Twirling in one of Thomas Heatherwick’s “Spun Chairs” can loosen up even the most serious art patron. And relaxing in one is the best way to take in the exhibition “Designing Playful Cities” at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). “Designing Playful Cities” is a textbook exhibition curated by their Exhibitions Manager, Janelle Miniter. It showcases efforts …
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 …
I am still learning how to look at art. On our recent visit to the exhibition “Making Africa,” my children and I sat down in front of the art. We slowed down and made ourselves comfortable. It makes sense that a museum is a good place to take your time and give yourself space 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. …
Our travel plan included going to Iowa in the winter and sharing a hotel room with three children under the age of 6. Plus, our main activity was going to an art museum. It doesn’t seem like it would be a remarkable vacation, but we would all vote to do it again! We laughed, had …
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 …
We love to visit “art parks” or art collections installed outdoors. Their curation, intention, and influence range just as the size of these parks differ greatly. Some include more site-specific environmental installations where the work feels more discovered than placed. Others are formally arranged, so it feels like you are walking through a museum but …
Frank Stella is an abstract painter and printmaker who loves car racing. His print Talladega Three/II is inspired by the famous race track in Alabama. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts’ “Race to Abstraction” is a display in the children’s gallery explaining the context of this piece. Along with photographs of the Talladega race track, there is …
Driving across Alabama this summer, we stopped at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art. After walking through the galleries and making the museum guards work a little harder than usual, we decided to give them a break and head for the children’s art studio. What made this children’s gallery stand out is some of the architectural …