Hello there, DU! Ready for today’s art quiz? It’s “Another Back Story Challenge!”

[Luminous Animal]

28. She's 23 now and she loves them...

When she was 2 and a half, we camped in Europe for almost 3 months and she fell in love with art in cathedrals and museums. Statues were her favorite but her favorite museum was the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. She loved Picasso's art so much that she recognized his artwork in Paris's Centre Pompidou 2 weeks later.

Cute story, when we went to the Louvre, her dad was carrying her. We were mostly looking at statues and animal paintings. Whatever she wanted to see. Throughout the Louvre they've small - maybe 3"x5" inch black and white images posted about showing the way to their more famous artwork. So we kept seeing tiny black & white images of the Mona Lisa and my daughter's dad would say, "We're getting closer to the Mona Lisa!" When we arrived at the gallery, people were crowded around and her dad put her on his shoulders so she could see the painting. And she said, "I like the little ones better." ! So back to the statues we went!

I'd say that my most exciting art experience was the 11 days that we spent in Mexico City when my daughter was 12. Fabulous art everywhere. we could have stayed twice as long and still barely tap into the abundance of extra-ordinary art there.