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Goonch

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26. I almost choked...
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 05:54 PM
Jul 2021

MARCEL DUCHAMP “ÉTANT DONNÉS” AT PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

Wooden doors, solid except for two peepholes, block off “Étant Donnés.”

Behind Duchamp's Door

Even Vincent cried... Dr. Strange Jul 2021 #1
I love that scene. Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2021 #9
I thought of that right away too Withywindle Jul 2021 #10
I had a strange breakdown in a historical "museum" Kali Jul 2021 #2
Yes, I remember being in Rome in a church where Caravaggio had painted several works for the CTyankee Jul 2021 #42
I cry every time I see a Sekhmet statue I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #3
On a trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, I asked an attendant if he has seen this phenomenon. CTyankee Jul 2021 #23
No, but I knew a wacko who met her first husband in a museum bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #4
"The sadness will last forever." PoliticAverse Jul 2021 #5
Yes panader0 Jul 2021 #6
I have not cried but the first time Polly Hennessey Jul 2021 #7
I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam in 1974. 3catwoman3 Jul 2021 #25
that was where I broke down, in front of "Wheat Fields with Crows." CTyankee Jul 2021 #43
Not Me, Personally ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #8
I was raised to reject Catholicism. ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #19
I saw the Pieta at the NY World's Fair in the 60s Champp Jul 2021 #33
Similar ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #34
You beat me to it Beatlelvr Jul 2021 #27
How could I have failed to include the ancient redwoods?!!? ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #37
Unexpectedly Nikossitti Jul 2021 #11
Yes, with this self portrait at the Art Institute of Chicago Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #12
Did not cry but the Rijksmuseum blew me away NightWatcher Jul 2021 #13
I never cry in public, in museums or anywhere else, but Ocelot II Jul 2021 #14
Rembrandt just knocks the hell out of me. Look at Lucretia's tears in her eyes. Rembrandt knew how CTyankee Jul 2021 #24
I'm going to the "immersive" Van Gogh exhibit next week. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #15
Please report back to us on how it made you feel. CTyankee Jul 2021 #20
I will. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #30
Yes. Tommy Carcetti Jul 2021 #16
It wasn't Van Gogh, but Francisco Goya dumbcat Jul 2021 #17
Yes, at the Detroit Institute of Arts' "Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos" exhibit. demmiblue Jul 2021 #18
that's astonishing. No words... CTyankee Jul 2021 #21
Yes jpak Jul 2021 #22
I almost choked... Goonch Jul 2021 #26
Obligatory TheProle Jul 2021 #28
Goya's "The Disasters of War" at the Prado in 1972 Another Jackalope Jul 2021 #29
Yep, those same ones got to me ... dumbcat Jul 2021 #36
Yes. Goya was horrified by what he saw in those Disasters. He was a changed man after. CTyankee Jul 2021 #45
Not a museum but Notre Dame in Paris Marthe48 Jul 2021 #31
+1 ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #39
I wish California had any art museums worth visiting to begin with ansible Jul 2021 #32
Not an art exhibit, but yes. happybird Jul 2021 #35
Yes. I cried when I saw Picasso's Mother and Child in person IcyPeas Jul 2021 #38
He started painting in blue after the shocking death of his friend, Casagemas. CTyankee Jul 2021 #46
There was a Monet exhibit Lars39 Jul 2021 #40
I cried in the Cincinnati Freedom Center. KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #41
not cry, but had to step away to compose myself Skittles Jul 2021 #44
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