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the met always amazes me

MET - American Wing

I’ve been to the MET a bunch…and today, I stumbled into a section I have NEVER seen before. How is that possible… maybe because I usually turn around after egyptian artifact overload…this time I kept walking and found myself at the American Wing. There was beautiful furniture, with a lot of american indian influence. Some was a bit gaudy, but pretty beautiful nonetheless.

MET - American Wing

I also paid a little more attention to some paintings that I’m sure have been there for longer than I’ve been around… And I found the one below to be extremely romantic… But maybe I’m just being ultra sappy… either way, it was a wonderful & surprising day at the MET.

Jean-Leon Gerome
by Jean-Leon Gerome

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A day at the MET

Spent the day yesterday walking the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 81st and 5th Ave. Its been over 10 years since my last visit (god I feel old), and I forgot how HUGE that museum is. I tried to go through the whole thing, but it must be about a weeks worth of walking….So pretty much just walked around and stumbled into places and eras that seemed interesting.

Loved the Victorian rooms:
MET

Saw plenty of sculptures and paintings. Saw my favorite painters and also took detail pictures of their brushwork. Painters such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne really get me in the mood to paint. I love their colors, the richness of the paint, the brushwork and subject matters. I adore the tropical still-lifes and landscapes. They remind me of Venezuela and my godmother, who’s first oil paint lesson for me was a mango still-life on her backporch over-looking the Maracaibo Lake.
MET - Van Gogh
Detail of Van Gogh’s ‘Shoes’ 1888

Also swung by the SUPERHEROES exhibit, which was surprisingly small and overly hyped for what it is..as well as the Jeff Koons sculptures on the Rooftop garden. the view was great…the sculptures… meh. I did get a kick of the reflections.

Superheroes ExhibitMET - Jeff Koons

I love the MET. one of my favorites. So much history and so much art. I need a free week to walk it all.