Adventures in the art world as seen through the eyes of an art-loving New Yorker who works at MoMA PS1 and blogs for the Huffington Post.Tumblr (3.0; @rebeccataylorny)http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fdc51f180e7b1be73b321ab60a2be297/tumblr_mok4vorae51qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Singin’ in the Rain #rainroom #expo1 (at MoMA Rain Room)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53226006302http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53226006302Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:59 -0400expo1rainroom<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0df067f95da74ba84adbf01df6cda7f/tumblr_mok28q1dX01qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_51bf7470bbaa51270617287">New Yorkers, if you haven’t seen <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cool-School/294184207276791?directed_target_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=294184207276791&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D">The Cool School</a> (a fantastic 2008 documentary chronicling the eponymous Ferus Gallery in the late 1950s), it’s screening at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nitehawkcinema?directed_target_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=111985815556376&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D">Nitehawk Cinema</a> twice this weekend!<br/><br/> Ed Kienholz, L<span class="text_exposed_show">arry Bell, Ed Moses, John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, and Billy Al Bengston, need I say more? If that’s not enough, as a bonus, at Saturday’s screening you’ll get an intro by yours truly: <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/the-cool-school/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/the-cool-school/">http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/the-cool-school/</a></a></span></div></p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53221723244http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53221723244Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:02 -0400cool schoolnitehawk cinemalos angelesla art sceneruschabaldessari<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ffd237d5fd426ae83f66d31d76bff12/tumblr_mnl7vcHs1o1sprnkwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beyoncearthistory.tumblr.com/post/52229194592/jackson-pollock-number-1-1950-lavender-mist">beyoncearthistory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jackson Pollock, “Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)” / Destiny’s Child “Bug-A-Boo”</p> <p>Credit: Becky Bruton</p> </blockquote>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53137151007http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53137151007Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:30:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/47673c518c091b688c1eb322898fd513/tumblr_mogd3gw1yP1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gorgeous day on the roof @momaps1! (at MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53049612708http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53049612708Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:02:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2747064664a1e42cc6f82a7d303f7799/tumblr_mogcouJkk01qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My favorite place: the #expo1 roof garden @momaps1! (at MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53049042177http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/53049042177Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:53:18 -0400expo1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56624c3634d2e45fc9ca210c41c06b09/tumblr_moclapenAu1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lessons learned from my Foursquare history: (1) I love art / museums (2) I live to travel (3) I really like to eat. Wait, didn’t we know all of this already?! Well, whatever, it’s a fun infographic.</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52889630607http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52889630607Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:08:49 -0400travelfoursquaremuseumsinfographicfoodieartnerd<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88b0c813fd8b907a440f4a5590f86e29/tumblr_mnx7tr0Ax71qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This concludes my Italian adventure. Thanks for tolerating my gratuitous instagramming! #yolo (at Aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” (FCO))</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216944543http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216944543Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:53:51 -0400yolo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/687c11751a10e0e16589261d0a61416e/tumblr_mnx7shWfVi1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All roads lead to Rome. Arrivederci Roma, a presto! (at Aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” (FCO))</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216914797http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216914797Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:53:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3c9781f8f0accd9e6aab22587e41030/tumblr_mnx6zrUrbQ1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scalinata di Trinita dei Monti (at Piazza di Spagna)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216255913http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52216255913Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:35:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ba921a2ca58e962303e9ad770c706cf7/tumblr_mnvvhp5JC21qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daniel Buren @MACRO_Roma (at MACRO - Museo D’arte Contemporanea Roma)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52157874651http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52157874651Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:29:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76da39fd00f67eb0c568f0b2d7a0dc62/tumblr_mnvuzyTTRh1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Galleria Vezzoli @maxxi (at MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52157117637http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52157117637Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:19:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c2365f34a7b1948a80d9bbb4c12ef37d/tumblr_mnvutvWPjh1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Luigi Ghirri, Francesco Vezzoli, Alighiero Boetti & Fiona Tan @maxxi (at MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52156860409http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52156860409Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:15:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93325880bbca6e041478da8e7aac3098/tumblr_mnvufenuRE1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thomas Houseago: Standing Figure / Striding Figure (at Galleria Borghese)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52156261974http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52156261974Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:06:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4be269a29906066ad76c0e56e980db26/tumblr_mnvtv894hI1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Caravaggio’s Mea Culpa (and unintended swan song) #humilitykillspride (at Galleria Borghese)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52155431848http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52155431848Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:54:44 -0400humilitykillspride<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b0ff93047a0a0b54deab405d9521357/tumblr_mnvtguADns1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scipione wasn’t above reproach, but his taste in art certainly was. #bernini #caravaggio (at Galleria Borghese)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52154857576http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52154857576Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:46:06 -0400berninicaravaggio<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c07b610b316a579361b037f4c00a59a5/tumblr_mnvtcqNuS81qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Galleria Borghese (at Galleria Borghese)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52154695712http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52154695712Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:43:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0ec4ea60162f22cf40affd970df44c39/tumblr_mntyryr1pa1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Tiber River, where it all began with Romulus and Remus #rome (at Via Marmorata)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52072488791http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52072488791Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:45:34 -0400rome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/771b41a6666ed07f24f1c8ee54f50fe0/tumblr_mntww39pbj1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>San Pietro al tramonto (at Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52069838595http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52069838595Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:04:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99ee8edb412a0c518d1d3884c2f501f5/tumblr_mntwg8aXX51qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mike & Doug Starn’s “Big Bambú” (at MACRO Testaccio e La Pelanda Centro di produzione culturale)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52069237904http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52069237904Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:55:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6975f394a1a905668ee59beb1e3cdaeb/tumblr_mntw8bOEKl1qd3f0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“A male artist said ‘You’ve got to have balls to be a sculptor.’ I said ‘I’ve got balls’ and he shut up.” ~Louise Nevelson (at Museo Fondazione Roma)</p>http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52068943649http://rebeccataylorny.tumblr.com/post/52068943649Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:50:34 -0400