Tom died on May 9, 2019. We were on a plane taxiing in at JFK on our way home from Sweden. I received a text from Douglas Degges saying how sorry he was to hear about Tom's death. It was like getting hit in the head. We picked up Diane Neumaja at the bus station in New Paltz on the way to the cemetery. Bob Mangold and Sylvia Plimack Mangold followed us in their car. We met up with them at a gas station in New Paltz. As we neared where the cemetery was supposed to be, we couldn't find it. It turned out Joyce (Robins) had accidentally given us a slightly different address. I started to knock on doors to ask for directions. It was hard to find anyone at home. At a house that turned out to be empty, I slipped, trying to step up on a porch (I didn't see any steps) and fell and rolled. Everyone watching thought the roll was on purpose because it looked like how you were told to fall. I hurt my ribs, which I still feel now that it is a few weeks later. A man in a gas station gave us the final correct directions to the cemetery. Joyce asked if I would be one of the pallbearers. I said sure and was hoping my fall wouldn't make it too difficult. It didn't. See the following three entries.]]> Once we left Uppsala, we headed to Stockholm, we arrived in the afternoon, and Rasimus dropped us off at our hotel. We met him later for dinner at KC Artists Bar and Restaurant. He had arranged for a group of people to go out to dinner together that night. These were mostly artists who had had shows at Galleri Se Konst. Bengt's work was hanging in the restaurant. It seemed that he hadn't seen them there as of yet. Christina, who sat opposite me, told me the story of the building where we were eating. It belongs to an arts organization (of which she is a member). In the past, these were studios (possibly live-work studios). Now in addition to the restaurant, there are galleries on the upper floors. Ase, who was sitting next to Christina, is an archivist as well as being an artist. Catherine (Murphy) was struck by the fact that it seemed that all the artists at dinner had two or three children. It was explained to her that because of "free" health and dental care as well as daycare, having children was more financially possible. Because he had a three-hour drive back to Falun, Rasimus left before the rest of us. See the previous two entries.]]> Once we left Uppsala, we headed to Stockholm, we arrived in the afternoon, and Rasimus dropped us off at our hotel. We met him later for dinner at KC Artists Bar and Restaurant. He had arranged for a group of people to go out to dinner together that night. These were mostly artists who had had shows at Galleri Se Konst. Bengt's work was hanging in the restaurant. It seemed that he hadn't seen them there as of yet. Christina, who sat opposite me, told me the story of the building where we were eating. It belongs to an arts organization (of which she is a member). In the past, these were studios (possibly live-work studios). Now in addition to the restaurant, there are galleries on the upper floors. Ase, who was sitting next to Christina, is an archivist as well as being an artist. Catherine (Murphy) was struck by the fact that it seemed that all the artists at dinner had two or three children. It was explained to her that because of "free" health and dental care as well as daycare, having children was more financially possible. Because he had a three-hour drive back to Falun, Rasimus left before the rest of us. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Once we left Uppsala, we headed to Stockholm, we arrived in the afternoon, and Rasimus dropped us off at our hotel. We met him later for dinner at KC Artists Bar and Restaurant. He had arranged for a group of people to go out to dinner together that night. These were mostly artists who had had shows at Galleri Se Konst. Bengt's work was hanging in the restaurant. It seemed that he hadn't seen them there as of yet. Christina, who sat opposite me, told me the story of the building where we were eating. It belongs to an arts organization (of which she is a member). In the past, these were studios (possibly live-work studios). Now in addition to the restaurant, there are galleries on the upper floors. Ase, who was sitting next to Christina, is an archivist as well as being an artist. Catherine (Murphy) was struck by the fact that it seemed that all the artists at dinner had two or three children. It was explained to her that because of "free" health and dental care as well as daycare, having children was more financially possible. Because he had a three-hour drive back to Falun, Rasimus left before the rest of us. See the following two entries.]]> Rasimus picked us up at our hotel in Falun at 9:15 AM. Our first stop was Dragon's Gate. Construction on this bizarre folly of a hotel began 15 years ago. But it was never completed. Next, we went to Uppsala to visit the Uppsala Art Museum. The Museum is usually closed on Mondays. But Rasimus knows Daniel Werkmaster, the director, who very graciously opened the museum for us. We had lunch in Uppsala before we headed to Stockholm.]]