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Morning meditation at MoMA

The Art Newspaper
17 October 2016
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Start your day off with a soothed spirit and a chance to see Monet’s Water Lilies (1914-26) without the crowds at Quiet Mornings, a series of meditation sessions at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York on Wednesday mornings throughout the month of October. From 7:30AM-9AM—before regular visiting hours—Quiet Mornings participants are guided through a half-hour meditation overlooking the sculpture garden, led by a different instructor each week, and can wander peacefully through permanent collection galleries without the typical bustle of tourists. Last week’s session channelled the spirit of the museum’s 2010 blockbuster exhibition Marina Abramovic: the Artist Is Present, as Biet Simkin guided participants through an “Ambramovic exercise” of pairing up and gazing into each other’s eyes. Simkin then encouraged participants to spread their positive vibes outside the museum wall, giving one concrete method: “Go have sex today.”

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