Visited family in Leipzig over the weekend with my youngest son. We went to the museum of fine arts there, one of my favorite galleries in the world. Not so much because of the art works — although the do feel like lovely old acquaintances by now, that’s how often I’ve seen them — but because of the amazing architecture of the building.
Each floor but the top and bottom one lets see onto the other floors. There’s just a lot of white space everywhere. I love it. And it aged very, very well.
A few years ago, the city decided to make the permanent exhibition of the museum free. So now you can just quickly stop by, and just visit your favourite floor or say hi to individual art works. Visiting a free museum is like visiting a free park: Nourishing for the mind and soul, but without expectations that you need to make „the most out of it.“ It’s beautiful.