Lucian Freud Drawings/John Marin Water Colors & Met rooftop

Hurry! The Lucian Freud Drawings @ the Acquavella Gallery on E. 79th ends this Saturday.  The MOMA recently did an exhibit of his figurative oil paintings. This show has mainly works in ink, pencil, chalk & some etchings.  What is so fascinating is that the works span the artist's career, from the early 30's to his very last work, Head of Jeremy King, 2011: smoked copper plate with chalk.  I was intrigued with all his self-portaits, especially since they showed him at various ages.  Hurry to the show before you miss it.  From there, head over to the MET to attend the John Marin Water Colors. Marin (1870-1953) was at the forefront of the modernist movement.  Marin's seminal works in watercolors are on display.  His watercolors seem spontaneous & peaceful, depicting beautiful palettes of landscapes.  "The true artist must perforce go from time to time to the elemental big forms - sky, sea, mountain, plain...to recharge the battery.  For these big forms have everything." (John Marin)  From here, take the elevator to the roof of the MET to view our city's landscape & see the sculpture, Cloud City, by Tomas Saraceno.  The structure reminded me of Bucky Fuller's geodesic dome.  It was fun to see people climbing through it - although the view of the landscape was more exciting and last year's bamboo structure was much more interesting