TNFro is Reading...Taking A Virtual Guggenheim Tour, Kune Kune Pigs Rule, and Discovering The History of the Domino Refinery Brooklyn, DuSable African American Museum Chicago

<p>This episode is dedicated to beauty in this world. Even though I am usually a cynical people hater, COVID has forced me to become more social, but virtually with weekly online games and catch up with friends. To my exploration of the Guggenheim in NYC. </p> <p>I remember my visit to the NYC Met but never to this fascinating museum...art should be shared with the masses in a cool space!!</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">This Virtual Visit discussed food culture and how food is used as a storyteller. I also was introduced and re-introduced to the works of African American Artists Charles Ethan Porter</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Who was <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/24artsct.html'>reviewed in the NY times in 2008</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;">and whose work is part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim and Met</p> <p style="text-align:center;">And <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/arts/design/a-subtlety-or-the-marvelous-sugar-baby-at-the-domino-plant.html'>Kara Walker 2014 work Subtlety </a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">made out of tons of sugar which commissioned and then destroyed with the renovation of the entire of the <a href='https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/remembering-the-workers-of-the-domino-sugar-factory/373930/'>Domino Refinery in Brooklyn. </a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p> Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim, and although I initially did not remember reading this article, I remember the feeling of being haunted when I saw the sugar sculpture today. </p> <p>This virtual tour also allowed me to look for other museums like the African American Museum, the DuSable in Chicago. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p>and other opportunities to explore black and brown peoples returning to the land a