Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
October 30, 2026
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Want a contrast from a peaceful morning at Shōden-ji? Head on down the hill to Kyoto City KYOCERA and queue up for the Zen and Ghibli show. You know that trope about “no personal space” in Japan? Well, that.
Reality jolt. Anyway, who knew that inside this official looking builing…
There was an entirely different universe.
Romey likes this one
And then we went to another exhibit to calm ourselves down.
After an udon lunch, we needed a break!
February 7, 2026
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Stunning winter day.
As cold as it is crystal
Architecture cites function
Sun cites earth
Romey
The winds of change will cleanse this land
November 12, 2025
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We visited the Mattress Factory for the first time on our zillionth trip to Pittsburgh. This time we had our dear friend Betty along for the ride.
The upstairs rooms have some excellent stuff…they also have this.
But you can skip right over it and get to this.
Yayoi (without the wait)
These illusions were incredible. They have something to say about human perception.
Our surveillance monitor
September 23, 2025
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Getting into the new building provided respite from the crowd of 50,000 protestors. But honestly the curation is somewhat uneven and lacking. Lots of “trying to hard” in our view.
The Moon.
The most interesting piece we saw was called Bugs and was animated by Victoria Crib. Incredible.
Watch the trailer (also on vimeo).
February 15, 2025
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The Savannah African Art Museum is a gem. Go visit. If you are lucky, you will wrangle a guided tour. Incredible place chock full of stuff you don’t know.
January 25, 2025
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Ah yes. We are planning for 5/25/25. Looking at space and making plans.
Still, we had some fun in the exhibits.
And we got a look at some spaces behind the scenes. I mean, at least they are silver!
The main lobby was the focus of some more research.
Can’t wait to be here with our peeps!
There’s still some planning to be done! 5/25/25 here we come.
April 23, 2024
art, nature, trees, who knows antifa, art, democracy, museum, Norway, oslo, painting, rose castle, roseslottet, travel, world war ii 2 Comments
The “Rose Castle” art installation is a temporary exhibit at the top of the ridge overlooking Oslo. It’s dedicated to democracy and anti-fascism as understood through remembering the Norwegian freedom fighters of WWII.
The installation itself is both deeply moving, profound, and kitchy all at the same time. It’s clear that the artists are from a different time where the pace is slower, the thinking is deeper and the design language doesn’t cater to instagram.
There has been some debate about whether to make the monument permanent. the latest scuttlebutt us that it will be removed in 2025.
I’m really glad I went, for a number of reasons, but I also think moving the installation to a more permanent home not in nature would be best.
November 6, 2023
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Heading to the Tate Modern after landing in London has become quite the tradition. This was a quick hit through the regular collection.
A view from the terrace at the top: London caged.
Yayoi was unavailable (advance tickets required) so see this entry instead.
March 9, 2023
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On a windy but very clear crisp Spring day, we visited the Kreeger—a small but excellent collection in an interesting architectural space. Chagall, Monet, Picasso, Kandinsky (though the wrong periods), and some very interesting Mondrian are among the finds. What a stunning place to have lived. Must be nice to be an insurance plutocrat!
Ghost Romey in the jungle.
Romey’s favorite, this Picasso woman.
The architecture is 1960’s modern, but still very tasteful and beautiful.
The light on Piet.
Outside was chilly but likewise very well structured.
A series of “wrong” Kandinsky. Late and early, but no just right. Where is Goldilocks when you need her?
This gallery has the feeling of a japanese dojo.
The wind was perfect.
Still.
Motion.
The Kreeger efinitely well worth a visit.
July 28, 2022
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The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is an institution and is worth a quick visit. But if you have been looking at Picasso for years, you won’t find much in the way of major works. In any case, Barcelona is proud of what it has come to think of as its home town boy. Lots of early work.
Lots. Like an entire wall’s worth.
Set in four connected villas, the museum has amassed a very deep (but not very wide) collection.
This blue.
Avant guard in Paris with the Russian ballet. Picasso was blending fine art, music, and dance in 1909. (And here we thought we were onto something with Into the Unknown.)
After so much Picasso, Ramen is the answer.
