Thoroughly Modern Modern

On Tuesday, my husband and I took the kids into the city to see the Pixar exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. This was our first time to the refurbished and expanded MoMA and, without trying to sound like too much of a snob, I didn't like it.

I guess I was just used to things the old way, but still... the museum is more of a maze now. My favorite section -- Architecture and Design -- is no longer on the top floor. The cafe now only serves Italian "trattoria" food (don't expect to feed children there unless they like their grilled cheese as mozzarella pannini).

The Pixar exhibit -- marking 20 years of Pixar animation -- was nice, but spread out over three floors and, though the guide booklet said there was a theme to each part of the exhibit, that wasn't really clear. And it was crowded. I tried to envision the entire exhibit in one space, and thought, well, perhaps they wanted to control the crowds better. A few years ago we saw the Einstein exhibit at the Museum of Natural History, and the crowds made it impossible to linger over anything. And we've been to special exhibits at MoMA where we were shuffled through like cattle. Yet, the Pixar exhibit would have been more cohesive if we didn't have to visit it over several floors.

Coming soon: A request for book lists.