The Design Museum, London (May 2026)

My jet lag (the 8 hour time difference) is catching up with me, so I'll just say that I enjoyed the Design Museum again, including a special exhibit (not illustrated here) of designs by Nigo, the founder of A Bathing Ape, who has been involved in a range of western design houses, plus Simone Brewster's sculptures and patterns.  And the bookstore.  Always the bookstore.

There was more to this trip than my jetlag will allow me to describe, so I'll keep some of those details to myself for now.  Just know that London has lots of interesting ingredients! 

Anthony James 80" Great Rhombicosidodecahedron (October 2025)

 

This amazing, very mathy sculpture deserves its own post.  Anthony James used one-way mirrors to produce this very glorious ball of geometric internal reflections...  It's gorgeous and very much worth seeing in person.  

I enjoyed it upon entering the Palm Springs Art Museum, where I also spent a fortune in the gift shop.  It's a great space with a stimulating collection!

2025 Tokyo Highlights: MOT

The sound show at MOT was sold out, but I enjoyed this contemporary MOT Annual 2024 "on the imagined terrain" show very much.  Artists include Yuki Shimizu, Satoshi Kawata, Ryohei Usui, and Asami Shoji.  

2025 Tokyo Highlights: Hilma af Klimt (!)

Hilma af Klimt was an amazing, ahead-of-her-time painter from Sweden, and the touring show happened to be at the National Museum of Modern Art!  I enjoyed it (and the gift shop - too much). 

Elaborate, Dark Room

I went to the Legion of Honor, and decided to take a low light exposure image of this room that is so elaborate, it must add curlicues to the dreams of everyone who spends time in it...  The windows on either side are mirrored, so it feels quite unreal.

Gallery (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) (19 December)

 While contemporary art is my thing (and I went to the museum dedicated to that first!), I also visited the Museum of Fine Arts (shown here), and enjoyed multiple contemporary shows, including one on quilts, which were GREAT.  The collection covers a broad span of time!