When we went on our honeymoon, my husband and I decided we weren’t “art people”. This is because we went to the Louvre and were not blown away by any of the art. (Well, except the Winged Victory of Samothrace, but I was blown away by her well before I saw her in person.)
We’ve been married 18 years now, and it turns out that I do actually enjoy art. I think it was just Paris we didn’t like.
This horse at the entrance to The Columbus Museum is art! I liked it!
There was hardly anyone in the museum when I went, which makes sense as it was close to lunchtime on a Tuesday. It helped me enjoy the experience, frankly. Empty galleries are so liminal.
One of my favorite parts was an exhibition called “America Fantastica“. Do I like surrealism now? Maybe? Some of it definitely.
I thought the string motif was cool.
I really liked this piece by Gray Foy – and this picture of Gray Foy, which I persist in misreading as “Fox” because, come on.
I sent a picture of this to my sister and she replied “That’s a good selfie” so like, ouch, but also, fair.
I was particularly struck by some of the collection that was focused on the sea. This one really, really hooked me. I looked at it for some time. Then I noticed Moran was influenced by Turner and that made a ton of sense, because I also really enjoy Turner’s stuff.
One section of the museum is about local history. I’m not a local, so that was interesting to me. There was an alligator named Oscar!
But also there was this display, about local health workers during health crises. And I don’t know if it made me feel old or sad or glad it was being recorded (at least until it’s removed by authoritarians trying to rewrite history). But it made me feel some way.
Speaking of historical things that people try to rewrite, there was a great exhibit on pieces by Jewish artists.
Timely! Sobering! Excellent examples of art!
I stopped and *stared* at this piece for a long time. The dresses! The umbrellas! The shapes! This one was *amazing*.
This was pretty fascinating.
The “showpiece” of the museum, sort of, is this Chihuly.
I took *a lot* of pictures of this boat.
When I was done and buying my magnet (I pick up magnets from places I’ve visited) the three people at the welcome desk gushed over my cryptid shirt, and I got to brag about living a day trip away from the Mothman Museum.
10/10 museum experience, would go again
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