Where the Blockbusters Belong London Once Struggled to Compete with Paris as the European Venue for the Biggest Exhibitions. but as Monet, Ingres and Pollock Come to Town, Charlotte Mullins Finds out What's Changed

Mullins, Charlotte, The Independent (London, England)

It is springtime, and London has never looked better. Like the Emerald City of Oz, it is sparkling - with blockbuster exhibitions. Monet in the 20th Century and Portraits by Ingres have been packing them in; from next month Pollock is likely to do the same. It is not surprising that Parisian eyes are green with envy: yet again French artists no longer make it home.

London has rarely had a season like it and, as with Dorothy's mythical land of the wizard, the truth will out: through a combination of networking, bargaining, ingenuity and punching above its weight, the capital has gone from being very often an also-ran in the race to secure the world's biggest exhibitions, …

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Publication information: Article title: Where the Blockbusters Belong London Once Struggled to Compete with Paris as the European Venue for the Biggest Exhibitions. but as Monet, Ingres and Pollock Come to Town, Charlotte Mullins Finds out What's Changed. Contributors: Mullins, Charlotte - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: February 28, 1999. Page number: 3. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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