A PORTRAIT OF SPAIN IN BRISBANE

Unfortunately, due to some sickening food poisoning over the past weekend, the last thing I want to do is look at food. Cooking is out of the question, which as you can imagine is quite tough when you write a predominantly food related blog. So when one cannot write about what they truly love, they find something else to write about.

I was lucky enough to secure a ticket to see the much talked about 'Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado' painting exhibit recently held by the Queensland Art Gallery. What made this exposition extra special was that it was the very first exhibition from the Prado collection ever to be displayed in the Southern Hemisphere. That’s right, small town Brisbane beat out the likes of Melbourne and Sydney to showcase this exhibit for over three months. The spectacular paintings had a long journey ahead of them, as they travelled all the way from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain. These 100 plus masterpieces tell a romantic and somewhat violent story of the evolution of painting and the history of Spain over several centuries. Now, I will not pretend to understand art and tell you all about the intricate brush strokes, vivid still lifes and juxtaposition of the foreground and background. Instead I will leave with you a few of the paintings that caught my eye and you can decide if they are worthy of a second glance.

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