Of Hopper, Hockney, & Irwin
Hopper at the Flatiron Building I'll get to who Irwin is in a few minutes but let's start with Edward Hopper whose exhibit I went to see yesterday with my friend Kate. The Hopper exhibit was the draw for a visit to the Whitney Museum -- a place that I had never set foot in until yesterday. I haven't been much of a museum goer in my years of living in NYC despite managing to visit museums in pretty much everyplace I travel to (most recently making a stop in Seattle with the express purpose of seeing the Chihuly Museum (some photos from that visit are in Vacation Mode ). This seems to be changing. I'm even a member of the Metropolitan Museum (or was -- I think I have yet to renew). What I liked about the Whitney is that having gone to see the Hopper exhibit, I was not too exhausted to visit the other floors and partake of their treasures. I also liked that they allow non-flash photography for non-commercial, personal use (although they do note that ther...