Tag: art
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MOMA: Finding Quiet Corners in the Art Storm
Black Letters, Bold Spirit: A Sign of Resilience Turning onto 53rd Street, those bold black letters came into view – MOMA. Strange how a simple sign can feel like greeting an old friend. I found myself smiling, even offering a quiet thanks to those familiar characters for standing strong through the pandemic. These weren’t just…
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Olana State Historic Site
Olana: Where Art Meets Architecture When I visited the American wing at the Met last time, I’d found a very interesting feature in one room. Named Hudson River School, there were lots of landscape artworks which seemed to have common features in them. The artworks hanging in that room were not only enormous in size,…
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Growing Up with The Met My first Met visit in 2018 was just another tourist stop – a sixth-grader’s obligatory Manhattan checklist item. Coming from a small town, I saw this massive museum as nothing more than an impressive building with a fancy entrance. Little did I know how three years, including a long pandemic…
Gallery Tales: Monica Yoon Art Journey 