A long excerpt of a diary is pinned to the wall in the Asia Society Texas Center's current exhibition,We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, on view through July 3.
“Don’t look at that. That’s not part of the tour,” is a phrase used by absolutely no museum docent ever, until Tymberly, the new Menil Collection docent, had me in her guiding clutches.
Anthony Sonnenberg is draped in black and gold fabrics, busily applying a shimmering upholstery fringe to his garment. The faintly sweet smell of hot glue clings to the air.
