New Whitney

This is the first glimpse we got of the new Whitney. Nothing spectacular, though the tiers of balcony filled with people is very inviting.

Underneath the High Line on the way to the museum we passed this sculpture of an inverted glacial volcanic island by Katrin Sigurdarttir. I thought of a glacier melting of course, and global warming. And then noticed it was a volcanic island, not a glacier, and that gave it a new resonance, an explosive one. 

Katrín Sigurðardóttir (b. 1967, Iceland) builds model landscapes that surprise viewers with miniature, reversed, and hidden topographies. For the High Line, Sigurðardóttir installs an inverted model of a glacial island under the structure of the High Line at Gansevoort Street. An uninhabited volcanic isle isolated in the ocean between South America, Africa, and Antarctica - See more at: http://art.thehighline.org/project/panorama/#sthash.MkMoajvp.dpuf

Sigurðardóttir installs an inverted model of a glacial island under the structure of the High Line at Gansevoort Street. An uninhabited volcanic isle isolated in the ocean between South America, Africa, and Antarctica, Bouvet Island evokes the landscape of Sigurðardóttir’s native Iceland. The sculpture hangs inverted from the bottom of the steel structure of the High Line and is visible while walking up the stairs to access the park. - See more at: http://art.thehighline.org/project/panorama/#sthash.MkMoajvp.dpufhanging on

Sigurðardóttir installs an inverted model of a glacial island under the structure of the High Line at Gansevoort Street. An uninhabited volcanic isle isolated in the ocean between South America, Africa, and Antarctica, Bouvet Island evokes the landscape of Sigurðardóttir’s native Iceland. The sculpture hangs inverted from the bottom of the steel structure of the High Line and is visible while walking up the stairs to access the park. - See more at: http://art.thehighline.org/project/panorama/#sthash.MkMoajvp.dpuf

Thanks to my friend Steve Nickson I recently watched the terrific Basquiat documentary Radiant Child (free on YouTube.) So it was great to walk into the museum and see a few of his works hanging there.

They had really good activity books for the girls (who sometimes get bored in museums.) The button was given to them at the front desk too.

Lucia and I playing I Spy with Mike Kelley's quilt. "I spy an upside down snowman."

I didn't catch the artist, but loved this piece. It's a projection of light coming through a window. Birds fly past, then things begin to rise up into the sky, cell phones, a bicycle, detritus. Here I am reaching after my cellphone, like a fiend.

Auntie Catherine came with us. There are some spectacular views. I love how this view gets overexposed making it look like a painting.

Mary Heilmann's chairs dot the fifth floor balcony like confetti.

Of course no trip to the Whitney with the kids would be complete without a visit to Calder's circus.

Rothko's got my back.

Looking down to where we had just been sitting from the 7th floor balcony.

Is this woman in yellow on the High Line down below a sculpture? Nope.

Waiting for the 1 train on the way back home.