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Keith Bedford for The New York Times. Striking a pose amid the Abstract Expressionists.

The City section also has an article, "Urban Studies Prowling: In de Kooning's Shadow, Boogie Nights," about First Friday dancing at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.

From the article:

..."Good for art, not good for picking up people." If it were up to them, if the Guggenheim really wanted to transform itself into an alluring meeting place, it would lose the harsh lighting in favor of sultry incandescent bulbs.

The scene was a recent First Friday party, a monthly event at the museum. The membership desk had been transformed into a D.J. booth, and more than 2,000 people packed the rotunda. The sound system blared so loudly, with "Whip It" by Devo and "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie, the sculptures seemed to tremble on their pedestals. One tipsy young woman was so drawn to an iron and bronze David Smith sculpture, she began kissing and hugging it as she posed for a photograph until a uniformed security guard shooed her away.

Museums and cultural facilities in DC that have to compete with the free Smithsonian Museums, take note...

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