Ruth Leon recommends… After Impressionism – National Gallery

Ruth Leon recommends… After Impressionism – National Gallery

Ruth Leon recommends

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March 31, 2023

After Impressionism – National Gallery

 This week London’s National Gallery is opening an exhibition called ‘After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art. It invites us to “Meet the pioneers of modern art From Klimt to Picasso, Van Gogh to Matisse, see the work of more than 50 artists who broke tradition and shattered convention, when our new exhibition opens this week.”

It’s very rare to see a trailer for anything that one wishes were longer but this one, produced by the National Gallery, is just a beautfully made and edited snippet of what ought to be a much longer film. I’m hoping the success of this exhibition will encourage them to make one. In the meantime, here’s the trailer.

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Comments

  • Elizabeth Owen says:

    Why oh why do all these galleries etc, have god awful racket purporting to be music in the background it’s REALLY irritating?

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