shaunyboy
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Post by shaunyboy on Aug 12, 2009 14:47:14 GMT 1
We tried that Wizzz but the buggers sent us to the back.
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Post by jantalb on Aug 12, 2009 21:07:16 GMT 1
only 2 more days until my plane takes off... destination: uk  only wondering if theres any time-limitation to my stay inside the museum? have no chance of seeing the show other then on my one day there, so want to make the best of it. cant wait!! |
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Post by Guest on Aug 12, 2009 21:35:25 GMT 1
Stay in there as long as you like, no time limit
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Post by G-Man on Aug 12, 2009 22:03:48 GMT 1
WAYHEY
finally off to the show tomorrow hoping for short queues
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Post by sundowner on Aug 12, 2009 22:51:31 GMT 1
I'm off on Friday to the ticketed evening opening....very excited!!!!
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Post by G-Man on Aug 13, 2009 22:30:16 GMT 1
Finally went today got there at 0930 got in at 1200
2 1/2 hours queuing but sunny and lots of ice cream
Watch out for the seagull s**t though!
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Post by jantalb on Aug 15, 2009 6:56:52 GMT 1
just woke up in the brigstow hotel. came to town around nidnight (so tired right now but just gonna catch a shower and some breakfast and then head for the queue around 8 cant wait anymore, been to long allready!!! |
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Post by Guest on Aug 15, 2009 8:25:01 GMT 1
I have also just woke up in the Brigstow hotel but was lucky enough to have a couple of tickets to the Banksy show private viewing last night. It was amazing and even more so as there were not many other people there either so it was easy to wonder round.
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Post by HardCanvas on Aug 15, 2009 10:17:53 GMT 1
Finally went today got there at 0930 got in at 1200 2 1/2 hours queuing but sunny and lots of ice cream Watch out for the seagull s**t though! I was in the queue at the same time as you. Joined at 10am and got in at 1pm. The seagulls made a mess of the girl in front of me. :-) Bloody brilliant show. So so glad I made it over. |
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Post by robertlondon on Aug 15, 2009 16:31:40 GMT 1
In an effort to reverse the injustice of my M4 traffic jam, 2 hour queue and doors shut in front of my face... I'm planning to head back to Bristol on Tuesday 18th August.
So... I'd be very grateful if the good people of Bristol could stay indoors on that date.
If anyone wants a (free) lift from London to Bristol (and back) drop me a PM.
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Post by ©hief' on Aug 15, 2009 18:44:56 GMT 1
Went yesterday (Friday). Arrived at 10.10am - In the queue for just under 4 hours!!!!!!!!! Bollocks!!
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Post by jantalb on Aug 15, 2009 19:54:00 GMT 1
thinking about queuing again tomorrow at 8am and only stay in the exhibit from 10 to 11, and afterwards catch some memorable streetworks by the man before i have to check out at probably 2pm (if i can get a late checkout( any advice on where to find some good banksy street work is highly appreciated. (preferably a place with some close together pieces as like i said i have to leave quite early, the stupid plane wont wait for me  ) |
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Post by jelly on Aug 15, 2009 20:06:28 GMT 1
thinking about queuing again tomorrow at 8am and only stay in the exhibit from 10 to 11, and afterwards catch some memorable streetworks by the man before i have to check out at probably 2pm (if i can get a late checkout( any advice on where to find some good banksy street work is highly appreciated. (preferably a place with some close together pieces as like i said i have to leave quite early, the stupid plane wont wait for me ) Epic journey for you to get to the show. Props. Hanging Lovers (Park St, opposite College Green) Sniper (Upper Mauldlin Street opp. Childrens Hospital) Mild Mild West (Cheltenham Road/Stokes Croft) Round trip of about an hour or so. Got to be done. |
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Post by milkybinbags on Aug 16, 2009 8:23:43 GMT 1
Went yesterday (Friday). Arrived at 10.10am - In the queue for just under 4 hours!!!!!!!!! Bollocks!! thanks to the 8am train being cancelled at paddington, we finally made it to the back of the queue at 11am, and didn't get in until a little after 3. ouch! brilliant show though, but i'd have liked to have had a little longer and not have had to rush around the show before it closed... |
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Post by jantalb on Aug 17, 2009 23:12:55 GMT 1
jellyathanks for the tip got the round trip and got to see some other nice work along the way... back home now and i gotta say, work is just not quite as fun as seeing a monkey paint :/
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Post by Bram on Aug 19, 2009 22:10:38 GMT 1
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Post by trowel on Aug 19, 2009 22:26:56 GMT 1
Great news, cheers - fixed your link too. The museum will now be open from 10am to 8pm on Saturday August 22 and again on Saturday August 27. |
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Post by shaunyboy on Aug 19, 2009 22:28:09 GMT 1
A slight improvement. Too Little Too Late  Late Night Opening In an effort to accomodate more visitors to the exhibition, we are have extended opening on the following dates, Last entry at 7.30pm Saturday, August 22 10am to 8pm Saturday 29 August 10am-8pm Sunday 30 August 10am-8pm Wednesday 19 August 10am-8pm Wednesday 26 August 10am-8pm |
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Post by Guest on Aug 19, 2009 23:16:17 GMT 1
righty, i was down today...the bloke said it would be 4 hours...cheeky fecker after a 1 hour wait in a long queue that was very fluid, we then got our hands stamped and headed into the second queue, which took about 30 mins, there is no limit on the time you spend when your in etc and the ice cream man was clearly making a killing  H |
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Post by Wearology on Aug 19, 2009 23:19:07 GMT 1
X-Rays Expose N.C. Wyeth Painting Hidden Under Another
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Scientists weren't sure if the hidden N.C. Wyeth painting would be in black-and-white or color.
