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A day of poking around the Met is never a bad day. Among today’s discoveries, “Heavenly Bodies,” the fashion show for the summer; and retrospectives of photographer William Eggleston and British-born, American artist Thomas Cole. “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the […]
At the Rolls Royce event the evening before, I met Dan, who works for Christie’s, which is representing the seller for the Darlington Mansion. Our conversation turned to Christie’s sale of Salvator Mundi, what is said to be one of […]
I now have a new favorite piece of art, purchased at a tag sale around the corner. It was done in the 90s by the niece of the owner of a popular local frame shop, It’s the Hudson River in the […]
MoMA is of our favorite museums, so we don’t really need an excuse to go. But this exhibit, Making Space: Women and Post-War Abstraction, was particularly intriguing. It showcased the work of women artists between post-World War II and the start of […]
After buying our new clock, we had to move our big oceanscape to a new location. I think it looks pretty good here! Aterwards, cocktail hour and poetry.
What a magical place. I can’t believe this is our first time here. We met Katie and Tom — and Otis, of course — for a nice morning of wandering around. Sea change. This thing is so cool. Sea Change, […]
Some of Sam’s artwork, including a self-portrait at the end.
Sam and Greg were messing around with crayons one night after work and came up with these really fun drawings. Bravo, family. Bravo.
Our final stop on our whirlwind sightseeing trip to the Berkshires: Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s in an incredible restoration of old factory buildings in the center of downtown North Adams. Art is everywhere, even the parking […]
The last show at the Marcel Bruer building before the Whitney moves downtown: A Jeff Koons retropsective that took up all four exhibition galleries. Sarah and I went to visit. A few highlights: And, on the fifth foor, a Rothko:
Our SCF BDoFs (Big Day of Fun) aren’t nearly as big as they used to be. We had a great time at the James Turrell exhibit of Aten Reign at the Guggenheim. But BDoF used to mean lunch, a museum, […]
Nyack is about to start a First Fridays! Starting July 5, local shops will stay open late on the first Friday of each month, displaying local art and hosting music, performances and happenings. As a trial run, Miss Autumn Hues […]
Samantha’s first trip to MoMA was to see the Diego Rivera exhibit. Six of his murals were on display; they were ones for which he was brought here to the museum in 1931 to create. He ended up created portable […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
