In Madrid...with Master Mateo

[gerardcarey]

Aficionados of the Master, with time to spare in Madrid before March 26th 2017, may wish to visit the Prado Museum which is hosting an exhibition of his works.
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/wha...er-mateo/3d2e6e39-b5e6-4097-a74e-f6994e84b4d0

http://artdaily.com/news/92128/Mono...-Mateo-opens-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WEKQJ_l97IU
Regards
Gerard

 

[VNwalking]

Thank you, Gerard.
But...I thought this post would be a slightly convoluted story, rather than a straightforward announcement. Well, the joke is on me.

 

[Kiwi-family]

I'm as disappointed as VNwalking!
Couldn't you make one up?

 

[gerardcarey]

I'm as disappointed as VNwalking!
Couldn't you make one up?

You know I'm not aloud to tell fibs. Everyone, yes, including you, would be ever so cross and never trust me again.
Regards...(Just saw return Brisbane to Paris for A$982)
Gerard.....(Should I?)

 

[Kiwi-family]

You know I'm not aloud to tell fibs. Everyone, yes, including you, would be ever so cross and never trust me again.
Regards...(Just saw return Brisbane to Paris for A$982)
Gerard.....(Should I?)

Rhetorical question, right?
And please include details....hubby just suggested last night that we should meet our 14-year-old son in Kuala Lumpur (hubby's home town) on son's way back from India next year (now that's a cheap flight - India to Malaysia NZ$91!), because it is so cheap to get there....but your flight is much better value!!!

 

[gerardcarey]

Rhetorical question, right?
And please include details....hubby just suggested last night that we should meet our 14-year-old son in Kuala Lumpur (hubby's home town) on son's way back from India next year (now that's a cheap flight - India to Malaysia NZ$91!), because it is so cheap to get there....but your flight is much better value!!!

http://iwantthatflight.com.au/flight.ashx?&oc=BNE&dc=PAR&dd=28/Mar/2017&rd=31/May/2017&afid=70#
And on Etihad too. I was thinking maybe spring Caminoing, but not too early.
Late March arrive, stay a couple of months, home late May, do several shorter Caminos working my way north as summer approaches. Start with Portuguese, Finisterre, Rive, Canterbury. Maybe even one of the German ones if it gets too hot, Baltica or Regina.
Hope the link is ok as drongo Gerard can't post photos/screenshots.
Regards
Gerard

 

[Caminofácil]

The exhibition has been extended to April 24th. We did a small writeup in our blog:

Exhibition “Master Mateo” in the Museo del Prado

I should mention, though, that I did visit it and it's a relatively small exhibition: only two rooms. It has several statues made in Master Mateo's workshop, which used to be in the western façade of the cathedral, and have been dispersed in museums, private collections, etc. since said façade was destroyed in the XVIII century. It also includes the statue that was discovered last October, during the cathedral's remodeling work.

In other words, it's not exactly the biggest exhibition of the world. Neverthless, I'm sure those those interested in the cathedral's history will find it worthwhile. And of course, you can't go wrong spending a day in the Prado Museum...