Museum Sunday

Kevin and I decided to feed our cultural brains yesterday and visit the Picasso exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. It's a special exhibit called "Black and White" featuring the artist's work utilizing just those two colors.

Description of Picasso Exhibit

The Guggenheim Museum itself is a work of art (tourists can regularly be found snapping photos of the rotunda's glass-paneled ceiling; we were no exception), so seeing any exhibit there is a genuinely spectacular experience. And the Picasso collection did not disappoint. His prolific career produced such a stunning amount of pieces, that all six, winding floors of the Guggenheim were filled solely with Picasso. And these were just his black and white pieces, peeps!

The stunning Guggenheim rotunda looking up

Nerdy tourist alert!

We thoroughly enjoyed strolling the upwards-circling, spiraled walkways of the Museum, with each passing work of Picasso more grand and fascinating than the next. Our legs, however, did not enjoy it quite as much. We should have started at the top and walked our way down!

We also had the chance to check out the Annex rooms showcasing the Guggenheim's permanent collections, which feature paintings by Cezanne, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh and others.

Unfortunately, no photos are allowed, but I managed to snap this Van Gogh piece before a frowning docent sternly shooed me away.

Van Gogh's 'Mountains at St-Remy'

More nerdy touristing

 All in all, a great way to spend a Sunday!
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