Slog - Comments on Water View http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view For most of my vacation in remote Maine last week, I saw only the occasional loon and the insides of books. But I had one final afternoon in Boston, so I zipped between the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a dimly lit palace of strange and wonderful excess (leather walls! this unbelievable silver-skinned-virgin death by Fra Angelico! this ostrich! giant empty frames where Rembrandts were stolen and haven't been recovered!) and the new, super-contemporary Institute of Contemporary Art, overlooking the harbor and designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. At the ICA, half of the galleries were closed for installation, and the... Copyright 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf The Gardner is my favorite museum in the world, I think. So odd, so wonderful. Half the stuff in there was just plain stolen by Bernard Berenson, too; he carted away entire churches for Isabella's fancy.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143194 Visual Art Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:05:48 -0800 Comment by Levislade Ah yes, I love the Gardner. I went this past winter and kicked myself for not having gone more often when it was free to me and right down the road from my school.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143221 Visual Art Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:20:47 -0800 Comment by Non 1st one looks like the UofW IMA; awesome.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143236 Visual Art Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:28:19 -0800 Comment by Gloria I like these posts of yours, Jen. Keep posting about galleries that you see all over the country and the world. I like to know where to go next time I've got some vacation time banked.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143291 Visual Art Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:01:46 -0800 Comment by cunei4m I was upset with the ICA. I put it off until Monday, opting for a full weekend in Gloucester and a tour of the C.B. Fisk organ factory (which I don't regret at all). I had wanted to go to the ICA primarily to see the entrance wall which was painted by Chiho Aoshima and the Anish Kapoor exhibit. Unfortunately, the ICA is closed on Mondays and the wall has been painted over and someone else's work is now installed there atop what I had previously thought was a permanent installation.

I opted to revisit the MFA since I had only limited time upon the last visit and had just seen the McElheny piece, the Lambie wall, and their exhibition of art from the reign of Philip the Third. Over half of their space was closed off and (what seemed like half) objects were removed from galleries due to the massive renovations/building expansion. So, it was sort of a bust art excursion in Boston. I'm just waiting for the Fogg to open back up.

On another note...if ever in the Philadelphia area, you should most definitely go to the Barnes Foundation...and hurry up and do so while it's still in its current location!!

]]> cunei4m http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/water_view#c1143340 Visual Art Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0800