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Badmitten Lawn
December 30, 2007
Badmitten Lawn ~ Canon 30d
My mom, brother and I spent my last full day in Kansas City at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Fine Art. If you ever have a chance to visit, do it! The museum may not be as big as the Smithsonian or the Met, but is world-class nonetheless. The new "Bloch Building", a contemporary wing to the museum, was just given top billing by Time magazine for outstanding new architecture for 2007. This is as it should be. A building containing masterpieces should be a work of art itself, and I love the place.
I took this shot just after we ate lunch in the museum's cafe... I was all atwitter it had started to snow... donned my coat and scampered through the revolving door to take a picture of the museum's front lawn which is dotted with whimsical over-sized shuttlecock sculptures by artists, Claes Oldenburg, and Coosje Van Bruggen.
It's nearly impossible not to "watch the birdie" while driving past the museum ~ I think they're just marvelous.
Posted by susan at December 30, 2007 2:30 PM
Comments
One of my favorite places too...
And that new building is GORGEOUS!
Posted by: HeyJules at December 31, 2007 10:56 AM
So glad you love a place I love.
Posted by: janet at January 5, 2008 2:28 PM
