Regarding Warhol

Wow!

Plenty of sights in New York make you say that but this museum is a BIG one. Not news to anyone lucky enough to have visited before but Tess and I decided to change plans and visit today rather than later on Friday. The truth is, we had walked across Central Park thinking to hop on our Uptown Tour north of the city traffic, only to discover we were on the Downtown side! So culture it was to be.
My "Museum Quest" app let me down so we were forced to wander ignorantly through the Egyptian and Asian galleries and thought we would re-visit tomorrow better equipped to discover some of the wonders - or hire the audio guide. However, after a much needed lunch of Mushroom Bisque and a turkey roll, a friendly guide showed us the way to the Warhol exhibition via the roof garden and we were set.
The exhibition featured sixty artists over fifty years and even this philistine could pick plenty of familiar works. He still is an acquired taste but I was particularly pleased to be able to watch some of his films - one minute is enough although they run for hours - as well as his television "installations" to use the modern term. The exit was through helium balloons to the wonderfully off key sound of Lou Reed.
We then had to walk past rooms filled with Pollocks, Picasso's, and some artists not starting with P in order to get to the exit! And I haven't mentioned the Pacific, Roman or Hellenic exhibits either:)
We re-traced our steps across the Park (I am omitting a long story here) to pick up the Uptown Tour which was only about 5 metres from our Hotel had I been able to read a map of Manhattan. Alfredo was a delightful if not always easy to understand guide to Harlem and the other delights of uptown.
We are now recovering with two drinks each before our Hudson River sunset cruise. I will edit and add photos later. We get the morning off tomorrow to do the washing. Things get busy on Sunday. Oh for a holiday:)))

Location:Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art