{"id":1096,"date":"2016-05-07T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2016-05-07T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T13:23:50","slug":"new-york-city-blog-may-2-may-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1096","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog – May 2 – May 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, on a chilly May Friday, I entered Central Park at 72nd Street and Central Park West and walked to the east side. Dressed for May as it\u2019s presented on calendars in a light, sort of water proofed jacket and cotton slacks, I was freezing. I had refused to put on a winter coat because I\u2019d had the winter things cleaned and had refused to dress for the weather: gloves and a woolen beret, so I got what I deserved. Central Park was practically deserted except for intrepid dog walkers. Playgrounds were empty. There were no joggers. The park itself was silent, misty and a\u00a0lovely light green you see briefly in spring.<\/p>\n

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I was on my way to The Met Breuer. When it was the Whitney I didn\u2019t appreciate the building and usually not the art. That\u2019s changed. The New Whitney downtown in the old meatpacking district is much more interesting than when the collection was in the original site. The original site, as everyone knows, is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I concentrated on Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible.<\/em> It\u2019s a collection of works that are unfinished by design or by death. I thought it was wonderful. There are two floors devoted to major and minor works of art from the Renaissance to modern day. Most of the exhibit comes from the museum itself. From Titian to Pollack, the notion of what\u2019s done, what\u2019s finished and what being finished means is examined.<\/p>\n

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Monet’s Unfinished Boulevard des Capucines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cody Noland’s Cart Full of Action, unfinished by design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One feature I appreciated when the building was the Whitney was the enormous elevator, build to contain massive structures. If only the dimensions were posted. No one could tell me at the Met Bauer.<\/p>\n

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