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  1. They tell me it is international museum day, so I figured I'd celebrate by posting this essay from May of 2020. The Philadelphia Museum of art had reopened its new galleries of European Art in March. I'd popped in for a quick look, figuring I'd be back for a leisurely visit, but then the pandemic hit and the city closed down

    By May I was desperate for something to write about, but I remembered the new galleries. So I interviewed the curator over the phone from my memory of a 20 minute visit two months earlier. Years later, we chatted again about Mary Cassatt, but that first interview was a highlight in sad times.

    #InternationalMuseumDay
    #PhiladelphiaMuseumOfArt
    #Philadelphia #Art

    broadstreetreview.com/articles

  2. The famous "Rocky" steps at the Phila. Museum of Art. In this photo, you can't fully appreciate the steepness. Inadvertently taunted by a class of 15-year-olds running up the steps (multiple times) and then doing calisthenics at the top, I climbed them rather than looking for a more accessible entrance. There isn't even anything to hold on to. It was fairly easy!

    I hereby declare the knee replacement operations a success and the year from hell formally over.

    #philadelphiamuseumofart #rocky