Today is the first day of my last semester of college. Well, undergrad at least.
But WOW it’s been a crazy ride. I can’t wait to see what this year will bring: the semester, GRADUATING, my first job-hunting summer with a Bachelor’s degree, and (cue the anxiety) Grad school applications.
I’ve learned a lot so far in my academic career. But I’ve also learned a lot from just looking. I’m serious.
You know that phrase people say when a picture isn’t that good? “Photos don’t do it justice.” Well it’s the same with art.
Going to art museums and just simply looking at a real painting can teach you so much. You get a better feel of the texture and colors, for one, which pictures usually mess up. And by getting a little more personal with a work of art can help you recognize patterns of brushwork specific to an artist, or little details you just couldn’t see in your textbook.
This is obviously important and critical for any art historian, but I am mentioning it now because I recently just visited my 50th art museum.
50 ART MUSEUMS!!!!
And I am so happy that #50 was a small museum in Hannover, Germany (where my best friend lives) that houses a lot of works by female arists- I’ll definitely write a post on that one.
I’ve just barely scratched the surface when it comes to art museums, and I have so many on my list, but I feel so lucky to have attended so many thus far.
Here’s my list- in no particular order- of all the museums I’ve visited!
- San Diego Museum of Art
- Timken Museum of Art
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Milwaukee Museum of Art
- J. Paul Ghetty Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- National Museum of Mexican Art
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- The Metropolitan Museum
- The Brooklyn Museum
- The Whitney
- The British Museum
- Scottish National Gallery
- Oriental Institute Museum
- The Neues Gallerie
- The Guggenheim, New York
- The Uffizi Gallery
- Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
- Museo Novecento, Firenze
- Museo Novecento, Milano
- Il Cenacolo
- Castello Sforzesco
- Pinacoteca di Brera
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
- National Gallery, London
- The Courtauld Institute of Arts
- Tate Modern
- Museo San Marco
- Bargello Museum
- Musee du Louvre
- Musee d’Orsay
- Centre Pompidou
- L’Orangerie
- Vatican Museums
- Museo Archaeologico di Firenze
- Borghese Gallery
- The Reijksmuseum
- The Van Gogh Museum
- Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
- Palazzo Ducale, Urbino
- Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica
- Palazzo Barberini
- Palazzo Pitti
- Galleria dell’Accademia
- Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milano
- Palazzo Reale
- Casa di Michelangelo
- Museo Poldo PezzoliMuseo Poldo Pezzoli
- Sprengel Museum
