Last Saturday, March 31, we took the Megabus up to Milwaukee, to witness the Francis Bacon exhibition, and to see firsthand the architectural design of Santiago Calatrava.
We were under the impression that the Milwaukee Art Museum was a reciprocal member of the Art Institute of Chicago. Many Midwestern city museums are reciprocal members with the Art Institute. Milwaukee, come to find out, is not one of them.
We were told explicitly that Milwaukee's museum is small and in the words of one customer service representative (the Art Institute) "dwarfs our museum..." and [we] the Milwaukee Art Museum "would be overrun" were [we] to be a reciprocal member.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is only reciprocal members with other small museums. The Art Institute of Chicago is reciprocal members with museums in these cities: Minneapolis, St.Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, among others.
But the collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum is nothing to scoff at. The collection is at least as large as the High Museum's in Atlanta.
Our mistake. We paid the $14 a piece to see the Francis Bacon exhibit, "Paintings from the 1950's".
The Bacon exhibition wasn't a particular large exhibition, primarily portraits, but very neatly displayed.
A video of Francis Bacon at the Tate Gallery in London was being showed at the exit of the exhibit. It was very funny and interesting. The docent suggested that we go and see the full video down the hall in the auditorium -- a 55 minute video showing at 1:00 and 3:00 pm.
We went to the auditorium's double-doors as instructed and both sets of doors were locked. We inquired with a museum customer service attendant surfing the web at a table close by and he didn't really have any idea why the doors were locked. We surmised that the doors must be locked once the screening begins and we determined to catch the 3:00pm screening figuring the film would be a great supplement to a good, but rather small, exhibit of Francis Bacon's work.
We were under the impression that the Milwaukee Art Museum was a reciprocal member of the Art Institute of Chicago. Many Midwestern city museums are reciprocal members with the Art Institute. Milwaukee, come to find out, is not one of them.
We were told explicitly that Milwaukee's museum is small and in the words of one customer service representative (the Art Institute) "dwarfs our museum..." and [we] the Milwaukee Art Museum "would be overrun" were [we] to be a reciprocal member.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is only reciprocal members with other small museums. The Art Institute of Chicago is reciprocal members with museums in these cities: Minneapolis, St.Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, among others.
But the collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum is nothing to scoff at. The collection is at least as large as the High Museum's in Atlanta.
Our mistake. We paid the $14 a piece to see the Francis Bacon exhibit, "Paintings from the 1950's".
The Bacon exhibition wasn't a particular large exhibition, primarily portraits, but very neatly displayed.
A video of Francis Bacon at the Tate Gallery in London was being showed at the exit of the exhibit. It was very funny and interesting. The docent suggested that we go and see the full video down the hall in the auditorium -- a 55 minute video showing at 1:00 and 3:00 pm.
We went to the auditorium's double-doors as instructed and both sets of doors were locked. We inquired with a museum customer service attendant surfing the web at a table close by and he didn't really have any idea why the doors were locked. We surmised that the doors must be locked once the screening begins and we determined to catch the 3:00pm screening figuring the film would be a great supplement to a good, but rather small, exhibit of Francis Bacon's work.
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