> We had to leave Richard Galloway's studio, leaving enough time to get to the Carl Larsson historical site by 4 pm. Rasimus arranged for us to hook up with a 4 pm tour in English. Right from the beginning, the tour guide's presentation seemed off. In the first room, he talked about the rarity of a woman, Karin Larsson, attending an art school in that period and having an art career. He then made some reference to that situation being the same as today. But it is not, for all intents and purposes, the same. In leaving that room, Catherine (Murphy), had enough of it and decided to sit out the rest of the tour. This opportunity gave me license to correct several misapprehensions that the guide had conveyed in his presentation (if I had done this in front of Catherine, it would have made her feel self-conscious). I tried to do so "gently." We both felt kind of bad for the tour guide. In addition to having incorrect information, he worked very hard to be entertaining. He also made Larssons' life seem trivial and talked to the group as if we were all 12-year-olds. Luckily, the couple and their children in this picture were also on this tour. So maybe they took better to the guides oratory style than we did. Considering that I hadn't previously spoken with these people and didn't know them, I would have ordinarily entered this photograph into the "Chance Encounters" section of this site. But I wanted to include this entry with the other entries from Sweden.]]> After leaving Jordi's studio, we headed for Richard Galloway's studio (see last entry). We were greeted in the house and then went to the studio. Richard and Moa served us coffee and tea in the studio. Richard makes very large and rather impressive woodcuts. His studio was very neat and orderly. He works for Pace Gallery (NYC) in Scandinavia and Europe with a crew installing shows for artists represented by Pace.]]> Like many of the people Rasimus has been introducing us to, Gunilla was very hospitable. She served us cheese, flatbread with delicious butter (the butter seems particularly delicious in Sweden), vegetable pate, pickles, and red peppers. She also served us delicious coffee, which seemed to be ubiquitous in Sweden. We left when Rasimus felt it was appropriate based on the timeline of the day's plans. See the previous entry.]]> Rasimus picked us up at 10 am. He had planned a full and lovely itinerary for the day. We started the day by visiting Gunilla at her home. She had a beautiful property on a lake and three or four buildings. In this photograph, we are standing in front of a house that her son has been living in. We walked around a bit before going in for a Fika. See the following entry.]]> Leaving the restaurant after dinner. See the previous entry.]]> Rasimus and Galleri Se Konst took us out for dinner. See the following entry.]]> After the opening, Rasimus took Catherine and I back to the hotel for a short rest. There wasn't enough time to settle back into our room, so we had tea and a snack in the lobby of the hotel. Rasimus picked us up about a half-hour after he dropped us off. Then we headed to the Delarnas Museum for me to give my talk. When the talk was done, some people stayed to speak with me. So Catherine and Rasimus started looking through the museum. I joined them when the last person left. From the hotel, we headed off to a dinner the galleri arranged for me to celebrate the exhibition.]]> Rasimus had planned to ask me questions and have me talk a bit at the opening. The questions were partly biographical and partly more closely work-related. See the previous four entries.]]> Saturday Morning, Rasimus picked us up from the hotel at 11:15 AM. When we got to the galleri, we needed to coordinate the names of the drawings with their placement. When we were almost finished, people started coming in for the opening, which began at 12 noon and went to 2 pm. See the previous three entries and the following entry.]]> Saturday Morning, Rasimus picked us up from the hotel at 11:15 AM. When we got to the galleri, we needed to coordinate the names of the drawings with their placement. When we were almost finished, people started coming in for the opening, which began at 12 noon and went to 2 pm. See the previous two entries and the following two entries.]]> Saturday Morning, Rasimus picked us up from the hotel at 11:15 AM. When we got to the galleri, we needed to coordinate the names of the drawings with their placement. When we were almost finished, people started coming in for the opening, which began at 12 noon and went to 2 pm. See the previous entry and the following three entries.]]> Saturday Morning, Rasimus picked us up from the hotel at 11:15 AM. When we got to the galleri, we needed to coordinate the names of the drawings with their placement. When we were almost finished, people started coming in for the opening, which began at 12 noon and went to 2 pm. See the following entry.]]> Rasimus' father is originally Finnish and didn't speak much English. His mother had a little more English. Nonetheless, we all were able to communicate enough, helped by Rasimus periodically filling his parents in on what we had been talking about. After fika, Rasimus dropped us off back at the hotel. We had dinner that night in the hotel dining room. Dinner and breakfast were both smorgasbords, with a number of choices and lots of food. See the previous entry.]]> Rasimus brought us to his family house (the house he grew up in) for fika. We visited, we drank, we ate. Rasimus's mother baked cinnamon buns and chocolate squares. See the next entry.]]> We got back to Galleri Se Konst in time to meet the reporter, Anders K. Gustafsson. While Anders was interviewing me, Rasimus, Catarina, and Catherine were doing the lighting for the show. I talked to Anders for about 45 minutes. He wrote an article about the exhibition that was later posted online. When we left the Gallery (Catherine, Rasimus, me), Rasimus took us to his parent's house for fika (Swedish tradition for getting together for camaraderie, and food/drink, but mostly camaraderie).]]