Museo Soumaya, MX

It has been a great week, and finally I have made it to the weekend! My first stop was to get over and see the show stopping museum called Museo Soumaya- the museum of the most wealthy man in Mexico- Carlos Slim. I love the museum's mission- build a collection of European masters that rival any museum in Europe, in Mexico City, for those who can not go to Europe and experience these works themselves. A true museum for the people- free- stunningly gorgeous and a collection that took my breath away. The building itself- AMAZING! I had read about it in magazines as they were building it, and saw pictures when it was finished, but NEVER in my life did I ever believe I would be standing in front of it!

The Lobby was grand- vast- pure white and massive. If you're following me on Instagram you've already seen this (curator89), there were only 2 works in the entire first floor- both bronze, both iconic- the Pieta and The Thinker. As I was one of the first people in the museum this morning, I was able to get the space all to myself. The volume of the space- the simplistic architecture gave way to me having the perfect moment- what they call in the art world the Sancta Santori- the moment when you connect with art and space in a universal moment. It was beautiful.

It's hard to explain the moment- and I'm sorry if I'm being super sappy, but it was wonderful. I had one of these moment's at the VanGough Museum in Amsterdam, when the mass crowds parted, and I was standing alone directly in front of Irises, just me, and the masterpiece. That was 3 years ago, and it was time.