As an art enthusiast, it would only be natural that my first blog post for Baruch would be regarding a museum. Students of CUNY schools are offered several choices with museums – most if not all are free, to name a few: the MoMA, Brooklyn Museum, Cloisters, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Of the vast options presented to me, I chose to visit the MoMA. Born and raised in New York City, MoMA belonged to the rare category of museums I have not yet visited, therefore I was quite excited, as it was significantly more famous than other galleries I have been to.

Touring the MoMA today was not life-changing or significant in anyway – it was honestly a letdown and for lack of a better word, sellout. Being one of the most famous museums in the Big Apple, one would assume there must be something this place has to offer that others simply lack. However, from my experience today, I learned that there was nothing to take away from this museum. I do not mean to bash art pieces displayed at the museum in any way, I do understand that each piece its own meaning according to the creator, yet there was just nothing on-par to other museums.

One of the only, and most notable pieces in the MoMA would be Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Upon arriving to the Fifth Floor where the piece was located, the first thing you would notice is the amount of tourist present, all taking selfies around the famous piece. Undeniably, I did become one of them for the sake for this assignment. Now, if one was to compare the difference in spectators between Starry Night and other pieces present, one would find a considerable difference in quantity. Well, this observation might simply be due to the difference in popularity of the paintings, however I would like to attribute it to the poor quality of other art pieces and terrible structuring of the museum itself.

I do suggest that you experience MoMA for yourself to understand what I mean. With art being subjective, you might like it more than I do however, I doubt my feelings towards the place will change anytime soon.