Sol LeWitt’s wall
Friday evening, the end of a week of work, good work that I enjoy. Yet planning travel for people is work of a specific kind that demands constant dialogue and a focus that must grasp and assemble an endless array of details. It is tiring, that micro focus, and a steady diet of it leaves me often feeling like I am toiling in a room with small windows. And so, as quickly as I can on Friday, I close up shop and take myself off to experience something beautiful, interesting, or challenging at one of the many museums that neighbor my office. The Metropolitan Museum is a familiar favorite whose marble halls I have walked since childhood. The temporal and geographical scope of its permanent collections is breathtaking, and the current exhibitions always a marvel of creativity. I could spend the rest of my life mining the Met’s riches, giving myself an education that no university could match. And it would also take care of my travel, transporting me to places and times I have only dreamed of.
Rei Kawakubo: The Art of the In-Between
Cape Town is one of the world's great cities. The setting alone is worthy of top billing. And then you have a vibrant culinary scene, a fascinating flora and fauna representative of its microclimate, a diverse population and the logistical advantage that makes it a gateway for visits to the wine lands, to the garden route and north into the bush. In spite of the aforementioned, what makes me vibrate with anticipation in Cape Town is its flourishing art and design scene, its world class museums and galleries, its artisans, many of them passionately committed to ensuring that hand and design skills endure. The person who knows as much about this sector of the Capetonian landscape is Marion Ellis whose company, Cape Insights, designs whole or partial itineraries that feature - among other subject matter - the flourishing arts of the city. Marion's knowledge has both the breadth and depth to take you on a meandering journey across the media - from paintings and ceramics to photography and art installations - and behind the scenes to meet with collectors and artists, teachers and innovators."
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