Museum Hopper

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...

i went to the rubin museum of art on a sunday afternoon by myself. i decided to go after reading this article in the nytimes . i had also started seeing ads on the sides of buses for the new exhibit, the dragon's gift: the sacred art of the bhutan . as i remember my one complaint with the museum last time was that we went in through it in the reverse order. this time, as soon as i entered, the volunteer asked me what i wanted to see. i said the special exhibit and he directed me to start on the top floor and turn to my left as i got off the elevator. he also suggested to remember to check out the basement. the museum is actually undergoing an expansion as well. the dragon's gift was spectacular. the exhibit was laid out very well grouping the art by deity. they also gave you just enough explanation to understand the artwork with very little background knowledge. it was well spaced and they had a really nice variety of old (7th century) and new-er (as in "only...

the rubin museum was quite a pleasant surprise. it is a museum that focuses primarily on himalayan artwork. i went with a coworker who is indian, so she knew a lot more than i did. this museum is the real deal. a speciality museum that has the funding and enough space to convey its message. the second floor of the museum is devoted to "what is himalayan art?" it really educates you as to what you are looking at. they had artwork, statues and weavings from as early as 1200s when we were there we saw an exhibit focusing on bon , which is the indigenous religion in tibet. the detail in the art is unbelievable. the rubin museum has its own artist in residence as well to show how it is done in person. they also had an exhibit displaying some of the large items from the rubin collection. my one complaint/suggestion: no one directed us to start at the bottom and move up, so we got to the "what is himalayan art?" last. i was pretty lucky since my friend had...