I am sure many of you have seen this show. I have been there a few times and still have not absorbed it all. The exhibit was closed for a change-out of paintings and re-opened on February 2. So there are now new paintings not included in the original show. In addition, the pages of the Audubon double-elephant folios have been turned to prevent light damage. And there are new Audubon prints on the walls. There are 105 paintings and prints in the show and 50 of them are new as of this month. (about ½ the show is new).
This has been a very popular show. Attendance has been up about 50% over the winter months last year. People have come from out of town to see it. It is world-class .very well researched and with very informative text. There are now paintings of Carolina parakeet alongside Audubons classic on one wall homage to the doomed N American parrot that, when one of the flock was killed or injured, would gather around the bird who was shot, and so get killed themselves. not unlike elephants. As you know people have been painting birds all over the world for 100s of years. What a history and what a subject. It will be there thru June 8, 2014. Then it goes on to other museums. gordon andersson st paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
