Saturday, December 09, 2006

Modern Masters (Manet to Picasso)

There is a redisplay of the Modern Masters (Manet to Picasso) at The National Gallery in London. With the current Velazquez exhibition going on, the modern masters have been moved to the Sainsbury Wing Level -2. Keep going past the cloak room, past the lift and head down the stairs. Until you can't go any further, you will see the little rooms with low ceilings crammed with 20 people or so. All crowded round Van Gogh's Sunflowers, chatting away. Surely this is no way to view great art; in a small room with low ceilings with no natural light surrounded by tourists. Roll on the end of the Velazquez exhibition and put the modern masters back where they rightfully belong.

Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888
Image borrowed from here.

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