Monday October 14, 2019
The most exciting event this fall is the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art which has been closed since June for major expansion. I met my son, Chris, at the museum to see the new galleries and exhibits.
There are more viewer participation areas throughout the museum:
This is a new multi-level performance space:
Outdoor seating balcony overlooking 53rd Street:
I guess we were lucky!
It was nice to see an “old friend” by Matisse:
The new MoMA has been greatly expanded with six floors of gallery space. The exhibits are chronological beginning at the top with “Modern Art” from the 1880s to early 1900s on the 5th Floor. More contemporary art is found on the first and second floors.
Chris and I walked through the museum at a good pace and could not see everything in five hours.
MoMA’s expansion gave the museum additional space to exhibit art from their storage facilities and included more works created by women.
Later in the early evening, there was a reception on the second floor:
Here’s a photo looking north on 6th Avenue. The skyline of NYC is changing rapidly with the construction of many very tall “skinny” buildings.
