Early this week I spent a couple of days in New York City for work. I stayed at the Midtown Hilton, which is right across the street from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on 53rd Avenue. I had a couple of hours on Tuesday morning before I needed to head for the airport, so I visited the museum.
I loved it. They have a great room dedicated to cubism, and another room full of Picasso works. There are several Jackson Pollocks, and many works of the French expressionists. And a few van Goghs.
For instance, here is a Portrait of Joseph Roulin, a friend of van Gogh, a postal employee who lived in Arles.
One of my favorite van Gogh paintings, Starry Night, is also one of the prizes in the MoMA.
Then I came across the spectacular I and the Village, by Chagall, my wife’s favorite painters. So I took a picture of that to show to her.
Spending a few hours in the MoMA was time well spent and it gave me a much needed art-fix.
When I came home to write this post, I remembered that I had visited the MoMA a number of years ago. So went to check my blog, and sure enough, I was there just about eight years ago, and guess what two paintings I posted after that visit?
I am so predictable.