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A fine reason to visit Amsterdam. I'm sure KLM will be telling us all about this soon. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, had a big Vermeer exhibit
by cafard 5y ago
A fine reason to visit Amsterdam. I'm sure KLM will be telling us all about this soon.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, had a big Vermeer exhibition 25 years ago. It unfortunately overlapped with a government shutdown, which made it inaccessible for some days, until a private foundation came up with the money to reopen it. My recollection is that we visited the exhibition while it was running on donated money, meaning that it was the only part of the National Gallery that was open. But it has been a while.
- technothrasher 5y agoI was just thinking of that weekend 25 years ago when a group of us drove down to DC from Boston to see the exhibit only to get there right when they closed the government and locked the doors. Ah well, I have been to the Rijksmuseum to see the Vermeers they have on permanent display and it is well worth the visit even without this planned big exhibit.