The Modern

I didn't have a New Year's resolution until I took my mother to The Modern today. Now it's spend more time at the Modern. Their permanent collection, which is filling several galleries just now, comprises a "who's who" of contemporary art: Carl Andre, Jackson Pollock, Anselm Kiefer, Elsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter. The thing is though, that Tadeo Ando's building offers so many amazing vistas that familiar works become spectacular, especially when installed in these galleries by the water. There's a Felix Gonzales-Torres green candy piece they wouldn't let me photograph that sings harmony with the light coming in the window, the stones lining the pool and the glass and concrete of the building itself.