Saturday, 28th April '12
Dad and I originally planned to go to the New National Gallery on Potsdamer st. We arrived and there was a huge line, all for the Richter Exhibition. The building is made of glass, and we saw some of the paintings from the outside, and it was just a bunch of colourful squares. O_O We went around the corner to the Kultur Forum, where, through horrible miscommunication, we were kind of just forced into buying a ticket for the Gemäldie Galerie instead. According to what I saw through the window of the new museum - it was a blessing in disguise.
The first half of the gallery was mostly gothic to early renaissance. I'm just going to be honest here, I'm not that bothered by this stuff. I went to the Canberra exhibition for my birthday this year, and I'm pretty sure I've reached my limit for Madonna and Child/crucifixion paintings. Though, I did find some gems among them.
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy." *
It did move into late Renaissance, and I found some paintings that I thought were very beautiful. But I think, the more exhibitions I go to, the more defined my tastes have become. I'm all about the romantics and impressionists.
Anyway, the gallery itself was huge, so we spent a long time there. We came back to my apartment in the afternoon, and spent a few hours in the park. We had an appointment to see the Reichstag at 7:45. Not much to say about it, it was very beautiful. Hopefully the pictures tell the story well enough.
Dad and I reflected in the glass
Excellent photobomb asian dude.
And, as promised, the pictures from the Gallery that I enjoyed. (plus a random picture taken later that night...)
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* These are the images I found to have comedic value
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