01-20-2005, 03:41 PM
Yup this is quite strange. Are you sure it was not some anti-terrorism policy?
Anyway, in teh national gallery in London (where you don't pay an entrance fee) I have seen several times people that are even painting (with paint).
For sure they will have asked for an offical permission, but it at least shows that there they don't mind people doing these things.
I like it to watch somebody "copy" a masterwork. You get a nice idea what the work is like and what techniques were (and can be) used.
Anyway, in teh national gallery in London (where you don't pay an entrance fee) I have seen several times people that are even painting (with paint).
For sure they will have asked for an offical permission, but it at least shows that there they don't mind people doing these things.
I like it to watch somebody "copy" a masterwork. You get a nice idea what the work is like and what techniques were (and can be) used.