Woman: What’s this one called?
Man, leaning in to read the card: Please Don’t Touch.
–MoMA
Overheard by: Andrew Toutain
Woman: What’s this one called?
Man, leaning in to read the card: Please Don’t Touch.
–MoMA
Overheard by: Andrew Toutain
Girl: Hey, I like your hair.
Mohawked guy: People often ask me “What is your hair?” and I say, “What is Dada?”
–MoMA
Overheard by: rebecca
Girl, looking at a David Smith sculpture: This is very Picasso.
Guy: Yeah. Like…blues. Remember that period he had?
–Guggenheim
Overheard by: Kate
Woman: It’s not interactive. It’s just active. It’s not inter.
–Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Overheard by: Kristen
Guy: Wow! It’s so old!
–Egyptian exhibit, The Met
Overheard by: BKLYN
Woman: Is there a specific exhibit you’d like to see?
Man: Yeah, I want to see the dinosaurs!
–The Met
Overheard by: Susie
Teen: What’s the big difference between this and the Holocaust Museum?
–Darwin Exhibit, Museum of Natural History
Overheard by: Doug Gordon
Guy: And he just kept talking about masturbating in the Guggenheim.
–2nd Ave, between 4th & 5th
Overheard by: Bradford
MoMA security guard: No, we just have modern art here.
–MoMA
Overheard by: -=Ed.
Confused young man: So… this museum is mainly to do with art?
Bored guard: Yes.
Confused young man: Oh.
–Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Art Section
Twentysomething girl #1: After seeing that last body, I understand how he really did break his penis last year.
Twentysomething girl #2: Yeah, and you said he was just faking it.
—Bodies Exhibit, South Street Seaport
Girl #1: These paintings are so bright and colorful, but sad.
Girl #2: I know what you mean. Chagall does that. It’s like really bright crazy colors but then makes you feel awful.
Girl #1: It’s so Jewish.
–Guggenheim Museum
Overheard by: Vicki
