My mother my aunt and I went to these two galleries last week in the John Hancock. Both galleries were on floor 15. We first went to Richard Gray gallery, but it was rather boring. Not only were they unhelpful, there were only seven pieces in the gallery space. The pieces were famous to say the least: Picasso's and have shown a wide range of famous contemporary artists. The gallery was split up by offices, there would be a piece and then an office. The choppy space made it really uncomfortable to view that pieces. And what was most disconcerning is that the pieces that I gravitated towards were in the offices. This gallery made no effort to explain the pieces, and did not even have placards next to the piece. I tried speaking to the lady at the front desk, but she was so unhelpful that she ended up confusing me more. It is shocking that this gallery has great art pieces but put no attempt at educating a viewer. This just seems rather snobby and I really disliked my time there.
Because I was so unhappy with my first gallery choice, we went to another gallery down the hall. This gallery was called KM Fine Arts. There was no one around, so my mother flung on the couch while I looked at the pieces. They all had stickers next to the pieces and the place was pretty fancy. A man came out from nowhere and began talking to me. He was very nice and willing to help me with my project. He even brought me into the back part of the gallery where all of the pieces were stored. He showed me many pieces including a Warhol print. While speaking of these prints a woman came in behind us, dressing in leather with a huge Chanel belt. I turned around to smile, but I must say from first look this woman was an ice cold bitch. She told me just to look on their website. She shooed us out of the gallery. Now, looking online it really weirds me out that they mixed the pieces they do. They had a Tony Oursler piece. That is not okay, with their tacky taste they did not deserve a Tony Oursler.
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