For the Win! August 2, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: American Museum of Natural History, art, Art exhibit, Bling, Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Knicks, NYC, photography, sports, trophy
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Truth be told, I am not a sports fan. When the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to LA, I decided at an early age I did not want my heart broken again. So I never again got head over heels into any sport. Yes, I understand others passions for their team…but it was just not for me. That said, I was delighted to accompany my friend Robyn to the American Museum of Natural History to view the Knick’s 2026 trophy along with a whole lot of other trophies, bling, photos, etc in an exhibit called ‘For the Win’. ‘Highlights include the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy, one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal. The exhibition features over 70 objects across more than 15 sports—including baseball, soccer, tennis, boxing, golf, and swimming, revealing how sports prizes have transformed over time from traditional medals and cups into increasingly elaborate symbols of achievement’. Did viewing this exhibit turn me into a sports fan? No. But we did have fun. This exhibit is on through January of 2027
Musical Bodies July 26, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: art, Art exhibit, Metropolitan Museum, Musical Bodies, NYC, photography
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Musical Bodies is a fun, small exhibit at the Met that I think you should visit. The exhibit is on through September 27th.” From clapping hands and tapping feet to beatboxing and whistling, the human body is a musical instrument. Musical instruments, in turn, often draw their form and decoration from our bodies. Around the world and across time, instruments emerge as powerful vehicles that represent our voices, actions, and identity not only in music but throughout the visual arts, literature, religion, pop culture, and mythology. Musical Bodies is the first major exhibition to explore the relationship between musical instruments and the body by bringing together some 130 instruments, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and more to illuminate how we express who we are, what we value, and what we believe. With works from The Met collection and institutions and collectors around the world, the exhibition explores 4,000 years of art and music history, from ancient Egyptian rattles and musical masterpieces by Titian and Degas to instrument-inspired apparel and one of Prince’s most notable guitars. Musical Bodies will resonate with visitors of all ages, whether you are a musician, a devoted listener, or simply curious about human expression”.
A Doll’s House July 19, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: art, Art exhibit, Betye Saar’s Black Dolls, NY Historical, NYC, photography
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I returned to this charming exhibit twice to relook at Betye Saar’s Black Dolls. It honors the renowned artist’s 100th birthday and celebrates a landmark promised gift to The New York Historical of her collection of more than 100 Black dolls. Ranging from rag dolls handmade by Black women for both the Black and white children in their care to mass-produced toys and tourist souvenirs, some of which were born of racism, the collection includes Hoo Doo Woman (1974), the only Black doll created by Saar herself. Saar began collecting Black dolls during the late 1960s in Los Angeles, a pursuit shaped in part by absence, as she had grown up in the 1920s and 1930s without owning a Black doll. Curated in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, Betye Saar’s Black Dolls, a selection of 26 dolls from the promised gift alongside 14 doll watercolors and examples of her signature assemblages underscore the imaginative possibilities of play, as Saar reanimates historical objects to endow them with agency, personality, and story. This wonderful exhibit can be seen through October 8, 2026.
Walk on the Wild Side July 12, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: art, Art exhibit, NY Historical, NYC, photography, Shoe Museum, Stuart Weitzman, Tang Wing
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The NY Historical has opened its new Tang Wing. I went a few weeks ago and was delighted to find this fun, creative Shoe Museum at the entrance. From their website “Everyone on the planet—with few exceptions—wears something on their feet to protect them from the earth. Yet the humble shoe also can be an object of desire, display, and deliberation, transcending its utilitarian purpose. Shoes can be sculptural, serve as historic artifacts, or call up abstract considerations—such as the freighted meanings of femininity, power, domination, and aspiration—for both women and men alike”. Renowned shoe designer Stuart Weitzman and businesswoman and philanthropist Jane Gershon Weitzman have assembled a stunning collection of footwear—from historical examples of workaday shoes to Stuart Weitzman’s own creations to the many “fantasy shoes” that Jane Gershon Weitzman commissioned from artists to display in her husband’s store windows. This extraordinary donation finds a home in our soaring new Weitzman Shoe Museum. The new Tang Wing is now open to everyone and I encourage you walk on over in your comfy shoes and visit.
2026’s Red, White and Zoo July 5, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: animals, art, blue, July 4, nature, NYC, photography, red, white, Zoos
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Summer is a time for reruns. Accordingly I share last year’s July 4th post. This was a fun montage to create. I didn’t realize how many animals could be included in this red, white and blue themed photo montage. Wishing you all had a safe, happy holiday and kept those pets inside as most are afraid of the noisy fireworks.
