June 2015

Exhibitions galore

Recently the BBC Radio 4 Consumer Programme ‘You and Yours’ hosted a discussion on the art gallery experience and art gallery etiquette. Are art galleries now too accessible? What are good museum manners? Should children have free rein in our galleries? The panel included one of Cassone ’s writers, Alexander Adams, who feels that all too often it is impossible to engage with paintings in a calm reflective environment in many art galleries today. You can hear this discussion by following this link . And let us know your thoughts on what for some is a problem and for others all part of an enjoyable gallery experience.

In Cassone this month we have our writers visiting galleries on both sides of the Atlantic. Patricia Andrew discusses the re-hang at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and tells us that there is a ‘great deal to see’ as there are...

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