Thursday, March 25, 2010

Miami Heat

We spent the day in Maimi on Lincoln Road and in the Bass Museum. Lincoln Road is a Ramblas type area consisting mostly of restaurants and commercial shops. There are one or two galleries and the Arts Center. The area teems with tattoos, cleavage, lots of skin, and electronic devices. We had a nice sushi lunch among the tanned. After lunch we walked about 1 mile to the Bass Museum. It is very small; one room of Renaissance art and a floor of contemporary pieces. It is more like a gallery than a museum. Question: Why is a mosaic penguin in front of a restaurant NOT art and a mounted stack of cardboard boxes in a museum IS art? Dinner at Chima was so nice. It is Brazilian in style and food, a beautifully appointed space.