valmadonna trust visit

I went to see the Valmadonna Trust Library on display at Sotheby's. (Article and slide show of exhibition, courtesy of the New York Times.)

The display looked like a permanent exhibition, with stencilling on the walls and fancy lighting and all sorts. I was surprised at just how posh it all looked; I suppose this is good advertising if you are trying to sell something for forty million dollars. Interestingly, it didn't smell like a library (books, leather, dust) or like a museum (clean, dusted, polished), but like a school art room - poster paint, paper, glue.

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