''There is no blue without yellow and without orange'' Vincent Van Gogh
Talking of galleries I went to Amsterdam last September for a birthday break... I've been to the city many times but my partner had never visited so alongside lots of pavement cafes and brown bars we did the usual interesting rounds of sights and galleries. We caught the Van Gogh Museum just at the wrong time. The day before they had celebrated opening a new wing with a walkway of sunflowers which were given away at the end of the day - an explanation why so many people had been walking about clutching bunches of glorious giant blooms as we staggered down cobbled streets looking for our hotel, and the next week they were opening an exhibition of Edvard Munch paintings which I would have loved to have seen. However, the museum itself is still really pleasant - the famous painting of sunflowers being central to the exhibition and the space has a light airy feel allowing the paintings to glow. |
| birthday girl with poster of famous sunflowers |
The other excellent gallery not to be missed in Amsterdam is the Stedelijk Museum of Contemporary Art. This wonderfully spacious gallery is beautifully curated with an extensive eclectic collection of diverse art.
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| Lichtenstein - not a particular favourite but still impressive to see real size... |
we gave the Rijks Museum a miss on this trip as after a while we got ''museum leg''.. to say nothing of the sore feet from doing about 22 miles wandering along scenic canals and various markets.
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