It's not that I don't love Beacon anymore, but forays in NYC stand out.We're renting the house out this week, which means a week in NYC. In late July, are you crazy?? And yes, it has been hot and the city smells like piss and trash, and climbing and descending 5 flights of stairs to do everything, including take dogs out several times a day, is a challenge. But there's lots to do and see and we've spent much time in the shade and in air-conditioned buildings, and it's been a rich week.
I did manage to get some work done, too.
Morgan Library. Xu Bing sculpture in the addition designed by Renzo Piano that connects the two original Morgan Library buildings. One of my favorite museums. I'm especially fond of the seals (as in ancient engraved, not as in animals).
Postcard from Robert Morris to Sam Wagstaff, 1967. Favorite piece from "Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists: Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art" at the Morgan.
Phoebe Washburn sculpture at Zach Feuer, Chelsea
Another Morris...this time, Morris Louis, also in Chelsea.
Terror in Madison Square Park
Shhhh, secret bookshop!
The irony of taking a cab in the pouring rain to get to a wine bar to see socialist singer/songwriter Billy Bragg was not lost on us...
Octopus tree, Cooper Hewitt garden
If Lisa Perry hadn't been closed (and if I'd had an extra $900), I would have bought this dress - in white, below:
Madison Avenue near the Whitney, Upper East Side
Kitchen window
