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12
Nov

Da Vinci at the Metreon

Author: kris, Category: Museums

If you like art but not museums, you might check out the Da Vinci exhibit that’s currently showing at the Metreon downtown.

I myself do like museums, some of them, but I find the standing and the slow shuffle and the crowds can be mighty wearying, to say nothing of walking through rooms full of art you don’t understand before you reach some art that moves you. Ok, I am a Philistine.

Still, the Metreon is not really synonymous with culture or quality control. I actually refuse to see movies there because they show so many commercials beforehand, and while it was owned by Sony there were something like two boring floors devoted to Sony products — not in a cool way, you understand, but in a desultory, static, couple-of-cases-holding-robot-toys way.

This exhibit promises to be “interactive and experiential,” which probably means Da Vinci’s works will be “re-imagined” into short videos and hands-on stuff for the kids. Still, it might not be the worst way to introduce your child to fine art, especially if you can’t afford the plane fare to France.