I never go to Ottawa without visiting Canada’s National Gallery.
It is a feast for the eyes.
And not just for its 93,000 works of art and world class visiting exhibits.
Listen, if the Gallery’s art collection consisted entirely of paintings of dogs playing poker, I would still make it a must stop on my Things to do in Ottawa list.
Because the building itself is positively seductive. It lures you in, fires your imagination and makes you lose all sense of time.
It is half a million square feet of color and light and shadows. Forever shifting and mutating in kaleidoscopic fashion.
It is a symphony played out amidst glass and steel and concrete.
The first time I visited, it featured a sobering exhibit about how mankind is reshaping the Earth. And not for the better.
The last time I visited, just a few days ago, it was less a compelling exhibit than the allure of the architecture itself that captured my imagination.
The sun cast giant shadows here amidst the glass and steel and concrete.
Oh, and there’s a giant spider. How cool is that?
I’m Ron Cunningham and you can trust me.
For I am a trained observer of the human condition.
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