Beautiful gallery (National Gallery (London))

Member Name: vazaa50

Product:	National Gallery (London)
Date:	17/01/09 (12 review reads)
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Advantages: location which is in Central

Disadvantages: none

You couldn't get a better location overlooking trafalgar sqaure and like many galleries in London this one is free (except for exhibitions). I absolutely love it, it's massive for one thing so you have a huge selection-personally

Yesterday we went to see the 'Brilliant Women' art exhibition at the NPG. It is a small two-room collection of paintings and first edition books of (mostly) women who featured in the group of people at the end of the 18th Century known as 'The Bluestockings' - female (and some male) artists, poets, writers and intellectuals who would meet in each other's houses - most notably at Elizabeth Montagu's mansions in London. The NPG are superb at putting on these little bijou exhibitions. This one is for free. There were no headphones, which we really like to use to get all the info on each painting, but there was a static phone which gave some of the background to the times which was very interesting. [did you know that the term 'bluestocking' actually comes from one of the men of the group who turned up at one of the meetings, slovenly, in blue rather than the more fashionable white stockings?

Summary: NPG