Facing the Modern and Trafalgar Square at Christmas

An exhibition of Viennese portraiture might sound a little specialized, but this show at the National Gallery was really rather good. Would have been nice to see some more works by what one might term the headline act of the period, Gustav Klimt, but it was a satisfying exhibition, with, as is often the case, some new artists to me that I most enjoyed. I suppose what lifts it is that it covers a period of portraiture starting from where it was just a type of formal photograph and so a bit samey, to a lot of experimentation in portraying people.

 Its also nice just to see Trafalgar Square at Christmas, with the annual tree from Norway taking centre stage