Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald and Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley on view at the Portrait Gallery! These portraits make lovely additions to the collection. Photos from a quick trip, below:
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Japanese Kintsugi
"Kintsugi (金継ぎ, きんつぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, きんつくろい, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise"
"Big Bling"
Look at the Big Bling! By artist Martin Puryear, presented by the Association for Public Art. If you commute through Philly, I know you've seen this enormous structure on Kelly Drive. I went to see it up-close literally on its last day of being on view - Better late than never!
Dots Obsession—Love Transformed into Dots
My favorite of the Infinity Mirror Rooms, Kusama's "Dots Obsession - Love Transformed into Dots" is a pink, fantastical dream. And just our luck to for the rare chance to experience this artwork in such a personal and intimate setting.
