Paris: Museums & Memories
I first went to Paris when I was 18 years old with my sister and my uncle. We stayed in an apartment in Le Marais, visited museums, climbed the stairs of Montmartre, and ate ice cream by the Seine. I loved it, as I knew I would, and returned a year later to study art history at La Sorbonne. In the art history building near Luxembourg gardens, I studied Italian Renaissance art, the Flemish masters, and contemporary photography, and on weekends frequented the many museums.
A Visit to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp (KMSKA) re-opened in 2022, after over a decade of major restoration and renovation work. First opened in 1890, the KMSKA now houses both old masters and modern art. Having moved to Belgium in 2013, I hadn’t visited the museum before its recent reopening and was excited to see the building and the artwork inside. In what follows, I share my impressions of what will surely be the first of many visits to the KMSKA.
A Visit to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Before my latest trip, I had never been west of Michigan in the United States. I was thrilled when I got the chance to expand my travels to attend my best friend’s wedding—artist Siobhán Gallagher—in Kansas City, Missouri. It was a wedding weekend filled with activities and events and one free afternoon I visited The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In this post, I write about my museum visit, the joy of talking art with friends, and finding a special souvenir.
