Picking up where nature ends

Great art picks up where nature ends.  ~Marc Chagall

This past Sunday, on a short anniversary weekend get-away, my husband and I visited the North Carolina Museum of Art to tour the new building. (See his blog about it here.) Stunning light-filled galleries. Lush sculpture gardens. Shimmering reflecting pools- this is the description on the Museum's home page.  In this new setting, the Museum's collection  "picks up where nature ends"   in such a way that they seem seamless.  Light, shadow, reflection, movement, water -  peaceful and tranquil even with the crowd in attendance. During the weekend's opening festivities, dancers performed outside and inside the building. This museum, created and funded by state legislation, is a blessing to the people of North Carolina.  Admission to the permanent collection and museum park is free.