British Museum
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I found myself at the British Museum at 10pm Saturday evening (finally) catching the phenomenally successful exhibition of 90 or so of the drawings Michelangelo made in his lifetime. Studies for his painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were a significant part of the exhibition. The exhibition brought together three separate collections and provided a rare insight into the great artist.
To cope with demand the Museum remained open until midnight every Saturday in June. It was great idea to see it late as there weren't the tourists or the pushy pensioners who must have all been in bed by then. Pushy pensioners are a problem at every exhibition. I guess they figure they survived the war so they are not going to let some thirty-something block their view so they prod you and push you until you get out of their way. It was still crowded but it was a much more considerate crowd. Here's hoping they continue to do this for future blockbuster shows.
The exhibition finishes today and was completely sold out. The book accompanying the exhibition however is excellent and an electronic version is on the site.
2 comments:
don't hassle the pushy pensioners... what else is left in their lives but pushing.... and then complaining about it.
Alternatively you could combat this menace by dropping a few smelly....eggs when you are in their vicinity. Or at least a litre of fermented apple juice
I don't hassle the pushy pensioners... THEY hassle you!
I wrote about this last year when I visited the Persia exhibition...
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