Yesterday I went to my lecture series, More Than Muses, at the National Gallery. It was the class about the Female Nude, which I wanted to listen to, get an overview of the issues, to be able to write a footnote for my essay. This would show my understanding of the spectrum of the subject, without needing to write a couple of hundred words. The handout would give me authoritative sources to quote in the bibliography.
Except the date had been changed and it took place 10 days ago. On a Wednesday, not the usual Friday. Apparently other people also turned up, having not received the email notification! I was seriously hacked off! Two hours travelling, for a non-event! I've written in asking for the hand-out.
I was given a complimentary entry to the Sorolla Exhibition. Lovely exhibition. Definitely an event for colourists. Wide range of images - formal portraits of family members; landscapes, group images of active people. Plays with light and shadow. My favourites were a group image of people working on sails, and one of boys with disabilities going for a swim.
The Director of the National Gallery has contacts with the Prada Gallery, Spain. So the attendant thought this might be how the exhibition came about. All the exhibition signage was in both English and Spanish, and the audio guides were the same length in both English and Spanish (apparently this is unusual). The attendant said there had been lots of Spanish people attend the exhibition, both tourists and residents. Many Spanish groups attending had been multi-generational, with Spanish being the language spoken.
It gave me a different perspective on how to make an exhibition inclusive of different groups.
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