The Dying Gaul will only be at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. until March 16 before returning to Rome.→[More:]

I went today. If you don't live in or plan to travel to Rome, and if you do live in or near Washington D.C., it's worth taking a look.

Seeing a photo in a book or even a video of a sculpture doesn't really convey its presence. I'm really glad I had a chance to go for a look.

I also saw a fine Garry Winogrand photography exhibit. I think my favorite was a photo of several girls sitting on a park bench at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

It's nice to see photo shows where they're blown up bigger than in a book or on a screen, though I wish these prints were bigger (also I thought the contrast was a bit too high on some, but who am I to say?).

At the Sackler Museum of Asian Art was a very interesting exhibit of famous items used in Japanese tea ceremony. Well, it was very interesting to me; my dad zipped through and found a comfortable bench while I stood engrossed by diary excerpts of 16th Century tea masters and slowly unfolding chanoyu videos.

Aside from The Dying Gaul, what I most enjoyed today was a short film at the Hirshhorn Museum by Santiago Sierra and Jorge Galindo of a parade of sorts in Madrid, called Los Encargados [Those In Charge]. The last link is to the full video, which I really recommend watching fullscreen at 1080p with the sound turned up. It was great to see projected on a big wall.

Have you taken in any art, music, or film recently that you thought was really special?