Van Gogh has still got it!

What a great demonstration that great art like great architecture is relevant regardless of the era of its origin. A semicircle of people 10-deep pushed in close to see Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night at the MoMA. In the late 1800s this painting was considered modern just as Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture of this era was considered modern. Now, the work of both is considered classic art and architecture. Regardless of the label, good art just as good architecture continues to enchant and capture our affection. “Styles come and go but good design is forever.” I see another similarity in the perception of art and architecture. Modern homes built at the beginning of the 20th century are much more modern than many speculative builder modern homes in the 21st century. The 20th century homes are programmatically modern and embrace the tenets of Modernism. The 21st century builder modern homes are often decoratively modern but almost Victorian in the labyrinth of rooms and fussiness of the modern ornamentation. One does not need to be an expert to respond instinctively to quality art and architecture.

On June 11 when the impressionist art collection of Mrs. McDermott donated and moved to the Dallas Museum of Art is unveiled for a patron reception followed by successive public and private viewings, we can anticipate throngs of people surrounding the most loved paintings in Dallas.
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