Barbara Smith

After I dropped Bill at the airport today, I drove over the Hudson to Beacon, NY. It is only about a 15 or 20 minute drive, so it was too good to pass up.

Dia:Beacon has one of the world’s most distinguished collections of contemporary art and an absolutely huge and naturally lit gallery space. The building alone took my breath away…expansive. Wow. Each artist gets their own room, so you can really sit and study the work. I really enjoyed the Sol LeWitt wall drawings, the Robert Smithson pieces, and Louis Bourgeois works.

In fact, today reawakened a need to know about Bourgeois, because for some unknown reason I don’t know much about her or her work. And, the more information I run across about her, the more I think I really need to spend some time studying her! I think I might be in luck, however, as the Guggenheim is having a retrospective of her work until 9-12. And, rumor has it that our first day of class will be in NYC….and one of the museums on the list to visit is, indeed, the Guggenheim.

My only thing is that I feel like I’m hemorrhaging money these days. Tolls, admission fees, etc…. I bought a chai at the museum…yeah, this is what a $4.05 chai looks like.

I could have also gotten an $8.00 hot dog.

I will say that the student admission fee is quite reasonable. Just get your coffee and eat before you go!

~ by borderlinebarbie on August 17, 2008.