The New York art world was thrown a free joke when, over the summer, people waited in the rain to get into the Museum of Modern Art’s Rain Room, a project by the studio Random International. The line was a capstone to a year of big projects with big draws, one more peak in a now-familiar rhythm: every few months some arts institution offers the “must-see” project of the season.
Rain Room
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Things You Could Do Instead of Waiting in Line for the Rain Room
Sure, the Rain Room at the Museum of Modern Art sounds cool — but is it really worth waiting in line for 13 hours to see it? That’s apparently what some people did this past weekend, says Gothamist, topping the previous high of 12 hours in London.
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The Most New York Summer 2013 Photo Ever
Today the world changed. The cruelest man in the world, Dominique Ansel, the chef and owner of the bakery of the same name, tweeted a tantalizing photo of the all elusive Cronut™ being held up to the damp light inside of MoMA’s Rain Room.
