02 Mar 2020
Me and my son (age 11) visited the National Gallery with Roberta and in the short span of just under 3 hours, she has given us a concise history of visual arts from the Medieval period through to the impressionist. Roberta was not only highly knowledgeable in the field of visual arts, she is also an actress, and therefore her commentary on the paintings are not merely reciting of facts, but almost re-enactment of the stories behind, they are most engaging, and memorable, and also very easy follow and understand for arts novices such as ourself. It is however, not all trivia, Roberta was able to explain the use of techniques, allegories, symbolism and many other ‘hidden’ messages in the paintings with simple but effective languages. The tour whisk by in no time, and f given the chance, we shall certainly take it again so that we could ask Roberta to share her insights on other great works in the Gallery.