Ostensibly, we went to see a performance by a friend of Traci's. As part of his music/composition PhD, he had written a piece to accompany a work of art. Predictably, his (along with many others') work was "challenging". We heard 2 hours of music by various string musicians and not a jig or reel to be found. Ha! I would have paid anyone $500 to break out into "The Devil Went Down To Georgia".
Also at the gallery: an exhibit on Rembrandt, including some pieces from the big museum in Amsterdam. I am becoming a "Rembrandt Groupie", following his work all over the world!
I didn't know much about Rembrandt until I read a great biography prior to going to Amsterdam. Far from the rarified, academic air of intelligentsia he was (a) an unscrupulous art dealer (b) a gifted artist who continually absorbed trends in order to stay in the $ and (c) a cad, marrying the babysitter after a breakup with his wife. Anyway, it was cool to see some of his stuff again, and it gave me a new appreciation for how complete the museums were in Amster.
Another part of the gallery was "Curves of Steel". No it wasn't about boob jobs gone awry: it was on concept cars from the 1930s. Here are some pics from the gallery's website. Some really neat cars; my Uncle Roland would have loved it, and _might_ have been even stymied to identify some of them (he's exceptional at auto trivia).
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