Comments on: Barbarians at the Gates

By: Tessa

Tessa — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:29 +0000

Lovely piece, Ruth. I so envy you being in NYC in the Spring … even if it is a false Spring!

By: Cindy A

Cindy A — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:05 +0000

Winston, that 70-year-old son-of-a-Brit can kiss my Philistine assumptions.

By: Winston

Winston — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:58:14 +0000

Cindy, don’t worry. That 70 year old son-of-a-Brit probably called his mum the same thing when he was an upstart teen.

By: Cindy A

Cindy A — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:33 +0000

The 70-year-old son of a British dutchess recently called me a Philistine. I had to look it up. Guess that means I am.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:04 +0000

I got to see the Barnes collection when it came to the Kimball in Ft. Worth. It was breathtaking. They showed a little film going into some of what the documentary you saw covered, but it wasn’t quite as ominous.

By: Winston

Winston — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:42 +0000

Ah, so the new spring color is a warm black. Cut into something suitable, no doubt, for a trendy Tri-Delt to wear at a hot gangsta funeral.

By: g

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:35:38 +0000

Oh, art. We hang around artists and art-people these days. Sometimes it’s wonderful to hear someone – curators, especially – talk about the work. It all kind of clicks inside you and you understand it. But it seems like the worst are the artists themselves – they are almost inarticulate, verbally.
I’ve found some things I just love, and other things that make me scratch my head and go, “Whu?”
And FWIW, I think Barnes was a big control freak. It’s not nice to leave unsolvable problems for people. He and Isabella Stewart Gardner are probably looking down together and laughing.
I love your New York vignette, though – TriDelts! Very funny!

By: Brigindo

Brigindo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:58 +0000

Spring is my favorite season in NYC but don’t blink or you’ll miss it.