Week 13 - Museum Trip

LACMA.  I, being a snotty New Yorker who was raised on Museum mile, have only been there once for their spectacular Dalì exhibit.  I grew up going to the Met, which in my opinion was the undeniably most spectacular museum in the world. LACMA sounded so small in comparison to the cavernous halls and elegant chambers of the Met. However, after visiting the LACMA, I truly fell in love with the space. It is so elegant and intelligently designed. The rooms are smaller, and more intimate, so you feel on the same level as the art work. Also, being able to get so very close to the art-work, such as with Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, was really inspiring; it was possible to reach out and touch it, if I had been willing to breach every silent trust I had with the museum.  It was also so well laid out, and gave context for each work by putting them in the same space as many of the same period and design elements. I look forward to going back and exploring more, but it made me very excited to live so close to such an elegant and well thought out museum.