It's the Arts

[anotheranon]

I spent enough time in the Metro Saturday to see a lot of their advertising - the closer you get to the Smithsonian, the more of it turns art- and exhibit-related. All my little art-hairs stood on end when I saw the big poster for Verrochio's David Restored, in town only a brief time. It's pure chance that I found out about this; I'm madly sifting through the NGA site to see if they have an announcement list I can subscribe to!

For non-art people: Verrochio was Leonardo da Vinci's teacher, and the sculpture in question is one of the first great Renaissance artworks. AFAIK, it's never been here and isn't likely to again - and here I was thinking I'd have to get to Italy before I'd ever get to see it!