rosa Eugene
Pottery is not usually our thing. But great people are.
What?!
Self portrait a bit younger.
Would WE goof off?
March 23, 2025
gem
art
aer, banksy, basquiat, dc, hirshhorn, kandinsky, washington, washington dc
Honestly it is way more fun to see art with Romey. While she was slaving away in class, I went to see art. Please don’t tell.
I am still super pleased by the lift the Hirshhorn has experienced under its new leadership. Yes please. Keep it up.
From the permanent collection.
Kandinsky
Detail
Before Basquiat
Three dimensions
Our old pal Laurie in permanence.
And then a special treat in the basement…
March 23, 2025
gem
art, who knows
8mm, digitization, film, super8
About the only thing to do with these ancient plastic films in 8mm and super8 is to digitize them for posterity. This project will take a few months. And it’s fun.
February 27, 2025
gem
art, music, photography
cathedral, notre dame, Paris
When I was 16, I played a concert in Notre Dame Cathedral. After the fire, it is very very clean inside. Work is still in progress on the outside. The speed of the reconstruction is very impressive.
Security to get in is rather intense. Martin Luther would have loved this.
The new clean interior is breathtaking.
And the organ is being put through its paces. We heard some Greig, including In the Hall of the Mountain King. Here is the bombastic ending of that piece. What a special treat!
February 27, 2025
gem
art, travel
art, art museum, caroline, gem, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, rhinoceros, romey, yo
Yo could have sworn that we had a kilometer yet to go. He did not open himself up to the rhinoceros.
Romey and I sprinted up to 4 as soon as we arrived to take in the impressionists before they were mobbed.
Is this a Renoir or a Manet?
Lunch was actually delicious.
And now you too can channel your inner rhinoceros.
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