Mayor Daley would be proud of us for how we spent Sunday–we went to the Art Institute, which is free for all of February, we ice skated at Millennium Park, we sat in the warming tent and had a hot chocolate by the ice rink, then we went to check out the Paintings Below Zero installation of ice painting right by the bean. All exceeded our expectations!
We focused on the ancient Greek galleries at the Art Institute, to let Miles see some of the real coins and pottery that show the Olympians and heroes–the Athena coin with an owl on the reverse side was my favorite. It looks remarkably like a nickel. We went to the Art Institute with the Groves and met the Wests for skating. Our visit to the ice paintings was actually the shortest part of the day–by that time Miles was wet, cold and had burnt his tongue on the hot chocolate. You can see in the photo below he was ready to go home! But altogether the day was lots of fun!
Poor Miles looks ready to go home in that picture alright! Sounds like a fun day though.
Erica & Jane saw the Paintings Below Zero yesterday with John, and Jane said she herself was disappointed in them. She said she was expecting more of a sculpture. Those artists – always critical of others!
disappointed, but did she look as miserable as Miles did?
I was pretty amazed to see how such a big “painting” could look small in the huge open space it’s sitting in. Maybe it didn’t command the space as she had hoped…yes that’s the peril of an artist viewing art, lots of criticism and disappointment can result!