Family adventure

Long, long ago

we went to LACMA and the kids got free memberships, NexGen, that allow them to bring one adult as a guest.  Yesterday we used them.

Urban Light, Chris Burden (Pomona College '69)

Even before we went to an exhibit I had taken a dozen pictures of the lamp posts, shadows, and chairs.

preparing to visit Breathing Light, by James Turrell, Pomona College '65

My favorite part of Metropolis II (also Chris Burden) was seeing the buildings
made from different materials (e.g., Lego, Tinkertoys).

This exhibit was popular with some.

Nelson Leirner's Marcana

D. and R.went to the special Calder and Kandinsky exhibit, which was the most crowded part of the museum, but they were glad to have seen it.

There were special Family Day activities, but the art room off the gift shop was more attractive.

I had no idea the breadth of LACMA's collection so I left feeling like I could easily enjoy another visit.  I hope the kids will decide to take us.

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D. just read about this last night!  From News of the Weird

The upscale restaurant at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced in August that it would soon add a 20-item selection of waters from around the world, priced from $8 to $16 a bottle (except for a $12 "tasting menu"). Martin Riese, general manager of Ray's & Stark Bar, who is also a renowned water gourmet, will sell his own California-made 9OH2O, which comes in "limited editions of 10,000 individually numbered glass bottles" at $14 each. Said Riese, "(M)any people don't know that water is just as important to the entire dining experience (as, say, a good wine)." Riese has been certified as a Water Sommelier by the German Mineral Water Association.