New rotations

Coming back to work there is not a lot going on at this time of the year, it really slows down. 
It’s good, gives us time to catch up on some admin, and prepare for the next upcoming temporary exhibition; but mostly we have been enjoying some new rotations in the galleries. Both loans, but a surprising amount of new exciting acquisitions as well. See here:

Portrait of the artist, 1800, Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot:

The Rialto Bridge from the South,  c. 1720, Antonio Canal (Il Canaletto):

Portrait de Kosa Pan, first Ambassador from Siam to the court of Louis XIV, 1686, Antoine Benoist:

The Storm, 1947-48, Germaine Richier and Woman of Venice V, 1956, cast 1958, Alberto Giacometti:

White Oval, 1921, Vassily Kandinsky:

Casket, c. 1543, Ceylon:

I decided to bring some colour and wear my new Picasso t-shirt one day. I was thinking to save it for the Picasso-exhibition, but it needs more exposure than that! This motif is a bit special, as Picasso created it for the 1958 Peace Conference in Stockholm. It portrays two hands grasping a bouquet of flowers. Picasso painted it wanting us to pause and consider the importance of connection and kinship in the creation of peace.