London

London 2008... I'm sitting in the National Gallery not entirely believing the quality of works that I am surrounded by. When a major Velasquez is overshadowed by MANY! artworks, you know you are in the presence of something special. It begins with a DaVinci drawing in the opening room, and continues with masterpiece after masterpiece - Holbein's The Ambassadors; Ucello's Battle of San Romano; Ruben's Massacre of the Innocents, Rembrandt's A Woman Bathing in a Stream, Suerat's Bathers, ... (and it goes on & on!). These are not just paintings but icons! Artworks that changed the way the Western World viewed itself! What exciting stuff... best gallery since MOMA!