Down the street

A little further down the street from the big Madrid must see museums (Prado and Reina Sofia) is the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum-one of the most important private collections of art (800 pieces-can you imagine owning so much art??!!) that was acquired by Spain in 1993. Housed in a palace built between the 18th and 19th century the building is lovely and the collection ranges from Renaissance to Avante-garde and Pop art. There was a special exhibition of Monet and Abstraction-click on the link for a peek into a fantastic new way of seeing the impressionist master next to Rothko, Pollack, and Twombly. Again, if you're in Madrid, don't miss it!

Ghirlandajo (1488)

Gaugin (1892)

Hopper (1931) and below Estes (1971)

Prado!

My first trip the the Prado museum in Madrid was so much fun. One of my amazing friends from Minnessota was my curator through the museum and showed be how to really enjoy a museum. That was in 2003. My second trip was in 2007 with a group of American high school students one of my best friends and I were taking around Spain-again it was so much fun to see the students reactions and hear their comments about the paintings. I can't wait to go back and revist Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, and el Bosco.

Detroit...art city

A few more unforgetable stops in the Motor City...

The Detroit Institute of Art

and the Heidelberg Project