Today I have been to the art museum. Well, I have been there in the enjoyable company of a beautiful lady. I proposed the place for the date and she agreed to it. Some kind of neutral ground.

The exhibition is called “Orte der Sehsucht - Mit Künstlern auf Reisen” (Destinations of Desire - Travelling with artists). It displays over 250 works of prominent artists (according to their website, I didn’t count the paintings and photographs), classified in different categories: e.g. the Orient, Paris, New York etc. It was some kind of pictorial journey through the countries/regions as well through time.

I especially liked the paintings from Paul Klee and August Macke from their journey to Tunisia. I was a bit surprised to see the original size: they are small, compared to the reprint on posters etc. you can buy all over the world. Another interesting one was Carl Blechen, who I already knew from the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. I especially like his painting of the Palm House near Potsdam. He was present with a lot of nice sepia aquarelles. The 18th/19th century illustrations from the expeditions in Egypt were also great.

At the reception they said you normally need more days to see everything. Well, I guess if you are a real art lover, you certainly invest thirty minutes before every painting. So we only ventured through the halls for two hours. And I guess we have seen most paintings. A lot were not to our tastes, but as you know, taste is different for everybody. And yes, it seems we are some kind of art low-brows (Kunstbanausen).

So, if you are in or near Münster until the 11th January 2009, it’s well worth to drop by our art museum and enjoy some nice art. Especially in nice company.