** Reminder of the day is a feature in which we obsessively document the daily reminders of our upcoming trip to New York. Enjoy the minutiae!J was reading National Geographic today (because that's what she's like, folks. She reads National Geographic.) and we noticed a small article and photo of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, better known as the Guggenheim - one of New York's famed museums.
The Goog, as I have decided to call it, is famed from roles in recent movies such as
The International (in which it was the location for a massive, 20-minute-long shootout starring the luscious Clive Owen), and as the site of an extra-terrestrial manhunt by the slightly less luscious Will Smith in Men in Black. It was opened by Solomon R. Guggenheim as a permanent home for modern, contemporary and post-impressionist works of art. The Building itself is also a work of art whose spiral design done by Frank Lloyd Wright is recognizable by people around the world.
Coincidentally, there are also some important pieces of art and culture in this museum, collections by Cezanne, Gauguin, Picasso, Monet, among others. See current collections.
What I would love to do is go to one of their Art After Dark parties, taking place on the first friday of the month, mixing fashionable people, fashionable art, drinks, and the best DJs and town. Sounds like a rave for the young intelligentsia.... perfect for J and J. However - sadly, this event is over until the fall. ARG!