> We had lunch at the restaurant in the museum before dealing with business. Gunilla had to leave following lunch. So Catherine, John, and I went upstairs to the auditorium where I was to do my lecture. We did a technical check with a guy from the museum. We also installed five of my drawings for a small exhibition at the museum. We had to get back to the gallery in time to meet a reporter, who would be interviewing me for an article on the exhibition.]]> We arrived in Stockholm on Thursday, May 2nd. John Rasimus picked us up at the airport in Stockholm and drove the 2 and 1/2 hours to Falun. He dropped us off at our hotel, the Bergmastaren. The hotel, a cashless establishment (typical in Stockholm), served breakfast and dinner. The hotel contributed some of the cost for the rooms to the Galleri Se Konst. The Galleri provided the rest. It was a smallish hotel and a lovely place to stay. The next day, Friday, Rasimus picked us up at 10 am. We all spent the morning organising and hanging the show. Catherine and I gave our input into where the drawings should go. Rasimus and Gunilla did the physical hanging. When the show installation was completed, we all went to lunch at the Dalarnas Museum, the location of my lecture.]]> Yun-Fei Ji came to Vassar to give a talk on his work as well as to do critics with some of the studio majors. See the previous three entries.]]> Yun-Fei Ji came to Vassar to give a talk on his work as well as to do critics with some of the studio majors. See the previous two entries and the following entry.]]> Yun-Fei Ji came to Vassar to give a talk on his work as well as to do critics with some of the studio majors. See the previous entry and the following two entries.]]> Yun-Fei Ji came to Vassar to give a talk on his work as well as to do critics with some of the studio majors. See the following three entries.]]> From time to time, we meet up with a group of friends for an early Easter Sunday dinner. Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins were supposed to come, but Tom wasn't up to it.]]> We had made a date to meet Barbara and Judy at Essie's on the 18th. But they had mixed up their calendar, so Cathy (Catherine Murphy) and I went to the restaurant on the 18th, and after a phone call with Barbara, we ate by ourselves and remade the date for the next day, the 19th. See the previous entry.]]> We were supposed to meet Barbara Paige and Judy Dollenmeyer at Essie's, but they mixed it up on their calendar (see Essie's April 19th). So we ate dinner by ourselves and rescheduled for the next day. Harvey and Mary (Flad) were also having dinner at Essie's. See the following entry.]]> After Catherine finished her work for the day. A group of us went out to dinner at La Cuchara, Basque Cuisine. See the previous two entries.]]> Tony Shore, has asked Catherine to come to MICA for a couple of years. Tony was a student of Catherine's at Yale at least 20 years ago. So Catherine finally did say yes, and so the time came, and we headed to Baltimore on a Sunday. It took forever to get there, much longer than we had expected. We arrived late afternoon at the Revival Hotel. The MICA people set up the reservation. We had thought if we got to Baltimore early enough, we'd go to the art museum. That didn't happen. We had dinner in our rooms and rested for the evening. Catherine had to be at the Brown Center auditorium at about 11:15 am for a technical check. Her talk was at noon. Ben Busch, who was in College Park, MD working on the house that he and Tracy used to live in, attended the talk. The talk went exceedingly well. We had lunch (pictured in this entry) in a place on campus. Following lunch, Catherine did critiques with a number of students-- many more than she had planned. After the critiques, she conducted a discussion and question session with some students and faculty. I planned to go to the Baltimore Museum of Art. But I didn't think of it, and no one who I told I was going thought of it either. So when I finally remembered and arrived at the museum, it was closed-- not entirely a surprise, considering most museums I know of are closed on Mondays. I spent the rest of the time writing the first draft of a proposal for an exhibition to give to Elena Sisto. She had asked me for something in writing for a show she is working on for me. More about this later on, if it happens. If, not then this is the last you'll hear of it. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Tony Shore, has asked Catherine to come to MICA for a couple of years. Tony was a student of Catherine's at Yale at least 20 years ago. So Catherine finally did say yes, and so the time came, and we headed to Baltimore on a Sunday. It took forever to get there, much longer than we had expected.nWe arrived late afternoon at the Revival Hotel. The MICA people set up the reservation. We had thought if we got to Baltimore early enough, we'd go to the art museum. That didn't happen. We had dinner in our rooms and rested for the evening. Catherine had to be at the Brown Center auditorium at about 11:15 am for a technical check. Her talk was at noon. Ben Busch, who was in College Park, MD working on the house that he and Tracy used to live in, attended the talk. The talk went exceedingly well. We had lunch (pictured in this entry) in a place on campus. Following lunch, Catherine did critiques with a number of students-- many more than she had planned. After the critiques, she conducted a discussion and question session with some students and faculty. I planned to go to the Baltimore Museum of Art. But I didn't think of it, and no one who I told I was going thought of it either. So when I finally remembered and arrived at the museum, it was closed-- not entirely a surprise, considering most museums I know of are closed on Mondays. I spent the rest of the time writing the first draft of a proposal for an exhibition to give to Elena Sisto. She had asked me for something in writing for a show she is working on for me. More about this later on, if it happens. If, not then this is the last you'll hear of it. See the following two entries.]]