Saturday, April 26, 2008

Gallery hopping

Papà Frank, Nonna Karen, and Mommy (Daddy had to stay home and work) take Kemper out for his very first art day in New York, gallery-hopping and visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org).

Kemper puts on his way-cool gallery hopping suit and gives the thumbs-up: he's ready to roll:


Nonna Karen and her grandson contemplate Butler Street while Papà Frank and Mommy install the car seat:


Kemper and his Papà Frank hit the galleries of Chelsea, peeking into windows to see which shows are worth popping into (this one, apparently, not):


A big part of gallery hopping in New York involves riding rickety of elevators…


…and walking down creepy blank hallways in old industrial buildings:


Papà Frank and Kemper sign the guest book at Donna Nelson's show:


Papà Frank shares artistic secrets with his grandson:


Kemper shares his kung-fu grip with Papa Frank:


Sometimes the art isn't nearly as interesting as that person holding the camera:


Kemper and his Papà pause in the shadows"


Mommy takes Kemper on his first stroll around the Metropolitan Museum of Art:


They zip past all that old stuff because, with Papà Frank in charge, they've come to see the temporary exhibits:


Kemper decides to wander on his own through the show on Jasper Johns, one of his Papà's favorite painters:


Thinking ahead, Kemper brought along his book about colors so he could engage in some field studies on the subject:


Finally, art made for babies! Kemper and his Papà examine Jeff Koons' giant "balloon dog" on the roof of the Met:


Kemper and Mommy cuddle by the Koons rooftop art:


Kemper doesn't seem to find Courbet all that scary:


Damien Hirst's shark, on the other hand, is downright frightening:

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