12/05/23
Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney
The Wallace Collection, London
29 March – 15 October 2023
Self-branded as #TheCriticWithTheDog, since, wherever I go, my emotional support dog, Parsley, goes as well, I (should I say “we”?) obviously couldn’t miss the Wallace Collection’s exhibition, Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney (self-branded as #WallaceWoofs). We were given special early access, just as the installation was being completed, and nearly the whole Wallace team came down to check out their most discerning critic’s judgment. As it was, Mr P remained largely inscrutable (I did shield him from the two specimens of taxidermy), but I understood his overall opinion to be one of approval.
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