[Culture] Upcoming Velazquez exhibition at the National Gallery

[inulro]

18 October 2006-21 January 2007

National Gallery page here

As the Guardian's article says, they won't be getting some of his most famous stuff, but I've been to the Prado and seen their collection, though not recently enough. It's exciting that they'll be showing works of his that I haven't seen before.

I think I'll take time off work to see this one rather than fight the crowds at the weekend - the crowds during the week will be bad enough. Deciding when at this point in time is a bit like forward planning though.

Comments

[girfan.livejournal.com]

As long as you avoid school breaks and Christmas/New Year, you should be OK since it's not tourist season. But, weekday is always better. I may be interested in joining you.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that looks good. I'm hoping my little brother will get a job in London soon, so IK can go to The Big Smoke and kip on his floor. I quite fancy actually being able to make it to some London gigs. It's been ages since I've been to a gallery.

We're going to be in Seville in time to catch this:
http://www.ibnkhaldun.es/index.php?id=64&L=7

I'm quite excited about it. I don't know much about Moorish Seville (my history was Ferdinand and Isabella onwards, so I only covered bits of Spain as they got reconquered).

[inulro.livejournal.com]

That looks very interesting indeed!