El Greco with The Chairman

[The Chairman]

OK, last time I tried to pull off one of these art "field trips" three people showed interest (and that was for Matisse and Picasso at MOMA), but here's another chance. If this doesn't succeed, I'm just going to let someone organize a Hooters event or something...

If anyone is interested in getting a group together to go see the El Greco exhibit at the Met (NYC), post here or PM me.

If we get ten people, I can arrange a private tour for our group (has to be a Monday though.) Otherwise, we can still go.

I have a college friend who is a hottie and an assistant curator and she will hook us up.

If we can't get 10 people for a Monday (the Museum is closed that day but open for the private tours), then we can still go; I would be a very capable alternate tour guide for this exhibit.

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[ADF]

I'd go. I just need to know far in advance.

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[The Chairman]

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[Steels]

(the Museum is closed that day but open for the private tours)

These tours are free and only require ten guests per party? Is this service available year round and is anyone who can conjur up ten or more guests allowed to organize such visits?




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[The Chairman]

For a private tour I would need 10 people and the hook up for a specific date. The private tours are not free, but as a member of The Met I have some connections which would defray the usual cost of a private tour ($50.) If we didn't go the private tour route, it would be less expensive ($7-$12.)



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[Steels]

Gotcha

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I'm in just give me a heads up.

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i'd love to go, if it's after christmas and before martin luther king day.

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[GaryWyze]

[color=purple]I have a few weekends away coming up, but if the Monday in question is one where I'll be in town, I'm most definitely in.

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[high fly]

My mom says she'll be a chaperone.

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[EQ]

Grant. Sounds great.

I would definitely go. When you have an idea of which Monday(s?), time, and other details, please IM or email me.

Oh, and like Ari said, after Xmas would be much better for me as well. I think the exhibit goes until February?






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[EQ]

I'll be organizing a Tour of Gvac's Porch.


I also have some museum connections, so a private tour should cost, oh...whatever spare change we find in the sofa should cover it.

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This tour does not have to be on a Monday.








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[Mike Teacher]

These tours are free and only require ten guests per party? Is this service available year round and is anyone who can conjur up ten or more guests allowed to organize such visits?


Great Q; because being the museum-nerd that I am, the answer is very often. Yep.

Seems most museums, even when 'closed' allow for small groups after hours, sometimes limited to one area of exhibit. I'm sure for some it's a tough thing to get, but for some places seems all you have to do is call...

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[JustJon]

I'd be interested, but I don't think I can get a Monday off from work until 2004. I know that 's only a month away, but I would have had to put in for vacation time already for this year.

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[monsterone]

sounds fun but no commitments until a date is set. though, in the spring there's the whitney biennial.

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[mikeyboy]

My wife and I are up for it, but we can't commit definitively until we know the date and time.


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[Death Metal Moe]

Sorry Chairman. But art BEGINS AND ENDS with this man:

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[ChrisTheCop]

Well, it wasnt THAT hard getting 10 people now was it? Allow me to be the 11th (or so), just promise me we'll all get together afterward in a pub to discuss what we've learned. and Moe, what does Jersey Rich have to do with art?

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[TheMojoPin]

When is this planned for?

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I'd only go if it was about Greco Roman style wrestling. And if it involved The Real Champlin or the World, who wrestles in Madison Square Garden. (ding!)

And after we could get a meal, Greco roman sized and some Curly Fries to go with my Curly shoes.

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[PanterA]

I'ld go if we can go to hooters afterwards

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[monsterone]

what ever happened to the trip, chairman? i checked the mets website, and i'm not seeing it listed. there is an exhibit of chuck close prints up until mid-april.

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[TooCute]

It's over.
We went, it was ok. Great if you like El Greco. Personally I started getting tired of all the religious portraits but that's just me. We saw Richard Avedon while we were there.

We went out for chinese after and we saw Mitch Miller.

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[monsterone]

damn, it's been ages since i've gone to any of the museums... any r&f.net interest in going th the whitney biennial? it opens may 11 (http://www.whitney.org/exhibition/biennial.shtml) and will probably be a pretty good laugh.

what days in may sound good to people?

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I would enjoy a museum visit with this wacky board. Would make for an interesting conversation while checking out exhibits.

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[Freakshow]

Damn. Where was I when this was going down? I must have been out of town and not checking the board. El Greco is in my top 3 of all time.

Of course I'm not in the NYC area, so I probably wouldn't have been able to go anyway.

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[SatCam]

i checked the mets website

So did I, and all I could find was Spring Training season ticket info.

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[monsterone]

satcam shouldn't you be in school or atleast smoking cigarettes on some corner? scoot young man, this is the time for the older folks to waste time at work.


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Half day I tell you!!! Half day!!

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[billyio]

Personally I started getting tired of all the religious portraits but that's just me


I loved this exhibition. It contained his most popular works and some rarer ones as well. I loved the "Veronica with Sudarium". It had some amazing tones and the eyes were incredible. I stared into this painting for five minutes in the midst of some frantic viewers. Some of the religious paintings are redundant,however magnificent. I've seen the Resurrection scene and Adoration of the Name so many times by so many Pre,present,and post-Renaissance artists that they become boring. Still,it was a great exhibition. I even ended up buying the accompanying catalogue.

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[monsterone]

I've seen the Resurrection scene and Adoration of the Name so many times by so many Pre,present,and post-Renaissance artists that they become boring.



when your work is commissioned, you usually don't choose the subject matter.


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[billyio]

when your work is commissioned, you usually don't choose the subject matter


True dat. I meant my statement as a general theme of a depiction.

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