MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) and The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) was worth everything!
MoMA with 6 floors full of amazing art of my favorite painters such as: Joan Miró, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol and many others.
The Met is on Fifth Avenue, so before going there I passed by some of the big shops and went inside a very beautiful catholic cathedral. At The Met I saw paintings of Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Degas, Modigliani, Renoir, some more of Dalí and Picasso, Greek and Roman art, Islamic art, Modern and Contemporary art, sculptures, metalwork and pottery, Arms and Armor from 15th century and more. I enjoyed every moment there and since I know a lot about the paintings, I couldn’t wait to see them IRL. Seeing the work of Paul Gauguin and Camille Pissarro brought back memories of my childhood in Russia, we had “The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning” of Camille Pissarro hanging in the kitchen and a painting of the Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin at our summerhouse. Back then I didn’t know anything about these paintings, but seeing them today made me quite emotional. Though the biggest impression of the day was made by an unknown artist for me, Sanja Ivekovic, her work Women's house consists of 8-10 posters, each with women’s stories of violence in their families.
MoMA with 6 floors full of amazing art of my favorite painters such as: Joan Miró, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol and many others.
The Met is on Fifth Avenue, so before going there I passed by some of the big shops and went inside a very beautiful catholic cathedral. At The Met I saw paintings of Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Degas, Modigliani, Renoir, some more of Dalí and Picasso, Greek and Roman art, Islamic art, Modern and Contemporary art, sculptures, metalwork and pottery, Arms and Armor from 15th century and more. I enjoyed every moment there and since I know a lot about the paintings, I couldn’t wait to see them IRL. Seeing the work of Paul Gauguin and Camille Pissarro brought back memories of my childhood in Russia, we had “The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning” of Camille Pissarro hanging in the kitchen and a painting of the Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin at our summerhouse. Back then I didn’t know anything about these paintings, but seeing them today made me quite emotional. Though the biggest impression of the day was made by an unknown artist for me, Sanja Ivekovic, her work Women's house consists of 8-10 posters, each with women’s stories of violence in their families.
I’m starting to get used to NY, people here, buildings, musicians and break dancers at the subway, lights at Times Square, yellow cabs, streets, smells and noises, music around me, fancy dining spots and cozy bakeries with all the cup- and cheese-cakes. Every morning I’m looking at the view from my window, there’s so much going on out there. School buses, cabs, a gym right across the street, shops, people going to work, everyone is in a hurry. But I like it here, there’s just something about this city, it seems like there are enough space for anyone here no matter where you come from, what you believe in and what you like to do. New York is big enough for all type of people and all nationalities. There are Chinese, Africans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, African-Americans, Jews, Indians and Pakistanis, Arabs, Russians, Italians and many many others. Manhattan is such a multicultural place and that’s what I really like about it, it makes me feel welcome and I’m not a stranger here. That’s my impression of New York, but I’m curious about other states, I wonder what it’s like living in Illinois and Texas.. What is the difference between a person from Chicago, New York and Houston? I’m about to find out.
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