Courtesy A/NT GALLERY
I was inside the A/NT Gallery at Seattle Center when I saw through the window a mom outside pushing a baby carriage. She stopped, scooched the baby carriage over, pressed her face to the gallery window, and looked for a long, long time.
After a while, she fished her phone out from a pocket in the pram and took a picture. Most people outside were splashing around in the International Fountain or sprawled on the grass. It was a play-in-the-sprinkler kind of day, but this mom with a kid was stopped by a painting.
The painting that made the mother stop depicts a birthday party. There are colored balloons and a cake from which a slice has been cut so you can see red and white layers and a square blob of blue.