I decided that after living in Estonia for nearly a year (total) it was high time I got to the contemporary art museum KUMU. In order to get to KUMU, I needed to walk a very long way - or take the tram. Sick of purchasing "kaks bussi pilet" (two bus tickets) every time I go somewhere, I decided to buy a 90 day pass. I used my poor Estonian to inquire about the pass and managed to find out that they were out of 90 day passes, but that I could get a 30 pass instead. The kiosk-lady counted 30 days from today - February 2 - and stamped the day my pass will expire on the front of it. What's wrong with this picture?
At least she wrote the day it began on the back...
Part II. Is this art?
The main exhibit in KUMU is of surrealist artwork by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The exhibit was really nice, overall. Lots of splotches on canvas, splotches on cardboard bits of cereal boxes, splotches on fragments of paper... Now, I've always been able to appreciate even the most "modern" art with a straight face, but, when I saw two older Russian ladies admiring what they thought was part of the art exhibit and what was actually a case containing a fire hose, I admit I lost my composure.
Part III. Full Circle
I came back to the apartment after my satisfying museum experience and settled in with a crossword from the Washington Post. One of the clues was "Spanish surrealist Joan".
Yesssssss!
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