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A Day of Immersive Art on Pittsburgh’s North Side
I finally got to head back to Pittsburgh for a second visit and I arived in the city on the brink of summer. Everything in lush and green, the sun is out and my allergies are making my nose run and eyes itch.
Like my last trip, I’ve had a good amount of time to wander [...]
The Hammer Museum: ‘What Manner of Person Art Thou’ and other exhibits
Last weekend, Evan, my friend Laura and I went to the Hammer museum to see “What Manner of Person Art Thou” and the other exhibits. Though the Hammer is a small museum, it has some really wonderful works and frequently changing exhibits.
We started with the Francesca Gabbiani-curated collection of images that have to do with [...]
Data + Art at the PMCA
Last night, Evan and I went to the opening of the Data + Art exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The show explores how data can be explored, visualized, filtered and even set to music for the sake of understanding, expression or art.
The opening display was a collage mosaic of photos, charts, medical [...]
A Short Trip to Barcelona: Art, Architechture and Inspired Faux Poster Making
Once we were in London, we wanted to make our way over to Barcelona to visit Bernat and Miriam. We flew over on a Tuesday morning, and had to Leave by Thursday evening, but we made the most of our short trip.
Sitges
Once we got in, we took the train into the city since we were [...]
Straddling the Hemispheres
A few weeks ago, we went to Greenwich to check out the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory, where the prime meridian was conceived. The Maritime Museum was pretty well put together, though seemed to be more for children, whereas there wasn’t a whole lot to see at the Royal Observatory (the building on the [...]
Finishing the National Portrait Gallery
Sunday, Evan and I finally made it back to the National Portrait Gallery to see the rest of the exhibits, including the Vanity Fair special exhibit.
The museum is consistently great — even on my third trip, I felt I was still learning things and being introduced to new people. And I was still interested in [...]
Trip #2 to the Tate Modern
Sunday, Evan and I went to the Tate Modern with Ceres and Hannah. We were really excited to see some of the exhibits we weren’t able to make it to on our first trip, mostly up on the fifth floor. There were also some new installments on the third floor. My favorite one was 30 [...]
Monster Maker at MoMA
One of the most delightful exhibits we saw at MoMA, part of the Design and the Elastic Mind special exhibit, was an interactive monster maker that would turn your silhouette into a monster by adding fins, scales, eyeballs and other protrusions on the screen in front of you. It also grunted, roared and made other [...]
National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square and Dinner Drama
Today, I went to the National Portrait Gallery with Evan. We didn’t have time to see the whole thing — we got about halfway through, and the Vanity Fair exhibit was sold out — so we’ll have to go back again. Good thing the museum is free.
Though it rained earlier today, the afternoon turned out [...]
Museum Hopping: Tate Modern, National Gallery, Portrait Gallery
While my parents were here, I got to go to a lot of museums. More than I’d been to since I’ve been here. The first one we hit was the Tate Modern, which was incredible.
The first must-see was Shibboleth (pictured), also known as the giant crack in the floor that spans the whole building. The [...]
Churchill Museum and Chinese New Year
Sunday, Evan and I went to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, then went to Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year. The museum had some interesting displays, but the part about Churchill seemed a bit disorganized, since we were skipping around through different parts of his life. There were some really neat interactive exhibits, [...]
Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
We headed over to Parliament, just down the street from Horse Guards Parade, and stopped to take some photos. The building is very ominous and ornate — the kind of thing that makes it unsurprising that Harry Potter came from a Brit’s mind. And it couldn’t be more different from anything you’d ever find in [...]
Paris Museums: L’Orangerie
Sunday, we met up with Evan’s grandparents, who were also visiting Paris for the weekend, and went to the Orangerie to see its small collection of art. The most impressive thing there was two large oval rooms with Monet’s Water Lilies on the walls. The rooms were filled with diffuse natural light that came in [...]
The Louvre: The Biggest Museum I have Ever Seen
From the tip end of Ile de la Cite, while crossing Pont Neuf, I saw a seemingly endless structure. It looked like a palace, stretching on as far as I could see down the Seine. When we finally came up to the back of the building, I was speechless for a moment. This thing is [...]
Sunday Afternoon at the British Museum
Sunday, Evan and I spent the afternoon starting to explore the British Museum. We pretty well conquered the first floor, and we’ll be back to check out the other areas soon, I’m sure.
First stop was the Rosetta Stone, which was quite impressive and always had a crowd around it. The we wandered among Egyptian artifacts, [...]