#National gallery

[vexwerewolf]

This is the exact sort of passive-aggressive Rich Old Man Grumpiness I can get behind

[dduane]

Meanwhile, in London...

Via @oldenoughtosay over at the Ex Bird Place:

"The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes"

Here are the columns...

And here's the letter.

[7pleiades7]

Judith, (detail), (ca.1678) by Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1634–1703), oil on oak, 32 × 24.6 cm, The National Gallery, London

[tragediambulante]

Saint John in the desert, Domenico Veneziano, 1445-50

[pointandshooter]

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson

[henk-heijmans]

A nymph by a stream, 1869–70, National Gallery, London - by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919), French

[metanoias-substack]

Two Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested after smashing the glass protecting the iconic Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez at the National Gallery in London.

The incident comes hot on the heels of several widely publicised attacks against artworks by climate activists.

Is art vandalism for ostensibly noble political purposes justified, or is there something more sinister — and indefensible — at play?

Read more here.

[lionofchaeronea]

Narcissus, variously attributed to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio or a follower (Gian Giacomo Caprotti?), ca. 1490

[bs2sjh]

The ceiling in the National Gallery Scotland - Portrait is amazing. Just wow. I want this ceiling.

[nobeerreviews]

A museum is a place where one should lose one's head.

-- Renzo Piano

(London)

[princesscatherineblog]

Catherine, Princess of Wales during the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery on June 20, 2023 in London, England. 

[geritsel]

Rembrandt van Rijn - A Man Seated Reading at a Table in a Lofty Room, c. 1628-1630.

[remixthemuseum]

[7pleiades7]

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833), (detail), by Paul Delaroche (French, 1797-1856), oil on canvas, 246 cm × 297 cm, The National Gallery, London

[tragediambulante]

Portrait of a young man, Andrea del Sarto, 1517-18

[pointandshooter]

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson