This 4th time around, Art took priority. Visited Philippines Consulate in NY for Ysabel Grace Simon’s first solo exhibit of 11 captioned oil paintings and 4 lithograph studies of Rosie, Rosie. A two hour interview with the artist went so fast. Ysabel is a young 21 yo college student with 3 majors: business, studio arts and Asian American Studies. 100 plus attended the exhibit opening.
A visit to the Neue Gallery was a treat to get a photo OP with #womaningold, a portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer done by Gustav Klimt in 1907. Another portrait done by Klimt was at the Met.
The Met had so much to offer: the Impressionists, the Asian Art, Buddhism artifacts, Kyoto Art, Rock and Roll instruments, including the Beatles band instruments, and the Chinese atrium. The Met was a pretty good date and had me mesmerized for 6 hours. My legs were complaining but my eyes, heart and soul were recharged. I learned concepts of “loud,” “camp,” “buddha,” and more.
