BEST “They’re Baaaaaaack” Exhibit EVER

Today, I wandered down to the Phillips Collection to see “The Renoir Returns: A Celebration of Masterworks at The Phillips Collection” which Emmm and Suz went to when it opened a few weekends ago.

It was a pretty cool exhibit that had a lot of works by the masters, as the name implies. There were several Picassos, Monet’s and of course, the Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”, which the collection is famous for.

It was fun to see the actual painting that I had learned about in high school. Just being able to look at the detail and brush strokes of each one is pretty intense. I now understand why these artists are big deals, something that I didn’t really appreciate as the slides in my high school art appreciation unit flickered on by.

The exhibit is open until July 30, 2006 - def worth checking out.