> We had dinner with Tom Nozkowski, Joyce Robins, and Judy Linn for Tom's Birthday. Tom treated everybody. Right after dinner, we followed Tom and Joyce in our car because they wanted to show us something. We went to Applestone Meat Co. It was really something- a bit like the old Horn and Hardart Automats with glass doors that you can open when you have put money in a slot. Applestone's is open 24 hours a day. I am not sure of the exact story, but it goes roughly like this. Fleishers Grass-Fed Butcher was in Rhinebeck at some point and closed some time ago. They were also in Kingston, I think, after Rhinebeck. It was owned and run by a couple. Kingston also closed. Then they opened Applestone in Stone Ridge. Somewhere in all of this, the couple separated. I think the wife may have been the person who ran the Stone Ridge store. And her husband opened a store in Brooklyn. I think I remember that his father or grandfather had a butcher shop. When the store was in Rhinebeck, we went to it from time to time. I cannot vouch for this narrative, but some of it is correct. Postscript: Tom called to tell us that someone from Butterfield called him because I had left my glasses there. Judy Linn picked them up and gave them to me at the Vassar Student Majors' Critique on March 27th.]]> We went to have lunch after we looked at the house. The restaurant, Pera Mediterranean Bistro, was passable. See the previous entry.]]> Billy and Arthur bought a new house in Williamstown, MA about six months ago. We finally got a chance to meet them there and see their house. The house was designed by Charles Moore in about 1980, for a former teacher of Billy's at Williams. They hadn't moved from Pittsfield yet because they were having work done on the Williamstown house. After seeing their new house, we went out for lunch. See the next entry.]]> I sat next to Shane at the recent fundraiser for The Barrett Art Center on March 3, 2019 (five entries before this one). Shane and I had run into each other periodically at Vassar. Bryce Daniel, a student in his documentary film class, made a short film about me (see the Bryce Daniel entry from October 14, 2016). I had met Shane's wife, Xinran, briefly on campus. Cathy and I decided that it would be nice to meet Elena and David for dinner since we hadn't seen them for a while, and also invite Shane to see if he and Xinran would like to attend with the four of us. It seemed like a good group of people. So we all met for dinner at Mercato, which turned out to be a good fit. I think everyone had a good time. Lots for everyone to talk about.nI had forgotten my camera, and the conditions for photographing with my phone weren't great. So I wound up taking some quite poor photographs. But combined as GIF, they turned out reasonably. Shane's email from later that evening mentioned that Francesco Butoni, the chef-owner of Mercato, was on the "Beat Bobby Flay" television cooking show last week. Bobby Flay won because the judges thought Francesco's seafood d'Avalos was under seasoned. Catherine had that dish, and although the seafood was perfectly cooked, the dish was under seasoned. n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------nnThe following are Shane and David's email messages to me...nnShane Omar Slattery-QuintanillanSun, Mar 17, 11:23 PM (16 hours ago)nto me, elena_sisto, david, XinrannnThanks Harry for the dinner invitation and thank you all for a lovely evening in Red Hook. I don't have Cathy's email so please let her know I'd love to reconnect her to Amitava, who is deep in his own drawing/painting practice right now and would love some more friends and mentors to advise him.nnA pleasure meeting you Elena and David -- please keep in touch. Xinran is heading off soon to Art Basel Hong Kong and won't be back until April, but I'll be around nursing my torn ACL and wrapping up the semester if anyone wants to get another meal or drink. nnTake care & keep in touch,nShane nnDavid KirkpatricknTue, Mar 19, 2:50 PM (19 hours ago)nto Elena, Xinran, Shane, mennThanks for the note, Shane-nnIt was a wonderful evening and thanks to Harry and Cathy for arranging it. nnI hope Xinran (and maybe you?) can come to Techonomy NYC on May 14-15. I believe my colleague Caitlin Hamilton already sent her a note with an invitation.nnHope to stay in touch nnDavidnnDavid KirkpatricknFounder & Editor-in-ChiefnTechonomy MediannI am trying something new, which is to include related emails.]]> Annual garden show. Some of the staff from the nursery.]]> We had arranged to meet at Palace Dumpling for dinner. The expected snow storm started as we left for the restaurant. When we left to go home, it had not amounted to much.]]> The band was good but our table was directly in front of it so it was quite loud. They would have been a good band to dance to. I recognized the lead singer who runs an art gallery on Main Street, in downtown Poughkeepsie. See the previous two entries.]]>