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rubin museum of art

i went to the rubin museum today to look at their new exhibit on embroidery from india and pakinstan . it was busier than usual at the museum, more noisy children than usual...also, a lot of people must have been eating in the cafe on the first floor because the entire place smelled like soy sauce and asian food. i saw the exhibit, color & light: embroidery from india and pakistan . it was interesting. the museum had lots of different examples from the various states of india and pakistan. i liked the clothing the best. it was interesting to see how small the people were that wore them. most of the fabric was recent compared to some of the other exhibits i have seen at the rubin, as in it was from the last 200 years. i, also, went downstairs and looked at the last nomads: photographs from inner magnolia by a yin . the photographs were all in black and white. looking at them, i was transferred to another place. i guess slowly the horses/goats are being replaced with ca