A Quick Trip to the St. Louis Art Museum

My husband wanted bbq and I wanted to go see Joan Mitchell’s work (next up the retrospective in Baltimore…) so we headed out to St. Louis to do both.

Rocking socks + sandals because it’s supposed to be 75 there.

We headed out to the museum (which was free by the way!) and had ourselves an excellent day touring their expansive collections.

Novemeber / December / January - Gerhard Richter

I got stuck in the modern and contemporary art wing (no surprise there) with most of the day being spent in front of Joan Mitchell’s Ici.

It’s like seeing a favorite band, or actor. I can’t look directly at it at first. Seeing work I’ve loved since being a baby artist is such a monumental feeling. The actual paint strokes, the texture from the brush, her signature… it’s just an amazing experience.

 But I’ve got the show with Rostrum 312 in Chicago this weekend, so we made it a quick trip.

Art, bbq, beer, home!