entertain us!

Other than visits to Mayo for blood work,  Meg and I have been free to hang out at the condo.  I have been starting to do my research again (meetings, students, data analysis) much of which can be done remotely.  Meg has been doing financial stuff as well as planning for kids and her own research on the latest for hep-C and such.  We have been doing more cooking and less eating out.

Almost a week ago we went back to the Cummer Museum.  The current exhibit,  "Impressionism and Post Impressionism from the High Museum of Art" was a big disappointment.  Very few worthwhile pieces (all very small), some American wannabes, some unfinished works or studies by the famous impressionists.  Nothing that would hang in a major museum.   Concurrently, however, was a showing of Japanese block prints related to impressionism,  Beyond Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints and their influence on Western Art which did have some works that I found to be excellent.  In particular, was the artist Hiroshige (http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/main/main.htm).  Here is an example:

And amongst the latest Cummer acquisitions were five out of Andy Warhol's "Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th century".  They were large works, drawn with Warhols stylized simple lines with striking colors (except for Einstein who was mysteriously drawn in black and white).

On tuesday night we went to see the Alvin Ailey dance troupe.  They were very good technically and reasonably accessible to people like Meg and I who do not follow dance.   Took some concentration, but we enjoyed it.  

This coming Sunday we have tickets to see Wynton Marsalis at the big arts auditorium downtown (same venue as the dance).    Not quite the same as when Meg and I had the good fortune to see both Wynton and Branford debut with Art Blakley at the Keystone  Korner in S.F. back in 1982.  Not only was the Keystone small and intimate, but I was drinking a beer.