Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman with Wristwatch, 1932

Roy Lichtenstein, Girl with Beach Ball III, 1977

I strongly diasagrree with Michael Kimmelman’s charcaterization of the Picasso exhibition at the Whitney Museum as

one of those dull affairs incubated in the world of academe: a walk-through textbook that goes to extraordinary lengths to state the obvious

What a horrible review by the chief art critic of the NYTimes … Friday evening I went and enjoyed the exhibition very much … I read the review after seeing the show … there are so many paintings from faraway places that are shown for the first time in NY … after the show at the Whitney, I went home and ate a simple supper of silky tofu with 2 Chinese fermented eggs, dressed with sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds … the red wine was a south-east Australian 2004 Penfolds Koonunga Hill shiraz cabernet … .
This exhibition is a must see for all New Yorkers …
“Picasso and American Art,” Whitney Museum of American Art, September 28, 2006 – January 28, 2007, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, Friday’s from 6–9 pm is pay-what-you-wish admission, (press release – 5-page pdf)