点评:We visited the Whitworth Art Gallery to see the Hokusai / Japanese Art exhibition held recently.
The gallery itself is not air conditioned, so visiting on a really hot day was challenging (thankfully there were some whacking great big fans around, and we brought water to drink while walking around).
The Hokusai exhibition was great, with awesome works of art like The Great Wave on show (it's a lot smaller than you'd think!)
There were other seasonal exhibitions there too, including some awesome Korean fabric art. Definitely a good reason to go and check out the Whitworth website before you drop in.
Outside the gallery there's an awesome and very well tended garden to walk around in or have a spot of lunch in. The gallery's cafe was busy, busy, busy and seems to have a really complicated ordering system that is very offputting so it's worth skipping as there are better places to eat nearby.
Staff were awesome, friendly and really helpful. The giftshop was well worth a visit, filled with lots of unique gift ideas and of course plenty of amazing art to take home and hang on your wall.
翻译:我们参观了惠特沃思艺术馆,观看近期举办的葛饰北斋/日本艺术展。
艺术馆内没有安装空调,因此在酷热的天气里参观实在是一项挑战(幸运的是馆内有不少大风扇,我们也带了水边走边喝)。
葛饰北斋展览非常精彩,展出了诸如《神奈川冲浪里》这样的杰出艺术品(实际上这幅画比想象中要小得多!)
此外,馆里还有其他季节性展览。其中包括一些超棒的韩国织物艺术品。这绝对是个好理由,让你在亲自前往之前先去惠特沃思美术馆的网站看看。
美术馆外有一个维护得非常好的花园,很适合散步或在此享用午餐。美术馆内的咖啡馆人头攒动,而且其点餐系统似乎极其复杂,让人望而却步;因此不妨跳过它,因为附近有更好的就餐选择。
工作人员非常出色,友善且乐于助人。这家礼品店绝对值得一去!店内有众多独具特色的礼物可供挑选,当然还有大量精美的艺术品可以买回家挂在墙上。