A new X-ray imaging technique has revealed colorful details of a painting hidden beneath another painting by famed American artist N.C. Wyeth, whose iconic work appeared in popular magazines like the Saturday Evening Post.
The so-called lost illustration depicts a dramatic fist fight, which was published in a 1919 article in Everybody's Magazine, titled "The Mildest Mannered Man." Previously, scientists had used X-rays to show the artist, Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), had covered the fight scene with another painting called "Family Portrait."
But that work only revealed the illustration in black-and-white. The scientists weren't even sure the hidden artwork was in color.
"One of the surprises was that the painting was in color at all," Jennifer Mass, senior scientist at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, told LiveScience. "When N.C. Wyeth was making a painting for an illustration, if he knew it was going to be reproduced in black-and-white, sometimes he just did the paintings in shades of gray."
Mass, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware, will present the findings today at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.
Mass and her colleagues shot intense X-ray beams at the painting using a so-called confocal X-ray fluorescence microscope. The instrument then collected the X-rays that were emitted by different chemical elements in the painting's pigments. Each element gives off a certain intensity of X-rays. And since certain elements were used to make pigments, the researchers could translate the X-ray measurements into color. For instance, cobalt would indicate a blue pigment, while chromium would signal a yellow or green color, Mass said.
The result was a full-color representation of the hidden painting.
The non-destructive method could uncover other famous artwork veiled beneath second paintings by Wyeth and others, the researchers say.
Many famous artists re-used their canvases, sometimes covering one great painting with another, in order to save money or for artistic purposes — to let the colors and shapes of one piece of work influence the next one, Mass said.
For instance, Vincent van Gogh may have painted over his work up to a third of the time. In fact, so-called X-ray radiography recently revealed a portrait of a woman beneath van Gogh's "Patch of Grass."
Technology has brought other aspects of great artists' work to life. For example, computers recently revealed how Claude Monet, known to have suffered from impaired vision, would have seen his own artwork.
Even Mona Lisa has gotten a boost from technology. Scientists scanned the painting with a camera that uses 13 wavelengths of light (from ultraviolet to infrared), peeling away centuries of varnish and other alterations. The result: They found Leonardo da Vinci had given his subject eyebrows.
Click here to read more from LiveScience.com.
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Post by Guest on Aug 19, 2009 23:31:26 GMT 1
I'm off on Friday to the ticketed evening opening....very excited!!!! I wish they'd do more.........they had to do it on THE ONLY weekend I couldn't make.  |
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Post by Daniel Silk on Aug 20, 2009 15:56:37 GMT 1
Wednesday 19th August - 11.30ish  Too busy  About 3.30  Waited just over an hour to get in not too bad! |
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Post by dogzero on Aug 21, 2009 14:54:36 GMT 1
Wednesday 19th August - 11.30ish Too busy About 3.30 Waited just over an hour to get in not too bad! Me too - I was there on wednesday afternoon. I think wednesdays are a bit odd though, because not everyone realises there's a late night opening and people stop joining the queue mid afternoon. Was in the queue for about an hour, which is only a little longer than when we visited at the start of the show. Excellent this time too. But noticed that the animatronics are starting to fade - one of the monkey painters eyes isn't blinking any more and the swimming fish finger is almost floating. AJ. |
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Post by adamk on Aug 23, 2009 9:53:37 GMT 1
My brother got there at 07:30 this morning. Apparently there were about 100 people ahead of him in the queue. One of the security people setting up the crowd control barriers told him that yesterday's queue was 7 hours??!!
I think if anyone's going before it closes, you'll have to get there very early if you don't want to spend the day in the queue.
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Post by fragile on Aug 23, 2009 10:21:45 GMT 1
I was there yesterday. Queues were crazy. We went back to the museum at 6pm thinking that they would have subsided, nope. Had a lovely day in Clifton and Bedminster though.
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Post by wave on Aug 23, 2009 12:35:30 GMT 1
My brother got there at 07:30 this morning. Apparently there were about 100 people ahead of him in the queue. One of the security people setting up the crowd control barriers told him that yesterday's queue was 7 hours??!! I think if anyone's going before it closes, you'll have to get there very early if you don't want to spend the day in the queue. Yep was there yesterday. Queued for 5 and a half hours from 10.30. Obviously a sucker for punishment. Well worth it in the end but seriously thought it would move a bit quicker than that. Enjoyed a richly deserved few pints across the road afterwards.    |
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Post by milkybinbags on Aug 24, 2009 13:07:19 GMT 1
what are the queues looking like in the week? i'm going on wednesday and am not sure what time i should aim to join the line...
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Post by topboy on Aug 24, 2009 14:29:31 GMT 1
is it open late Wednesday?
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Post by Guest on Aug 24, 2009 14:34:45 GMT 1
YA man open late WEd , , , 10 i think..
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Post by topboy on Aug 24, 2009 14:41:59 GMT 1
YA man open late WEd , , , 10 i think.. thanks |
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