Happy New Year, friend! I sincerely believe 2025 will bring us so many wonderful things, including good health, joy and adventure!
Connor and I spent the last day of 2024 soaking up art at the SF Museum of Modern Art, aka the SF MOMA and one of my favorite places in the world, with some of our favorite people.
It was so nurturing for my soul to be surrounded by beautiful art and kind friends. ‘Twas the purr-fect way to wrap up the year.
We were there primarily to see the Amy Sherald exhibit; you might know her from her famous painting of First Lady Michelle Obama.
My favorite painting from the exhibit is this one of a young woman and her bike on a summer day. It’s called “A Midsummer Afternoon Dream.”
This one called “Innocent You, Innocent Me,” is Connor’s favorite.
I discovered a couple new-to-me artists to get excited about, like Yayoi Kusama, who does lots of colorful work, especially with polka dots.
There was a room that she made with crazy colors and glass that was super trippy!
I also loved this mural by Jenifer K Wofford of Vicki Manalo Draves, the first Asian American gold medalist who was Filipina and from the Bay Area.
This origami piece was fun. You write a dream that you want to achieve on a piece of paper, and then add it to the other dreams!
I love the displays where you get to interact the art in some way, like this color tunnel…
The girls (myself included) also thoroughly enjoyed walking through this gold beaded curtain, LOL!
Sending you good vibes for 2025!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Ooh! I can’t wait to see the Amy Sherald exhibit! So much more than her First Lady portrait. Glad to hear you like Yayoi Kusama, too.
Cool museum. That tunnel is something. If you ever get to Fort Worth, TX, you should see the Sid Richardson Museum and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The Sid Richardson one has some of the most famous Remington and Russell western paintings. The Amon Carter museum is the one that gets the best traveling exhibits, like the George Stubbs exhibit I’ve told you about before, and the Faberge eggs, etc. There’s kind of a cute story about Amon Carter and his loyalty to Ft. Worth: Once he had to go to Dallas (30 miles away) for most of a day. He brought his lunch. When asked why, he said it was so he wouldn’t have to eat in Dallas. Dallas and Ft. Worth are not twin cities like Minneapolis/St. Paul. There’s a rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth. Fort Worth got the better art museums, by a mile.
And, a very Happy New Year to you and yours filled with an abundance of peace, contentment, and shared joy.
I adore the picture of you and Connor in front of the famous Love sculpture. I haven’t been to SF MOMA since 2000 or there abouts. Since then, it’s grown in stature and in the number of wonderful (and kid friendly!) exhibits so I really should take time for a visit the next time I fly up to see my son and daughter-in-law. Thank you for sharing your day out.