I knew it was going to be a great day, when all three of my sons chose architecture books for our one hour car ride. For my birthday, my family planned a day trip to see more buildings by Rural Studio. We’ve seen their work in Milan and Venice, but this was a trip …
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is a sunny art museum on the bay surrounded by a pleasant sculpture garden. It is also the place where my middle child developed a category for art called “sad art.” The conversation started when I found him alone in the “Three Kings Weep” installation by Ebony G. Patterson. …
I recently wrote about our visit to Feat. at Schermerhorn Symphony Center and the Frist Art Museum. After the show, we had the unexpected opportunity to talk with Nick Cave. My sons walked away wishing they had their drawings (above) to share with him. The night before the performance, they designed their own soundsuits using …
My children gave me a chance to see the exhibition “Making Africa” more deeply. It sounds like a joke, but they are teaching me to look at art. You can read about that part in yesterday’s post. While walking through the contemporary design exhibition “Making Africa,” it became clear that if I was going to …
When do you talk to your children about racial injustice? September Gray, a gallery owner in Atlanta, will open an exhibition at the end of the month that is all about the dialogue. The upcoming show, “IF NOT NOW…WHEN?,” showcases six artists who have something to say about the history and present of racial injustice. …
At “Tape Des Moines” by Numen/ For Use (2017), we took photos, we laid on the floor, and we talked. I asked my son why he thought it was made of tape. He said, “Because the artist wants us to think about it.” Why do I take my children to see art with me? Because I …
Numen For/Use is a collective of artists based in Europe (starting in Croatia). Their art installations include organic forms made of translucent tape that are suspended in space. They are made entirely by hand and without any computer modeling. “Tape Des Moines” is Numen For/Use’s first art installation in the United States. It is situated …
I wrote about The Floating Piers, an environmental art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, for The Other Journal. In this take, I unpack what the subject of this artwork really is through our story to get there and attempt to show how the real experience of a temporary, celebrity art installation is different than it will …
I had two things on my mind when we started this road trip a few weeks ago. First, I am raising three white boys in Alabama, and I wonder what they will grow up to think about race and power. Second, I am so loved. My partner-in-crime surprised us by arranging an adventure to see …
My 3 year old took off weaving through this installation. Even though most of the walls came up to his waist (at most his shoulders), he suddenly started wailing because he felt trapped between the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall. “Yo no quiero ver mas a mis vecinos,” (I Don’t Want to See My Neighbors Anymore) is …