art exhibits

[winterbadger]

Three exhibits at the National Gallery that look interesting; anyone up for taking a trip tot he Mall?

Crosscurrents: American and European Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection (yes, it's kind of a "best of the current stock" show, but it looks cool...)

The Baroque Woodcut: definitely cool!

British Picturesque Landscapes: My first and only formal art appreciation class dwelt heavily on British (and Dutch) landscape painting.

Homer, Eakins, and Bellows: American Paintings 1870-1925: Yes, the jump page says this is closed, but the main exhibits list says it is running through early August, and I love me some Winslow Homer.

Comments

[redactrice.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I'm sick of overwrought paintings of martyred Spanish saints. Some British landscapes or Winslow Homer would be a nice change. :-P

[winterbadger]

Ah well! You have to suffer through seeing all the *actual* Spanish landscapes as well. Sounds pretty ghastly, what with all the churches, old townhouses, cathedrals, the Alhambra, the beautiful young flamenco dancers. See, I told you that wandering around rootless was going to be nothing but suffering! ;-)