On the heals of the Tate’s Matisse “all-nighter”,
the Whitney will be keeping it’s doors open for the last 36 hours of the Jeff Koons exhibit.
Recently the Rubin Museum has offered a
sleepover amidst “the compassionate
gaze of one hundred buddhas” and BAM announced a 24-hour movie marathon.
Is it time for all cultural institutions to be
open at least one day a month for 24 hour viewing? Midnight visits to MOMA?
Rooftop Met at 3 in the morning? The Guggenheim at dawn? Is the 24-hour museum
about to conquer the city that never sleeps?
Viewers for Christian Marclay’s The Clock proved that culture vultures
would stand in line 24/7 and back when there were galleries in the East
Village, Pompeii Gallery held an opening at 3 in the morning. It was packed.
Nighthawks
and insomniacs unite.
It’s like when ATM machines were first
introduced. ATMs made 24/7 banking possible. However they also made people
realize that they didn’t actually have time to bank between 9-3.
Expanded hours and services are the mandate for pharmacies,
hardware stores, bookstores, lumberyards and museums!
Museums are way too crowded. Why should a
Matisse exhibition put fear into your heart?
AND:
Two
More Weeks!
Susan
Hartung : Following a Line
Curated by
Peter Dudek
On view
at
The
Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College
through
October 25
Gallery
hours: Tues, Th, Fr 10-4; Weds 1-7; Sat 12-4
Read Amy
Griffin's review in the Times Union http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Chronicle-of-a-creative-life-5809530.php
