Gustav Klimt

I love the paintings of Gustav Klimt.  The Neue Galerie recently acquired this portrait.  I was able to get this one shot of it on my phone before the security guards stopped me and let me know there was no photography allowed.  Luckily it came out ok!  I found out that the first Friday night of the month is free to get inside the museum, except be prepared to be waiting in a line outside for at least a half hour!

The MOMA has this piece of Klimt and I got to get some detail shots of the women.  

Willem de Kooning at MOMA

If you are in NYC and have a chance to go the MOMA, get there before January 9th when this show comes down.  Unfortunately photography wasn't allowed for the actual paintings, but this wall had six black and white reproductions of some of my favorites from his retrospective show.  When I saw these images without color, I was really moved to see how bold his strokes were and the overall rhythm of dark to light values.  When I saw the paintings in full color, some of this beautiful and daring brushwork to me seemed to get overpowered by the saturation of color choice.  Truly inspiring.