We became members of the Vancouver Art Gallery again and we have never been to an opening there so decided to go last night. It is this great Monet show at the moment. I don't know if this is usual or because of the special show, the weather perhaps, but there was a huge lineup. So we decided to go for a drink and then see if we could get in later without lining up.
We were close to the Pendulum Building where Mark works and where Jim has had coffee a couple of times. I had never been in this building and it is really rather amazing! They have various art shows on in the lobby. This time it was sculpture.
There is this huge pendulum swinging in the lobby. Too much light to get a photo. I'm back taking photos with my phone so not great quality but at least I can mail them to myself and post them.
We decided to go to The Georgia Hotel for a drink. We had been there before after they did the amazing restoration but we were even more impressed this time. I think they've done even more and added artwork. The bar was insanely busy and noisy so decided to got to the bar in the Vancouver Hotel. Same thing so went to the Keg on Alberni which is a regular haunt of ours...perfect!
We dropped by the Art Gallery around 8:30 and no line up! It is really quite an amazing exhibit and while we have seen quite a bit of Monet in Paris and elsewhere, we hadn't been to the gallery in Paris where these paintings come from (don't quite know how that happened) so all new pieces for us.
