Discussions about art don't belong in DHS

Reviews, Videos, and Everything Else Trollshido
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we did a quick round thru the ol’Modern Art/WTF, some of the European paintings-I do love Verneer- and the Egyptian stuff always kicks ass. But the Temple of Dendur was closed for some elitistBS-party.

Also did the Guggenheim, which is a beautiful building that manages to have the worst shows.

Its funny to walk around with a shiner, tape on the bridge of my nose and get double-takes from a Picasso conniseur standngt next to me.

Something else I forgot about training&living in NYC: people on the subway will get out of your way if you look beat-up&happy. :slight_smile:

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That seems to be its main function, near as I can tell.

Their Indian collection is great, as are the Africa/Oceana rooms and the Islamic stuff. Certainly worth a peek if you’re into that sort of thing.

Yes, and the space allocated to their permanent collection – which includes a lot of really nice stuff – is teeny.

Certainly in mid-town. :wink:

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The Met is awesome, I usually pick 1 or 2 sections cause its just too big (Then again, there is the freaking Louvre!)

Also, gotta love the Natural History Museum.

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Yep, after a couple hours it’s sensory overload and diminishing returns.

Think of the chillldrun. The screaming, out-of-school childrun. Tough time of year . . . mebbe they’ll institute Adult Swim one of these nights?

/derail, sorry.

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Excised from: Congrats to the other Serge - No BS Martial Arts

I loves me some museums gentlemen, but I don’t think I need to explain why these posts were moved.

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Indeed; sorry.

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A great thread nonetheless!

jnp, what do you think of my thread-title?

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‘Your Modern Art Sucks’ would have indeed been better.

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“I Doan Know Much Bout DeLaRiva Guard, But I Know What I Liek.”

Feel free to jump in, jnp; the Menil Collection is just up the road apiece and very impressive itself.

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well folks, this is the place to post your musings and complaints about the Contemporary Art world.

Like: what the hell is “interventionism”? and why is a video-project that’s obviously derivative of Facebook/Twitted valid as an artistic venture? Christ-on-a-snowmachine!!!

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Isn’t the Michael Bolton and the grappling ghey enough you need to ghey it up even more with an art discussion?

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No!

I mean, yes!

Um . . . Burma!

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what should we talk about then? Jennifer Aniston’s new movie?

(LA fa66it…)

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Can I say that the photo expo at the MoMa was a mix between “zomg WTF I would kill to take a shot like that” and “ahh yeah I take better pictures when I am drunk and jerking off with one hand and hold the vodka bottle with the other while pressing the shutter with my cock”.
I enjoyed the Egyptian tomb and the asian swords at the MET.

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Manet or Monet?

No cheating, now!

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I’m weak on Impressionism but I say Manet.

:expressionless:

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I think you are wrong…

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The Other Other Santa: Manet what, exactly?

c4t5: What is your guess?

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Ed Manet “A Sunny Afternoon Picnicing while the Plebians Starve”…something like that.

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So you’re saying Manet painted this, correct?