Visited the Peabody Essex Museum last night for the first time in several years. The newest show, entitled Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile, opens tomorrow, and the Japan Society and the museum hosted an event to preview the exhibition. (Online exhibition is probably nifty, but requires Flash.) Watched a Discovery Channel documentary on the life of the geisha, noshed on some dessert, and enjoyed looking at photographs, paintings, kimonos, and more.
The Peabody Essex (or PEM, as it's now known (yes, they hired someone to rebrand their image, and their new MoMA-style bit of pretension includes the italicized M in the logo) looks really good. I know that they've poured a ton o' money into revitalizing the museum, and the galleries and exhibits look terrific. I'm looking forward to heading up again so that I can see the Chinese wood-block print exhibition Men Plow, Women Weave.
Posted by rv at February 13, 2004 01:30 AM to road trip