Friends and fellow Women Painting Women contributors Sadie Valeri and Alia El-Bermani and I checked out the Hispanic Society of America, where the Sorolla murals of life in Spain have recently been re-installed. The pictures I took came out terribly, as usual – but I'll throw one or two out here just to give you a sample:
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These murals and their re-installation were the motivation for the trip to the Society, but the building itself in addition to the rest of the (small-ish) permanent collection definitely had significant appeal: |
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| A gorgeous Diego Velázquez painting, poorly photographed by me (sorry) |
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| A painting of, not by, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres… |
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| Sadie and Alia on the second floor |
Afterwards we went down to Soho for the opening of Arcadia Fine Arts' Small Works Show - Sadie had a beautiful piece in the show - entitled "The Wave" - pictured below: |
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Hey Diane, When I was talking to the guard, he informed me that this is just a small portion of the collection to "highlight" each era. They have 1000's more works he said- that when the renovation to the building across the Audubon Terrace is complete will all be on exhibit. I think he said it was slated to be complete in Nov 2010. We'll just have to return I guess.
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