Museum Hopper

I had a quick, less than 48 hrs in Chicago a few weeks ago for a work session.  I may have done my best to make sure that when I was in town I could head to the Art Institute of Chicago  with the sole purpose of going to the Warhol exhibit.  I saw that I had just missed it in NYC and was excited to see that it was in Chicago!  If I had not been able to make it on a work trip, I probably would be trying to squeeze in a weekend trip!   I walked there directly after work and checked in my bags.  I did wait about 20 minutes in line to get my tickets.  Once I had my tickets, I bee-lined directly to the exhibit, which was in the back of the museum to the right.  The exhibit, Andy Warhol -- From A to B and Back Again , was the first time in decades a single focused exhibit has been done on Warhol .  Honestly, I did not know much about him.   The entrance to the exhibit shows some of the vast collection of portraits that he did...

over the weekend, i was in briefly in chicago to celebrate the engagement of my friend, kelene, through attending her bachelorette party!  while i was waiting for the party to get started, i stopped into the art institute of chicago . when i was little, we would travel to chicago to visit my grandparents and definitely spent a few trips in the art museum.   this is officially visit #176 to museums since i started this blog almost 4.5 years ago!  i cannot believe i have kept this up as long as i have.  also seeing two more paintings at the museum puts my 1001 painting list almost to 25% seen.  24.88% is so close! it was a chilly friday afternoon, so it definitely was hopping in the museum.  it was quieter once i got out of the main entrance and the impressionism wing, which of course is very popular!   overall, i was surprised at how hard it was to get around the museum.  i had to do a lot of backtracking to go see something differ...