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The National Gallery for Lunch

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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?

Eighth Blackbird at the National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art

What a place to see one of my all time favorite contemporary music groups. Eighth Blackbird played the National Gallery 2.16.20, and the show was free. As always, the group featured brand new music from living composers, including: Nina Shekhar, Fjóla Evans, Andy Akiho, Holly Harrison, David Lang, Viet Cuong, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Julius Eastman. This show included some ringers in for violin, flute, and clarinet.

Lisa Kaplan, fearless leader and director of eighth blackbird

My favorite set was the second, and my favorite piece was Viet Cuoug’s Electric Aroma (2017),

The most precious thing in the museum was Cora, of course.

Cora does contemporary

The setting (no pictures or recording during the show)

After the concert, there were a few minutes for art.

Then it was out and on the metro for cocktails and dinner at Baba.

Sundown on the mall

Smithsonian sculpture

Wholly Emily

Baba’s bar