Category: museums
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Los Angeles according to …
One day while I was in LA, I had a few hours in the afternoon to wander around in Koreatown. And I came across this graffiti-mural of Los Angeles. The five pictures here were taken in sequence from left to right. The artist was looking north presumably from Koreatown, so Santa Monica is on the…
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Museo del Novecento 2
The Museo del Novecento (Museum of the Twentieth Century) was opened at the beginning of the year after renovation. We entered it from the bookstore which faces the piazza. It was not apparent from the piazza that there is a museum entrance. We rented an audio guide and spent quite a bit of time at each stop. …
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Museo del Novecento 1
Museo del Novecento (Museum of the Twentieth Century) is located next to the Duomo inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario, and faces the Galleria. The exhibits are all from Italy created since 1900. The building looks like one of those in paintings by Giorgio de Chirico (which we saw several in the museum). This museum features Italian art…
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Joylessness in bronze
Outside the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich (Museum of Design, Ausstellungsstr. 60) is a fountain and around the perimeter of it are several bronze statues. All are all looking at the fountain either with deep thoughts, heavy emotions, or a headache. One has apparently gone mad (or at least I think he has) and is…