“Something very important happens in the 18th century,” the National Gallery of Denmark says of its new exhibition. “Having mainly painted historical, mythological or representative subjects up until this point, artists have now begun to be interested in the realm of the private and intimate. A realm that was usually kept hidden from others, accessed only by one’s very closest circle: a sleeping sister on a sofa, a child’s embrace, a peep into a living room or bedchamber.” It’s this…
read more »