Sunday 30 April 2017

Benaki Museum

So the Benaki was my third museum of the day. Its basically the collection of one man, Antonis Benakis, contained in his elegant neo-Classical mansion. Its a collection of everything Greek, from prehistoric to modern. The way I would describe it is that there is nothing to particularly draw you to it, but if you get there you will have a perfectly good time.

the only irritation when I was there is that to feel "relevant" they had a series of recordings of interviews with artists on video screens in each room. Inane chatter.







 They also had a couple of full rooms displayed.

 But the best part for me was that they also had an exhibition of art nouveau objects from across Europe. These were few, but sublime.




But a good claim for Pseuds Corner. Did you know that the Vienna Secession is mainly distinguished for its static-geometric morphoplastic vernacular formed upon structural elements? Well, no I didn't at least not in so many words.



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