Blue Walls Controversy at the Prado
March 10 2022
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A small controversy is brewing in Spain over the freshly painted bright blue walls chosen for the rooms that house the Prado's Spanish gothic paintings collection. The newly painted walls, unveiled only yesterday, were intended to (forgive the translation) "enhance the strong chromaticism inherent in most Gothic paintings and reinforce the idea that the works were not conceived only as objects in themselves but also as subjects dependent on environments endowed with a strong sensory dimension". The new colour has met with criticism from several commentators, who oppose the distracting effect of the colour.
As ever, all comments from AHN readers are most welcome.
Update - A reader has contributed the following observation:
As you ask, those blue walls make the gallery look like a public lavatory, so not ideal!
