Vincent, Joan and Pipilotti Ring Out 2008

Last weekend, which was the last weekend of 2008, our intrepid Art Critic, Beth Gersh-Nesic, braved the throngs at the Museum of Modern Art to see Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night one last time before its New York City deinstallation. (Heads up, Amsterdam--it opens for you February 13 at the Van Gogh Museum.) If you were lucky enough to have seen the exhibition yourself, you know how it was: a veritable Vincent nirvana but very, very crowded. So much so that timed tickets were required.

Beth ended up with 3-1/2 hours to kill while waiting for her admission to Van Gogh. Her New Year's gift to us is a literary walk around MoMA taking in Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting and the Pipilotti Rist installation--the last being, I think, impossible to miss even if one tried. (Note the image. The entire MoMA atrium looks like some gigantic Swingin' '60s conversation pit.) Of course, she speaks of Vincent, too. You can get your own private tour with Beth here in her review "Vincent, Joan and Pipilotti Ring Out 2008."

Related Viewing

• Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night (image gallery)
• Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937 (image gallery)
• Pipilotti Rist's 1997 video Ever is All Over (YouTube clip)

Image Credit:

Installation view of Pipilotti Rist's Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters) at The Museum of Modern Art, 2008.
Multichannel video projection (color, sound), projector enclosures, circular seating element, carpet.
Courtesy the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
© 2008 Pipilotti Rist
Photo: © Frederick Charles, fcharles.com