September 5th, 2011 § § permalink
With all due respect to the musical The Sound of Music, one of whose songs contained lyrics bastardized in the title of this post, we must bid adieu to the Summer of Steins in San Francisco. Both exhibitions SEEING GERTRUDE STEIN: FIVE STORIES at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and THE STEINS COLLECT: MATTISE, PICASSO AND THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE at SFMOMA end tomorrow, September 6th. And though both of them will be travelling, the first to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC from October 14th – January 22nd, 2012 and the other one to both Paris at the Grand Palais from October 3rd – January 16, 2012 and then the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from February 21 through June 3, 2012, the Summer of Steins in San Francisco will not be able to be replicated as the Fall, Winter or Spring of Steins in any of the other cities – this summer was just too special!
the movie Von Trapps bid their adieus!
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July 20th, 2011 § § permalink
One of the purposes of a blog is commenting on happenings in a timely manner.
Well, this morning before my GoogleAlert for Gertrude Stein even had a chance to send me any alerts, I got an e mail from a friend on the East Coast with this heading:
“Lesbians Booted from Gertrude Stein Exhibit – San Francisco…”
And why did a security guard try to get them to leave the Contemporary Jewish Museum…for defacing a painting? Pressing their noses against one of the Plexiglas vitrines? Relishing an Alice B. Toklas treat while touring the show?
No, no, no…for holding hands!!!
"Semper fidelis," (detail) by Bruce Kellner, 1982
Word about this incident is apparently spreading like wildfire within the community of Stein fans, as well as in newspapers across the country. (One of my friends has proposed a “Hand-Holding, Sit-In” type of day at the museum.)
How can I not comment on this in a timely manner considering that many items from my collection are featured in the exhibition, which I hope this couple was able to view before they were so unconscionably treated!
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May 6th, 2011 § § permalink
“When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars…”
Now you’re saying “He really has had too much of Alice’s special treat !” But no, really, Summer 2011 in San Francisco is the Summer of Steins – I’ll bet my fringed suede vest and bell-bottomed jeans with the floral-fabric inserts at the bottom that it’s a fact!
The exhibition Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories will be at The Contemporary Jewish Museum from May 12 – September 6, while The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde will be at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from May 21 – September 6.
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