J.M.W. Turner show at CKS Memorial in Taipei

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For just two more days, CKS Memorial Hall is hosting an exhibition of some 80 works (mainly from the Tate in London) by the early-nineteenth-century British artist Turner.

It’s terrific.

It’s also damn crowded, which is not improved by the fact that many attendees want to stick their phone in front of every @#$! canvas and take a photo.

Tickets: NT$500 (NT$250 for seniors).

Another high-profile show, From Impressionism to Early Modernism: French Masterpieces from the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to leave the National Palace Museum. It’s probably equally crowded.

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Holy crap. Yeah I’d definitely go to that.

I remember a small Turner exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC in the mid-70s. Pretty stunning I thought.

I’d probably be willing to tolerate the crowds for Turner.

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Tate is great place and it’s free, too bad in Taiwan you need pay.

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Darn … reminding myself for the umpteenth time to try and find a way to keep better track of what shows are here.

I would have liked to have gone to this, but no way am I going anywhere near it this final weekend!