3/22/15 review of The Art Books of Henri Matisse at the Bechtler Museum

(Image: The Knife Thrower, by Henri Matisse, via the Bechtler Museum)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 exhibition The Art Books of Henri Matisse at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

My thread discusses how I went to the Bechtler's show partly to see Matisse's collage book Jazz, since I love and make collage. But the thread also shows pictures of and discusses Matisse's illustrations of Mallarme's poetry, the story of Pasiphae (and my copy of an illustration from that work), and some comparisons to other artists.

Here is the link to the Bechtler's info on their show The Art Books of Henri Matisse.

3/22/15 review of a mimosa party for Time Out Youth in Charlotte NC

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a mimosa party that was held as a fundraiser for the LGBTQ group Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This mimosa party is apparently an annual thing and, I think, is concurrent with the Elizabeth 8K road race. As my Twitter thread discusses, I found out about this race just randomly, as I was reading the QNotes newspaper at the Smelly Cat Cafe in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte. I'd actually learned a lot about Charlotte politics, as well as Charlotte LGBTQ politics, and the Charlotte LGBTQ community in general, while I was at the mimosa party.

Here is the link to the Time Out Youth website.

Here is the link to QNotes.

Here is the link to the Smelly Cat Cafe.

3/22/15 review of an open house night at The McColl Center

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of an open house night at The McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The McColl Center is a work and exhibition space for artists in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's a beautiful space. My thread discusses work by (and my conversations with) April Vahey, Zaire Kacz, Anne Lemanski, Betsy Birkner, Robert F. Karimi, and Tina Alberi.

In this thread there's a pretty involved conversation between Karimi and me, which I think shows what an awesome person Karimi is (and what a petty person I am) and what a fun place to be Twitter was before 2016 destroyed the platform in a lot of ways.

Here is the link to the McColl Center's website. I highly recommend checking them out.

3/22/15 review of Halston & Warhol exhibit at The Mint Museum

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 show Halston & Warhol: Silver & Suede at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This exhibit showed the parallel careers of Andy Warhol and Ray Halston Frowick. My thread discussed how Halston was the real star of this show. It also discusses some of the interactive stuff at the show, including a drawing station, where I made a drawing of some Halston fashions that I also posted to this thread.

Here is the link to info the Mint's show Halston & Warhol: Silver & Suede.

5/18/14 review of Mario Botta and Fritz Lang's Metropolis at Bechtler Museum

(Image: The Architects Newspaper)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of two 2014 visits I made to the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

One of these visits was made to see the Fritz Lang film Metropolis. I spend quite a while analyzing that film and also, for some reason, comparing it to Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.

The second visit was made to see the exhibit Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory, about the art of Mario Botta, who designed the Bechtler's building. My thread discusses Botta's work and influences and has a photo of work by Jean Tinguely and Niki Saint Phalle.

Here is the link to info about the Bechtler's show Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory.

Here is the trailer for the Fritz Lang film Metropolis.