Pride Parade 2026 June 28, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: animals, art, Audrey and Roberta, Jack the dog, Madison Square Park, Mr. Pepe, NYC, NYC Pride Parade, photography, Pride
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My apartment has a perfect view of the beginning of the annual NYC Pride Parade. It is always festive, colorful, fun and very loud. Hope everyone enjoys the day wherever you are. Stay safe and have fun. My little gang (Mr. Pepe (RIP), Roberta, Audrey and Pete) have gone all out in colors of the rainbow. Most of these photos are from previous Pride Parades but since the Parade doesn’t start for another five hours enjoy my past photos.
Art Saves Lives June 14, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: Abram Champanier, Alice in Wonderland, animals, art, Art exhibit, baby animals, FDR, Museum of the City if NY, NYC, photography, WPA
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Art heals. Art Saves Lives. The Museum of the City of NY brings us an exhibition spotlighting the rescue and restoration of one of NY’s most whimsical and historically significant public art murals. FDR’s New Deal created the WPA and we are much better off for it. This 16 panel mural was created by Abram Champanier and is called Another Wonderland for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital between 1938 and 1940. The idea that art could be therapeutic was just coming into the public psyche. Nearly lost after the hospital’s closure 15 of the original panels have been lovingly restored and displayed for the first time in 50 years. The mural is a reminder of what federal funding for the arts could do for cities like New York and how public art could inject light and energy into unexpected spaces. After the show closes on Sept. 20, the Alice Mural will be relocated long-term to NYC Health and Hospitals/Gouverneurs at 227 Madison Street on the Lower East Side, several blocks from the original Gouverneur Hospital. (That building, with two striking U-shaped wings is visible from the FDR Drive, is now called Governor’s Court and provides low-income housing for people with mental health struggles – pictured in today’s montage). What a treat this exhibit was for us. Avoid rabbit holes and catch it if you can before it closes on Sept. 20th.
The Masterful Matisse June 7, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: photography, NYC, art, Art exhibit, Henri Matisse, painting, Aquavella, Fauves
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I confess that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is my favorite artist. No one comes close to his talent in my eyes. When the Aquavella Galleries recently had an exhibition of over 50 Matisse paintings, works on paper and sculpture clearly it made the top of my ’to do’ list. This beautiful exhibit closed May 22nd, 2026 and was attended by thousands. What is it about Matisse’s art that vaults him to #1 in my book? His work I painterly, luminous, decorative, sensuous and he also led the Fauve (wild beasts) movement in the early 1900’s championing the use of raw, arbitrary colors and bold brushstrokes to convey feelings rather than the actual color of the subject. Back in 2022, MoMA had an exhibit of Matisse’s cutouts. Here is my montage from that extraordinary exhibition.
Birding While Arting (Part 3) May 17, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: nature, photography, animals, NYC, art, culture, Birds, Art exhibit, Arting
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As I said in a Sunday post about nine months ago ” My friend Donald and I have been ‘arting’ about once a week in the museums and galleries of NYC for the past two years. I thought I had made up the word ‘arting’ but recently searched its roots. It turns out the term ‘arting’ is not a standard English word, but it is sometimes used to refer to the act of creating art, or the process of using art to understand oneself and the world. Anyhow, it’s a good word and serves our purposes. From the beginning, whenever I saw a bird in a work of art, I would text that photo to one of my bird nerd friends. There is never any context in the text – I just send it to her. Sometimes she responds and other times she laughingly asks if I can buy it for her.” So today’s montage once again features a number of these birds we saw while arting. This was a fun montage to put together. Hope you enjoy today’s beautiful birds.
Terra Firma April 19, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: art, Blue footed boobies, Cambodia, Earth Day, machu pichu, nature, Penguins, photography, polar bear, Taj Mahal, travel, Vietnam, walrus, windmills
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Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day and it got me thinking about our fragile and beautiful world. I began to reminisce on my travels and before I knew it I was diving deep into my photo archives. I spent too much time looking at photos and reading my trip journals. Truth be told I have not been on an airplane since before Covid. Perhaps it is time to think about traveling once again. Some of todays photos are from our travels to Antarctica, the Arctic, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Belize, Scotland, Thailand, India, Nepal, the Galapagos, Yellowstone in winter, Machu Picchu, Amsterdam and Muir Woods. I left out a whole bunch of other wonderful places we have visited because I was running out of time. Enjoy! 
While at the Zoo 