We did not go there very often but it was always a lovely experience. The last image is part of a video.
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Museum
Rubin 1 of 2
We went to the lovely Rubin Museum on its next to last day. The Rubin will continue as a traveling exhibit and online https://rubinmuseum.org/
Salt and Pepper Museum
There are thousands of different salt and pepper shakers at the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in Gatlinburg. We went out of curiosity. I was amazed. Of course I had to buy a set (second from last image). At an antique store on the way home in Beaver Creek, Hagerstown, Maryland I bought a frog teapot (last image).
Maui Ocean Center
It took a day to see everything at the Maui Ocean Center | Aquarium of Hawai‘i | Encounter Hawai‘i’s Marine Life. Plus we booked a gourmet meal for lunch at their Seascape restaurant Dine With Us | Maui Ocean Center. I booked ahead. The 3D theater was amazing. The whale’s nose was inches from my face Humpbacks of Hawaiʻi Exhibit & Sphere – Maui Ocean Center. I only wish there was an adults only day. The screaming children are too much for me. Gone are the days when parents made their children behave in museums and zoos.
Lehde 2
More from the open air museum near Lubbenau. Heike, our daughter-in-law, made our visit enjoyable and memorable by organizing many trips to interesting places. She’d make a great tour guide.
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021
Lehde 1
October 10th, 2021, we went with the family to see the oldest open-air museum in Brandenburg. Featuring the lives of the Sorbian/Wendish and German Spreewald inhabitants of over 100 years ago. Farms were collected from the Spreewald and rebuilt there Museum of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz – Freilandmuseum Lehde (museums-entdecker.de).
The cloudy skies are replacements for atmosphere.
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
Freidlandmuseum Lehde 10/102021 
We dined here, Lehde 10/102021
Heavenly Bodies in 3 Colors
Heavenly Bodies is a fun exhibit at the Met and Cloisters in NYC loosely based on Falini’s satirical commentary on the Catholic Church in his 1972 film, Roma. The costumes are excellent and so are the settings. I spent time removing the crowds and processing the photos.
Black
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
White
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Color
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/12/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Cloisters 6/21/2018
Heavenly Bodies, Met 6/23/2018
Irving Penn
I went to see a fabulous exhibit with the B&H Event Space group on May 23 at the Met museum: Irving Penn Centennial. Have a look at the whole set of prints and see how he developed as an artist Met: exhibitions objects.
Jeff L. Rosenheim, the chief Curator, generously gave us a half hour tour. His talk was very enlightening. The curator said Irving Pewnn printed limited runs, did all his own work and deliberately made the prints not the same. He was a workaholic and was always phtographing, printing or doing related work. Fashion photography was for cash, but that wasn’t his personal art. He trained as an artist and his sense of design shows in all he did. Apparently, his studio, was very raw and he made his clients pose the way he wanted them. For the series in Cusco he took over a local studio and paid the sitters; consequently, he had no shortage of models. He loved Matisse and knew him. His nude series explores shapes like Matisse did. I see Modigliani in them too. Rosenheim said most people didn’t like them. I like the series of flowers near the end of the exhibit. I love how he used positive and negative space and that all parts of the image are considered in the design.
After that we went to see some of his prints on sale at Pace/MacGill “Irving Penn 1950.” Also see the Pace/MacGill press release. I felt that the prints were not as good as the ones at the Met. The curators at the Met have first choice of the best of his prints and they chose well.
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes Wikipedia: Irving Penn.
Thank you Deborah Gilbert, B&H Event Producer, for making the event possible.
Here’s a couple of pics of Marc and I in front of Penn’s drop cloth at the Met.
Marc
Sherry