- Munich, Germany
- St. Petersburg/Palm Harbor, Florida (March visit)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April visit)
- Cattolica, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Florence, Italy
- San Gimignano/Siena/Monteriggione (day trip through Tuscany)
- Milan, Italy
- St. Petersburg/Palm Harbor, Florida (May visit)
- Liverpool, England
- Southport, England
- London, England
- Oxford, England
- Washington, DC
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- St. Petersburg/Palm Harbor, Florida (August visit)
- San Francisco, California
- Beacon, New York
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (November visit)
- Kansas City, Missouri
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Cities of 2015
Last year I wrote a blog post highlighting all the travel I did in 2014, but this time I am just doing a recap of the cities I visited over the course of the year. I realize on some level this may seem like I'm bragging about my travels, but this blog has involved me writing about my travels since the very beginning, so consider this an encapsulated list rather than an extended post on places I have been. One reason I decided to do this is because 2015 has turned out to be rather exceptional in terms of travel, with more than half of these cities related to my job and career (conferences, talks, courier trips, etc.). The rest was vacation or family visits. The picture you see here is of AA and me on the wall of San Gimignano with the rolling hills of Tuscany behind us. God, what a beautiful day it was and what a beautiful memory it is. Even though I have visited almost all of these cities before (some many times), three were first-time visits (Monteriggione, Beacon, and Kansas City). When I visit these cities, I always strive to visit museums or galleries to see exhibitions or permanent collections, all as part of expanding my knowledge-base on artists, art works, movements, styles, and the materiality of art. I frequently like to go back to museums I've seen before to see old favorites and what may have changed. Every one of these trips, then, becomes a learning experience. But perhaps the most important reason why I am posting this list is because I realize how fortunate I am to have had the opportunity to visit these places and to engage with cultures, no matter how similar or different they are from my own. For me, life is about experiences and encounters, and travel helps make that happen. Here is the list, in the order in which I visited them.
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