20180524 NYC: Lovely day today in all respects. Got up about 8:00 and met our dear friend, Arthur Albert, at 9:00 at the Brooklyn Diner Times Square. Great visit with Double A. Of course, everyone on the diner staff knows AA. Good breakfast. He sends hugs to all of the STL crowd.
Went back to the hotel since it was only a couple of blocks away. Then headed up Sixth to 53rd and MOMA. Lots of construction at MOMA that will last for years to expand their galleries and space. Shopped a little at the design store and then went inside the museum to tour for about an hour before meeting Marian’s cousin, Jesse Goldstine, for lunch. Spent most of the time before lunch in a photography exhibit of the work of Stephen Shore. Interesting perspectives. Good stuff to think about in what he wrote and what he shot. Some of his works were done on 8x10 camera! Wowzer.
At Noon, we found Jesse at a table on the fifth-floor restaurant. Had a wonderful visit, conversations, sharing of his and our families. Sat on a balcony overlooking what is the interior sculpture garden which was under renovation. After lunch, we went to a members-only opening of Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams. Holy merde! What a super exhibit showing models of his dream cities where he used all sorts of multi-media objects to build or adorn his buildings. And the capstone of it all was a virtual reality visit to the main city where we could navigate up and down and around to see the city we had just viewed as a model. Glad we were here on members-only day since it’ll be a zoo when it opens to the public.
Final exhibit was an extensive one by Adrian Piper. Very conceptual. Also thought-provoking and somewhat confrontational. She really has an expanded mind and sense of things. Hard to describe her work, but really well worth seeing it. Need to spend lots of time to get through it all.
Walked back to hotel to freshen up. Headed out for dinner at Capital Grille on 51st. Had elegant dinner and wine and wended our way home through the throngs and lights of Times Square with a stop at the theatre where Marian is seeing Bruce tomorrow.
Meeting with Molly, Jesse’s partner, tomorrow AM for breakfast. Really nice day today.
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