The Cloisters, linked to the MET. Take the A until the very North West of Manhattan, then walk along Margot Cortin and cross a lovely park.

The MET or Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you have time, take the M4 back from the Cloisters. It's a bit long (one hour) but drives you throug Harlem and then directly in front of the MET (at 81th).

The three Graces.

William Turner!

If you don't have time visiting the Hopper exhibiton in Lausanne... He's pretty popular here too!

Even Balthus crossed the ocean!

Sean Scully in the large room next to Warhols's Mao(to please Marie-Jo!).

A short visit to the Knoedler Gallery (19 E 70th), next to the Frick Museum while they present Mark Rothko's friend Michael Goldberg. They very nicely gave me Pousette-Dart's catalogue while I visited them at Art Basel.

There is something with Miro's sculptures. I found the same in the garden of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. This one is between the MoMa and Central Park.

The MoMA, or Museum of Modern Art, a must when you visit NY.
Kandinsky's always attracting a lot of attention. How could it not be?

This Monet is the largest painting from him I have seen so far. There is another one in the opposite wall. An experience not to be described in a small screen or printed picture.

Jason Pollock too attracts people.

Looks like this will be Rothko's years. Look further down in Hirshhorn.

Actually, Andy didn't know what soup to chose from.

Like a cartoon of the cat... without the cat (Geluck).

The goal was to yell. And they started talking.

So they got some explanations.

And yelled.

*That* was fun!

The materpiece in the Phillips collection. Last time I stood there for almost half an hour. When I came back I found it was smaller than in my memories! Typical!

The four Rothko's of the Phillips colection are among the nicest I know. And very well displayed (low light, no more than 8 persons in the room).

Pousette-Dart. Pictures not allowed. But you can go to the Phillips site. Or better visit (until September 2010).

In the permanent exhibition of the Phillips Collection. I can't understand that some people livin in Washington don't even know it!

So many Modigliani around between DC and NY.

In case you would not know: Raoul Dufy.

Kandinsky again.

And for sure Paul Klee!

In the streets, on the street!

We're in Washington DC, aren't we?
This is the National Gallery of Art (West Wing: classical paintings).

This is puzzling me. Would you know the story of this head?

Chuck Close. After the one in the large hall of the Moma. And I missed the temporary exhibition in the Corcoran Museum in DC. One more reason to return.

A reproduction of Rothko's Chapel in the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art where there is some modern art.

There is an entire collection of Calder's mobiles. Look in the far right there is a walking man.

This is a second copy of Giacometti's walking man that was recently sold for more than $ 100 M! Just let here in the hall.

Very American art.

Sean Scully again. His inspiration comes from Rothko, Matisse and Van Gogh.

Turner again. I can't resist putting this one. Look at how light is penetrating and destoying the wall. There were plenty of others inthe DC Museum of Art.

The Smithsonian Castle Information Center.

In the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden.

Miro, as said before.

I love this study of Maillo.

Juan Munoz.

Temporary collection. No pictures. Very impressive though. I ended up with almost tears in my eyes and a sudden feeling of happiness. Just tampered by the sadness to realize that he died at 34 only.

Klein. The set in the center has been built according to the original instructions of Yves Klein.

Ellsworth Kelly. I guess there is a similar one in white in Nestlé's hall (Bergère). Also another one in London's Modern Tate(but this is another story).

Hiroshi Sugimoto. A discovery. Amazing what he can do with an 8x10". I'd love to work with such a camera. But I almost broke my back with half my Nikon D700 set. So guess what? an 8x10 is typically more than 15 kg with material. Still this is between painting and photography. I love it.

A view over some ot the fabulous Smithsonian Museums fro the Hisrshhorn.

Léger.

Edward Hopper again.

And a follow-up Rothko. I ... no words.

There is a temporary exhibithion at Hisrhhorn: ColorForms. This is James Turrell's "Milk Run," 1996. You have to wait until eyes are adapted to dim light.

Alternating colors in a dark room. Check a good description at http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/view.asp?key=19&subkey=446 .

A field of yellow hazelnut pollen.

The Air and Space Museum. I saw a very interesting show on black holes.

Inside the American Indian Museum. Interesting. I didn't find infor on Hopi, but this is certainly due to the fact that I didn0t spend enough time. There are so many tribes.

Breughel, isn't it?

Some quiet moments in the National Gallery of Art (West Wing).

The assorted couple is not the apparent one.

Quentin La Tour.

And Hopper again.

Andrew Wyeth. I like him since I saw the young girl sitting in a field (MoMA between the stairs).

In the Natural History Museum. I can't tell between DC and NY which one is the best. In both it's like walking in a 3D encyclopedia. This one has the Hope diamond. Makes you wish to be rich.

In the American History Museum.

In the Renwick Gallery. Small but interesting temporary exhibitions.
There are no pictures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art because the long evening is on Thrusday. And I missed it because I was too tired on Thrusday and too late on Friday. Next time.

Back to NY: The Plaza hotel by Central Park.

In Central Park.

In the American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org).

After this I rushed back to JFK, took a plane back to Geneva and posted these pictures.
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