Holbein Show at The Morgan Library

I was talking to my friend David Nakabayashi about painting together in Times Square (again, and we both want to) and also museums. He's a member of the American Alliance of Museums.  I know about them but haven't been a member.

The two museum memberships I always keep current are The Met and also the Museum of Natural History. I get it back on my taxes and also I like supporting them, they need it.

But I was never a member of AAM.  Until... TODAY.  It's $90/year (can go on the tax return) and all the museums I don't go to because they are too expensive take it!! The Guggenheim, The Morgan Library, The Frick, MOMA... actually if I go to all of those ONCE it more-than pays for the membership. The Met takes it too but I don't mind keeping my membership there.

So with my new AAM membership I decided to go see the Holbein show at The Morgan.

It's a fantastic show.  If you are in town go see it.  The painting I started a master copy of is in there and I was so excited to see it in person and really see the correct background color.  Holbein and I must be kindred spirits; we both love that greeny-blue color he used extensively as a background color.

Many pictures to follow but I mist put a disclaimer the color isn't quite right. 
I feel so blessed to be able to view it in-person.

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Ok so that's a lot of Holbein.

Maybe live music at the museums is a trendy thing; I hope it is.  There was a flute and violin today and they were superb. It's really special having live music while in the presence of these amazing paintings.
It's literally soul-cleansing. 

I'm going to put the rest of the day in the next post.