G-bone714 t1_j5241yw wrote on January 19, 2023 at 9:25 PM

Reply to comment by JH76 in Closer to Johannes Vermeer: An interactive exhibition of Vermeer's paintings, narrated by Stephen Fry by marcelduin

If you’ve only seen photos of these great works and then completely by surprise you see the real thing up close. It’ll hit you pretty hard.

I had been in Amsterdam days prior and was awed by Van Gough and Rembrandt but I knew they were coming so I wasn’t bowled over like I was in The Hague.

ZweitenMal t1_j539m4m wrote on January 20, 2023 at 2:17 AM

There's nothing like rounding a corner in a museum and coming face-to-face with a painting you've always loved and weren't expecting.

I had a revelatory hour with the Delaunays in the Pompidou once.

Yes, I am a massive museum nerd.